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HealthEquity, Inc. (NASDAQ:HQY) Shares Purchased by Swiss National BankPep Guardiola’s side at least avoided the indignity of a sixth successive defeat in all competitions but alarm bells continue to ring at the Etihad Stadium after a dramatic late capitulation. A double from Erling Haaland – the first from the penalty spot – and a deflected effort from Ilkay Gundogan, all in the space of nine minutes either side of the break, looked to have ensured a return to winning ways. Yet Guardiola was left with his head in hands as Feyenoord roared back in the last 15 minutes with goals from Anis Hadj Moussa, Sergio Gimenez and David Hancko, two of them after Josko Gvardiol errors. City almost snatched a late winner when Jack Grealish hit the woodwork but there was no masking another dispiriting result. It was hardly the preparation City wanted for Sunday’s crunch trip to Liverpool, and the Feyenoord fans took great delight in rubbing that fact in. They sung the club anthem they share with Liverpool, You’ll Never Walk Alone, and chanted the name of their former manager Arne Slot, the current Reds boss. Guardiola arrived at the ground with a cut on the bridge of his nose and, once again, his side have been struck a nasty blow. Despite not being at their best, they had dominated early on against what seemed limited Dutch opposition. They threatened when a Gundogan shot was deflected wide and Haaland then went close to opening the scoring when he turned a header onto the post. Feyenoord goalkeeper Timon Wellenreuther gifted City another chance when he passed straight to Bernardo Silva but Grealish’s fierce volley struck team-mate Phil Foden. Foden forced a save from Wellenreuther but City had a moment of alarm when Igor Paixao got behind the defence only to shoot tamely at Ederson. Nathan Ake missed the target with a header but some luck finally went City’s way just before the break when Quinten Timber, brother of Arsenal’s Jurrien, was harshly adjudged to have fouled Haaland. The Norwegian rammed home the resulting spot-kick and City returned re-energised for the second period. They won a corner when a Matheus Nunes shot was turned behind and Gundogan fired the hosts’ second – albeit with aid of a deflection – with a firm volley from the edge of the box. City turned up the heat and claimed their third soon after as Gundogan released Nunes with a long ball and his low cross was turned into the net by a sliding Haaland. 44' ⚽️ Man City 1-0 Feyenoord50' ⚽️ Man City 2-0 Feyenoord53' ⚽️ Man City 3-0 Feyenoord75' ⚽️ Man City 3-1 Feyenoord82' ⚽️ Man City 3-2 Feyenoord89' ⚽️ Man City 3-3 Feyenoord 🤯🤯🤯 #UCL — UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) November 26, 2024 It seemed City were heading for a morale-lifting victory but a couple of Gvardiol errors changed the script. The Croatian, who had a torrid time in Saturday’s 4-0 thrashing by Tottenham, first horribly misplaced a backpass and allowed Moussa to nip in and round Ederson. Ordinarily that 75th-minute reply would have been a mere consolation and City would close out the game, but Gvardiol had another moment to forget eight minutes from time. Again he gave the ball away and Feyenoord pounced. The ball was lofted into the box and Jordan Lotomba fired a shot that glanced the post and deflected across goal, where Gimenez chested in. Ederson then blundered as he raced out of his area and was beaten by Paixao, who crossed for Hancko to head into an empty net. Amid some moments of unrest in the crowd, when objects were thrown, City tried to rally in stoppage time. Grealish had an effort deflected onto the bar but the hosts had to settle for a draw.The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and Siyangena Technologies were given an opportunity to comment on an independent engineer's report before it was finalised. This is according to independent engineer (IE) Errol Braithwaite after Prasa on Thursday said it was challenging the findings on the valuation of its dispute with Siyangena Technologies regarding the R5bn contract the agency had with the company. Last month Sunday Times reported that Prasa was refusing to pay a further R2.2bn for an unlawful contract it signed with Siyangena Technologies for a project in which costs skyrocketed from R1.9bn to R5.1bn. Prasa said on Thursday the Integrated Security Access Management System (ISAMS) project had failed to meet critical benchmarks for functionality and usability. It said the system was found to be under-designed, not fit for purpose and unable to meet the operational needs of Prasa's commuter network. According to Prasa, t hese deficiencies significantly diminish the financial valuation of the works. Braithwaite said to date, not a single item “of fact in the IE’s report has been disputed by either party”. He said he received submissions from both Prasa and Siyangena Technologies consisting of factual information which they deemed relevant. He said invoices and completion certificates were signed by technical officials from both parties, none of whose integrity is questioned. “The IE also scrutinised relevant data contained in Prasa's own annual reports. As part of his investigation, the IE also conducted in situ inspections at stations in Johannesburg, Tshwane, Cape Town and Durban. These stations were nominated by Prasa as being representative of the works,” he said in a statement. He added that both parties were afforded the opportunity to comment on a draft of the IE’s report before it was finalised and filed at the high court, and both parties did so. Prasa's comments included concerns about the stations it had nominated for the IE to inspect. “While disagreeing with Prasa's concerns, the IE nevertheless invited Prasa to propose an extension of the IE’s appointment to allow for additional stations to be inspected (which Prasa could again nominate). Prasa declined to do so,” he said. Braithwaite said he is of the overall opinion that the ISAMS project was installed according to high standards of technical professionalism by a responsible and competent contractor, using equipment conforming to both the employer’s specifications and to international good practice, at market-related prices. “Further, the contemporaneous project records (as signed-off by both parties) were found to be highly detailed and reliable and also internally consistent under multiple cross-checks,” he said. “In short, the project was undeniably well executed and for this, the technical teams from both Prasa and Siyangena should be strongly commended. It is evident that, notwithstanding the legal issues ongoing between the parties at the time, at a working level, the work progressed in a competent and professional manner.” He added that his valuation was performed using two different and independent methodologies. “The two approaches yielded overall results within 2% of one another. 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