Victory at Polish side Lech Poznan would have taken big-spending City into the next round, but despite dominating the early exchanges they fell behind in the 30th minute when Dimitrije Injac drove the ball home. Emmanuel Adebayor, who scored a hat-trick in the reverse fixture two weeks ago, drew City level early in the second half when he lashed in the rebound after home goalkeeper Jasmin Buric saved his header. There was a cruel sting in the tail for the visitors, however, as Lech restored their advantage four minutes from time. The goal had a touch of the comical to it, with City centre-back Dedryck Boyata inadvertently heading the ball against Manuel Arboleda’s head and the ball rebounding into the City net. The Polish side made sure of victory in the first minute of injury time, with Mateusz Mozdzen crashing a sweet drive into the top-left corner from the edge of the box to condemn City to their third straight defeat. “This is football,” said City coach Roberto Mancini. “Probably if we played this game another 100 times we would win 90 times, maybe. But we must accept this. We must continue to work because sometimes you lose games you…