Man City 3-2 FC Twente
A stunning Robinho strike helped Manchester City see off a spirited FC Twente side in Group A of the Uefa Cup.
Shaun-Wright Phillips put City ahead with a low shot but hesitant home defending allowed Eljero Elia to level.
City struggled until Robinho fired into the top corner after the break and Benjani's deflected shot made it 3-1.
But Rob Wielart's header pulled a goal back for Twente and, after Robinho hit the post twice for City, a late miss by Stein Huysegems cost Twente a point.
It was an entertaining and completely open game which summed up City's maddening inconsistency under manager Mark Hughes this season.
The occasional brilliance of City's attacking play was matched by the sloppiness of their lackadaisical defence.
Credit must also go to Twente's former England boss Steve McClaren, whose side grew in confidence after a terrible start which saw them fall behind after only two minutes.
Twente gave the ball away and Wright-Phillips exchanged passes with Jo before running into the penalty area and firing into the bottom corner of the net.
Robinho forced a good save from visiting goalkeeper Sander Boschker soon after as the home side looked to press home their advantage.
City were looking comfortable with their lead but that only lasted as long as the 17th minute when they paid the price for a lapse in concentration.
The home defence hesitated, waiting for the referee to stop play when Elia seemed to catch Pablo Zabaleta as they went for a bouncing ball, but the whistle never came and Elia ran on to the loose ball and planted a low shot past Joe Hart.
Twente, with McClaren cutting an animated figure on the touchline, were lifted by their equaliser and were the better side for the rest of the half.
Indeed, the visitors could have had a second goal had Javier Garrido not denied Blaise Nkufo with a last-ditch tackle as the striker shaped to shoot inside the box.
City, in contrast, went backwards but they did spark into life before the break when the otherwise ineffective Jo danced past Douglas in the area but saw his weak shot easily saved.
The home side were much improved at the start of the second half and Wright-Phillips had already gone close when Robinho struck on 57 minutes.
There seemed little danger when the Brazilian picked up the ball on the left-hand edge of the area but he showed his clas by smashing a superb curling shot past the helpless Boschker.
The game looked up for Twente when Benjani, making his first appearance of the season after a thigh injury, added a third five minutes later with a shot that came off Douglas.
But the pressure was quickly back on City when Wielart was allowed to rise unmarked at the near post and head home from a corner.
Twente kept coming forward and Huysegems' first chance to level came and went on 70 minutes when he scuffed his shot wide when unmarked on the edge of the area.
City were still threatening too and Robinho went agonisingly close to sealing victory - twice firing against the same post after running at the Dutch side's defence.
But McClaren's men will feel they did enough for a point and should have earned one right at the end when the ball fell to Huysegems inside the six-yard box but he skied his shot hopelessly over the bar.
