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Man City plane redirected ahead of West Ham clash

Manchester City's flight to London had to be rerouted after a technical issue on the plane meant that they could not land at their scheduled destination.

The first-team squad flew to the capital on Friday ahead of City's lunchtime Premier League clash with West Ham United.

But their flight had to redirected from City Airport to London Stansted more than 30 miles away.

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Goal understands that there was a problem with the plane's anti-skid system which meant that it could not land at an airport with a short runway.