Division Two League Match, Manchester City vs. Liverpool (Sun Jan 10)


                      Manchester City  |  Liverpool
                              4-4-2 P  |  4-1-2-1-2 P
                        Tony McCleary  |  Mike McLeod
                                       |
                              Vorm GK  |  GK Fabianski
                           C_Fuchs DF  |  DF H_Matt
                       D_Gallagher DF  |  DF H_Norvdveit
                     Mikio_Fujioka DF  |  DF T_Speedman
                     Bohte_Daisuke DF  |  DF A_Carabali
                      R_Nainggolan MF  |  DM C_Sanchez
                           R_Neves MF  |  MF N_Schulz
                        Sam_Totman MF  |  MF E_Huws
                         Aparichit MF  |  AM T_Kroos
                         F_Inzaghi FW  |  FW Perez
                          Thanatos FW  |  FW L_Griffiths
                                       |
                             Chalk SUB |  SUB S_Assenjo
                     Aoyama_Hideki SUB |  SUB T_Blackett
                           K_Coman SUB |  SUB R_Hannam
                         E_Shikari SUB |  SUB G_Carey
                            J_Cruz SUB |  SUB G_Diangana

Referee: N_Rizzoli (Italy)


Min. 2  :(mnc) C_Fuchs skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to F_Inzaghi
          ...  F_Inzaghi with an overhead kick !
          ...  He gets a connection
          ...  Fabianski takes the ball off him
          ...  He was showing off there!
Min. 3  :(mnc) R_Neves with a probing through ball F_Inzaghi
          ...  F_Inzaghi aiming for the bottom corner !
          ...  Fabianski claws it off the line
          ...  N_Rizzoli consults his assistant
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  That's given Manchester City the advantage!
          ...  Manchester City 1-0 Liverpool ...
Min. 5  :(lpl) L_Griffiths knocks it past Thanatos and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge by Bohte_Daisuke
          ...  He timed it well
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  E_Huws hits it towards the far post!
          ...  Vorm catches it!
Min. 9  :(mnc) Thanatos bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to Mikio_Fujioka
          ...  Mikio_Fujioka throws himself at the ball !
          ...  He manages to reach the ball
          ...  Fabianski just watches it fly safely wide!
Min. 14 :(mnc) D_Gallagher reads the run of C_Fuchs
          ...  C_Fuchs gets his head to the ball !
          ...  Fabianski dives towards his top let hand corner
          ...  He's pushed that one just around the goal
          ...  Super Stop !
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Aparichit lofts the ball in!
          ...  F_Inzaghi gets a shot in
          ...  Fabianski with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 16 :(lpl) L_Griffiths runs at the defence
          ...  He nutmegs the defender
          ...  He showed his class there
          ...  L_Griffiths tries to beat Vorm!
          ...  But Vorm parries the ball
          ...  It's picked up by the defender, much to the relief of the crowd
Min. 16 :(mnc) F_Inzaghi sprints past T_Speedman
          ...  E_Huws with a bad challenge
          ...  The ref shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It's in a very dangerous position!
          ...  F_Inzaghi fires it towards the goal
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  But goes clear to safety!
Min. 18 :(lpl) A_Carabali looks around for some movement
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He hits the ball to T_Kroos
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  Sam_Totman hits it out for a throw
Min. 20 :(mnc) D_Gallagher threads the through ball to F_Inzaghi
          ...  F_Inzaghi controls the ball well!
          ...  He hits the shot towards goal!
          ...  But Fabianski punches it away
          ...  He had to be brave to come for that one
Min. 22 :(lpl) E_Huws looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to C_Sanchez
          ...  Good sliding challenge from R_Neves
Min. 24 :(lpl) T_Kroos beats Bohte_Daisuke
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  Aparichit gathers up the loose ball
Min. 28 :(lpl) E_Huws controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the right!
          ...  T_Kroos gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  T_Kroos carves a shot towards goal !
          ...  But he puts it over
          ...  He can't be happy with that effort
Min. 32 :(mnc) Sam_Totman holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to Aparichit
          ...  The defence has gone to sleep
          ...  Aparichit is all alone
          ...  Fabianski comes towards him
          ...  He slips it underneath Fabianski
          ...  He hits it towards goal!
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  Manchester City 2-0 Liverpool ...
Min. 41 :(lpl) T_Kroos crosses in from the wing, he finds L_Griffiths in the box
          ...  What a shot from L_Griffiths !
          ...  It could go anywhere
          ...  Vorm gathers it comfortably
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(mnc) R_Nainggolan drives it across the face of the goal Thanatos
          ...  Thanatos keeps his head down as he hits the shot!
          ...  But Fabianski punches it away
          ...  He took a knock there
          ...  His manager is looking on anxiously
          ...  He's ok to carry on
Min. 45 :(lpl) E_Huws looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to T_Speedman
          ...  T_Speedman with a little chip!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He made that look harder than it was!!
Min. 46 :(mnc) R_Nainggolan spots Thanatos who is in acres of space
          ...  Thanatos with the crafty shot!
          ...  It flies wide!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Manchester City 2-0 Liverpool

