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Strange things are happening at the Etihad. A billion-dollar squad is rescued time and again by a goalkeeper from Shrewsbury who cost one-tenth of Mario Balotelli's price tag. A close-range, high-speed ball-to-hand is inexplicably called hand-to-ball. A 1-1 Champions League draw at home is celebrated as vociferously as last season's Premier League title.