Former Manchester City star Geovanni says he will always be grateful to the club's supporters for the backing they gave him - especially after his goal against rivals Manchester United.
The Brazilian attacker joined City in 2007 from Cruzeiro, but had already made an impression on City fans after his goal for Benfica helped to knock United out of the Champions League in 2005.
And the attacker said that City fans were fond of him from the moment he signed because of the strike. “That goal was very important for me and my team,” he said in an interview republished today on the club's website. “It helped Benfica progress to a stage they’d never reached before and it was obviously a very high profile goal to score.
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