Min. 46 :(lpl) Perez has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past Mikio_Fujioka!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Aparichit with a nasty foul
Min. 46 :(lpl) H_Norvdveit skips the challenge from the defender
          ...  H_Norvdveit with the overhead !
          ...  Saved by Vorm
Min. 47 :(mnc) Bohte_Daisuke brings it under control
          ...  He takes on H_Norvdveit
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in F_Inzaghi!
          ...  F_Inzaghi with a thundering shot!
          ...  But Fabianski just gets his fingers to that one
Min. 52 :(mnc) Mikio_Fujioka has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past H_Norvdveit!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Launched towards the top corner by Mikio_Fujioka !
          ...  But he miskicks and puts it well off target
          ...  The Liverpool fans taunt him about that effort
Min. 55 :(lpl) Liverpool altered their play to a D strategy
Min. 56 :(lpl) H_Norvdveit threads the through ball to E_Huws
          ...  Mikio_Fujioka with a terrible tackle
          ...  N_Rizzoli warned him
Min. 65 :(mnc) Mikio_Fujioka hits in a shot!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  F_Inzaghi collects the loose ball!
          ...  F_Inzaghi has time and space!
          ...  He flicks the ball towards goal
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  Fabianski is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  R_Nainggolan floats the ball in!
          ...  It is kicked away by A_Carabali
Min. 68 :(lpl) T_Kroos with the cross-field pass to C_Sanchez
          ...  C_Sanchez from 20 yards !
          ...  But he's missed it!
          ...  He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo
Min. 70 :(lpl) Up goes the substitution board - G_Carey on for N_Schulz as a MF
Min. 73 :(mnc) Mikio_Fujioka nutmegs A_Carabali
          ...  C_Sanchez reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 73 :(lpl) Perez cuts the ball back to E_Huws
          ...  F_Inzaghi with a late tackle
          ...  Well to be fair he was looking for the foul
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll be off if he does that again
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  That could have been a penalty!
          ...  C_Sanchez floats it forward
          ...  L_Griffiths latches onto the end of it
          ...  D_Gallagher pulls on his shirt
          ...  He wins the ball
          ...  The defender got away with the foul there!
Min. 75 :(mnc) Aoyama_Hideki is ready to come on to replace Bohte_Daisuke
          ...  Looks like he will play as a DF
Min. 75 :(mnc) K_Coman is coming on for Aparichit and playing MF
Min. 75 :(lpl) T_Blackett is ready to come on to replace H_Matt
          ...  Looks like he will play as a DF
Min. 75 :(lpl) G_Diangana will come on for Perez and play FW
Min. 79 :(mnc) Sam_Totman comes up lame after the wicked challenge.
          ...  He's unable to continue
Min. 79 :(mnc) E_Shikari is coming on for Sam_Totman and playing MF
Min. 80 :(lpl) The assistant manager is out on the touchline shouting orders
          ...  It seems Liverpool will now be playing A
Min. 84 :(mnc) K_Coman holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to F_Inzaghi
          ...  F_Inzaghi flicks the header toward the far post!
          ...  But Fabianski comes out and dives at his feet
          ...  That's goalkeeping at its finest
Min. 84 :(lpl) E_Huws puts in T_Speedman
          ...  T_Speedman with a blistering shot !
          ...  But Vorm palms it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 85 :(mnc) K_Coman controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball into the middle!
          ...  F_Inzaghi gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  H_Norvdveit clears with a diving header
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(mnc) R_Neves is first to the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to Aoyama_Hideki
          ...  But A_Carabali sees the pass and cuts it out
Min. 88 :(lpl) E_Huws retreats under pressure
          ...  He hoofs the ball up field
          ...  G_Diangana gets on the end of it
          ...  G_Diangana with the attempt at goal!
          ...  He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!!
          ...  Vorm palms it behind !!
          ...  What a great save!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  E_Huws lofts the ball in!
          ...  C_Fuchs reads it well
          ...  And he knocks it away
Min. 89 :(mnc) C_Fuchs takes advantage of a bad back pass from T_Speedman
          ...  Wonderful sliding challenge by T_Blackett
Min. 92 :(lpl) E_Huws breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on Vorm!
          ...  C_Fuchs brings him down!
          ...  He could be off!!
          ...  N_Rizzoli calls him over
          ...  The ref is taking his time with him!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 93 :(mnc) F_Inzaghi takes possession
          ...  What can he do here?
          ...  F_Inzaghi looks to see where Fabianski is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  Fabianski won't get to that!
          ...  It clips the post!
          ...  And goes wide!
Min. 94 :(mnc) C_Fuchs heads the ball back to F_Inzaghi
          ...  F_Inzaghi with a scorcher of a shot !
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  But it sails over !!

