Division One League Match, Manchester City vs. Sunderland (Sun Aug 07)


                      Manchester City  |  Sunderland
                              4-5-1 P  |  4-3-1-2 P
                        Tony McCleary  |  John Gemmell
                                       |
                         A_Zaratta GK  |  GK T_McGill
                           C_Fuchs DF  |  DF D_Aitken
                     Bohte_Daisuke DF  |  DF Boli
                       D_Gallagher DF  |  DF T_Blackett
                              Hugo DF  |  DF D_Yedlin
                      P_Bouba_Diop MF  |  MF D_Horzano
                         Aparichit MF  |  MF A_Guardado
                      Suz_Nakamoto MF  |  MF S_Sensi
                       Leda_Cygnus MF  |  AM Atsu
                       D_Upamecano MF  |  FW J_Maddison
                           Taliyah FW  |  FW T_Hulssenberg
                                       |
                           G_Yates SUB |  SUB R_Clemance
                     Mikio_Fujioka SUB |  SUB Kim_Sin_Jung
                         J_Butland SUB |  SUB R_Ferdinand
                         E_Shikari SUB |  SUB H_Kagamoti
                            J_Cruz SUB |  SUB H_Crespo

Referee: D_Skomina (Slovenia)


Min. 10 :(sun) Atsu with the first time flick to J_Maddison
          ...  Suz_Nakamoto fouls
          ...  That was disgusting
          ...  He's lucky to be let off for that one
          ...  Tony McCleary looks relieved
          ...  John Gemmell is far from happy with that decision
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  They are lining up to take this one!
          ...  S_Sensi drives it under the wall
          ...  A_Zaratta is just going to watch it go over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  And A_Zaratta reacts well to palm it behind!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Guardado plays it into the danger area!
          ...  Hugo wins the ball
          ...  And he clears the danger
Min. 10 :(mnc) C_Fuchs is clutching his leg!
          ...  The Manchester City physio rushes on
          ...  He isn't able to carry on!
Min. 10 :(mnc) Mikio_Fujioka is being prepared to come on
          ...  C_Fuchs is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 10 :(sun) S_Sensi takes a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball into J_Maddison
          ...  J_Maddison has time and space!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  A_Zaratta makes a difficult save
Min. 11 :(sun) Boli with a neat pass into J_Maddison
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from Mikio_Fujioka
Min. 13 :(mnc) Leda_Cygnus knocks it past T_Blackett and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  D_Horzano with the foul
          ...  D_Skomina shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
Min. 14 :(sun) T_Hulssenberg moves out wide
          ...  He plays the ball through to J_Maddison
          ...  J_Maddison sees A_Zaratta off his line !
          ...  A_Zaratta is beaten!
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  And goes clear
Min. 15 :(sun) S_Sensi squares it to D_Aitken
          ...  D_Gallagher with the tackle
          ...  He did well to stop that attack!
Min. 17 :(mnc) Aparichit plays a first time ball through the defence to Leda_Cygnus
          ...  Leda_Cygnus goes for the top corner !
          ...  But T_McGill punches it away
          ...  He took a knock there
          ...  His manager is looking on anxiously
          ...  He's ok to carry on
Min. 18 :(sun) Atsu is taking a throw in
          ...  He is taking a run up at it!
          ...  He throws it long to T_Hulssenberg
          ...  T_Hulssenberg has a go!
          ...  A_Zaratta is just going to watch it go over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  But goes just over !!
          ...  A_Zaratta looks very relieved!
Min. 19 :(mnc) D_Upamecano loses T_Blackett
          ...  Atsu knocks him to the floor
          ...  The fans are calling for a penalty!
          ...  But D_Skomina just turns away!
Min. 21 :(mnc) Bohte_Daisuke plays it forward to Taliyah
          ...  Taliyah tries to lob the keeper !
          ...  But T_McGill makes an easy save
Min. 23 :(sun) A_Guardado controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs D_Gallagher
          ...  He puts in T_Hulssenberg!
          ...  T_Hulssenberg cracks a laser towards goal !
          ...  A_Zaratta makes a fine save
Min. 27 :(mnc) D_Upamecano holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to Bohte_Daisuke
          ...  Bohte_Daisuke aims for the top right corner !
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  But he beats the defender to the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it wide
Min. 31 :(mnc) Leda_Cygnus takes possession
          ...  Boli goes in with the block tackle
          ...  He comes out of it with the ball
          ...  Great tackle!
Min. 32 :(mnc) Taliyah takes possession
          ...  Knocks it past the defender
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  Taliyah hits it
          ...  This one could go anywhere !
          ...  T_McGill makes the save
          ...  He hits the ball up field!
Min. 32 :(sun) D_Aitken kicks P_Bouba_Diop off the ball
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  D_Skomina reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  I think he was lucky to escape with a caution!
Min. 36 :(mnc) Taliyah takes advantage of a mistake by S_Sensi
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  A_Guardado with a pull on the shirt
          ...  He is ordered to cool off
Min. 37 :(mnc) Suz_Nakamoto beats T_Blackett
          ...  He muscled him off the ball
          ...  Suz_Nakamoto could have let it bounce!
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it wide
Min. 39 :(sun) J_Maddison picks up the pass
          ...  Launched towards the top corner by J_Maddison !
          ...  It grazes the bar
          ...  And goes over
          ...  Oh so close there!
Min. 41 :(sun) D_Yedlin bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to T_Hulssenberg
          ...  A powerful shot by T_Hulssenberg !
          ...  A_Zaratta won't get to that!
          ...  It clips the post!
          ...  And goes wide!
Min. 42 :(mnc) Leda_Cygnus is out on the left
          ...  He moves the ball right to Taliyah
          ...  From long range Taliyah bends the ball towards goal!
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  T_McGill moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  It's beaten him!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  T_McGill looks dejected!
          ...  That puts Manchester City ahead!
          ...  Now can they hang onto it!
          ...  Manchester City 1-0 Sunderland ...
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(sun) Sunderland restructured their strategy to A
Min. 44 :(mnc) The ball runs loose!
          ...  Suz_Nakamoto seizes control of it and thinks about the shot
          ...  Suz_Nakamoto hits the shot with the outside of the right foot!
          ...  But he's put it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that one?!?!?
Min. 46 :(mnc) Suz_Nakamoto looks for options
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to D_Upamecano
          ...  D_Upamecano is through on goal!
          ...  The flag stays down
          ...  He just has T_McGill to beat
          ...  He nutmegs T_McGill
          ...  It hits the upright!!
          ...  And goes wide!
Min. 48 :(sun) D_Yedlin sidesteps his marker
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  Intercepted by Bohte_Daisuke

