As if to demonstrate just why Manchester City won’t let him join New York City FC, Frank Lampard came off the bench to score the winning goal as City beatSunderland, 3-2, on New Year’s Day. And to add further confusion to a situation for which NYCFC and Manchester City was universally slammed by U.S. media, City managerManuel Pellegrini after the game would not rule out that Lampard might remain at City after the current season.
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