Championship

Battling Robins bid to cash in on slip-ups

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The LeaguePaper Team
5 May 2019

By John Lyons

KEY MAN JAMIE PATERSON Bristol City
BRISTOL City head into this afternoon’s game at Hull with only a slim chance of reaching the play-offs – but it’s better than no chance at all.
It looked as though it would be the end of the road for Lee Johnson’s troops when they trailed 1-0 at Millwall on Tuesday night and the Lions were awarded a 72nd minute penalty.
However, goalkeeper Max O’Leary, who had brought down Lions scorer Lee Gregory to concede the spot-kick, effectively kept their season alive when he plunged low to his right to palm away Sh...

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