*************  FULL TIME  ****************


Match Details
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Venue                : City Of Manchester Stadium
Attendance           : 101,322
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Manchester City Match Info
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Best player          : F_Inzaghi (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : F_Inzaghi (3), Aparichit (32)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : F_Inzaghi (73), C_Fuchs (92)
Injured              : Sam_Totman (79)
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Liverpool Match Info
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Best player          : E_Huws
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : E_Huws (16)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                         Manchester City  |   Liverpool
Attempts on Goal     :          16        |       8
Off target           :           7        |       3
On target            :           9        |       5
Possession           :          61        |       39
Corners              :           2        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :          11        |       8
Key Tackles          :           5        |       4
Key Passes           :          14        |       10
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Final Score          : Manchester City 2 - 0 Liverpool
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Player Statistics - Manchester City
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Vorm           GK  35   3   7   1  22 |  95   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  70   0   0   0
C_Fuchs        DF   2  32   9  10  32 |  95   0   1   2   0   1   0   1   0   0  18  18   3
D_Gallagher    DF   1  32   8  10  43 |  95   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
Mikio_Fujioka  DF   2  31   7  10  41 |  95   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Bohte_Daisuke  DF   1  29   9   5  31 |  76   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  80  30  20
R_Nainggolan   MF   1   8  32   6  23 |  95   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
R_Neves        MF   2   5  31   4  33 |  95   0   1   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  20  35   0
Sam_Totman     MF   1  22  30   5  28 |  80   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  20  25   0
Aparichit      MF   3   5  25  15  12 |  76   0   1   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  20   0  25
F_Inzaghi      FW   1  10   7  31  43 |  95   0   0   0   0  10   1   1   0   0  -2  -2  48
Thanatos       FW   3   9   5  30  22 |  95   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
Chalk          GK  26   4   3   1  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Aoyama_Hideki  DF   1  30   6   9  20 |  19   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
K_Coman        MF   1  10  30   7  30 |  19   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
E_Shikari      MF   1   6  26   9  32 |  15   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
J_Cruz         FW   1   6   8  27  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Liverpool
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Fabianski      GK  31   3   1   5  21 |  95   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0   0
H_Matt         DF   2  27  13   7  34 |  76   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
H_Norvdveit    DF   3  25  13  11  11 |  95   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   5
T_Speedman     DF   3  25  12  10  21 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
A_Carabali     DF   1  25  10   7  33 |  95   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
C_Sanchez      DM   1  17  25   6  30 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
N_Schulz       MF   1   8  29  17  21 |  71   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Huws         MF   2   7  26  19  38 |  95   0   0   5   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  48  -2
T_Kroos        AM   3   8  27  21  30 |  95   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0 -20   0 -20
Perez          FW   3   9   8  29  30 |  76   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
L_Griffiths    FW   2  10   5  28  31 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -10
S_Assenjo      GK  29   3   3   4  34 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Blackett     DF   2  25  11   8  21 |  19   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
R_Hannam       DM   2  17  25   4  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Carey        MF   1   4  25  16  30 |  24   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Diangana     FW   2   6  10  25  43 |  19   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
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