It was Gardner who blocked off Dzeko for the foul. Dowd says Penalty and Mario Balotelli scored. Dzeko looking for the contact not Gardner. Dzeko was looking at Gardner's knee in that challenge, not the ball. Balotelli sends keeper wrong way from spot after Gardner had brought down Dzeko.

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