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Manchester City 1-0 Sunderland

Min. 47 :(mnc) Aparichit has found himself in space
          ...  He looks up for his team mates
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  Bohte_Daisuke gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  Bohte_Daisuke gets his head to the ball !
          ...  T_McGill saves it
          ...  Good goalkeeping
Min. 48 :(mnc) Suz_Nakamoto is clutching his leg!
          ...  The Manchester City physio rushes on
          ...  He isn't able to carry on!
Min. 48 :(mnc) J_Butland takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace Suz_Nakamoto
          ...  He'll play as a MF
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 50 :(mnc) Leda_Cygnus with the dribble
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  Leda_Cygnus with the 40 yard drive !
          ...  T_McGill manages to turn it behind
Min. 51 :(mnc) Taliyah cuts inside his opponent
          ...  He worked that well
          ...  D_Aitken hits it out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Aparichit chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  Boli gets up well
          ...  And he heads it clear
Min. 53 :(sun) A_Guardado hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  D_Horzano latches onto it!
          ...  D_Gallagher cuts out the pass
          ...  That was close!
Min. 55 :(sun) T_Hulssenberg with the towering header to J_Maddison
          ...  J_Maddison shapes up for a shot!
          ...  A_Zaratta goes down well to save
Min. 56 :(sun) T_Blackett pass splits open the defence
          ...  What a ball!
          ...  T_Hulssenberg is clean through!
          ...  T_Hulssenberg hits the shot with the inside of the right foot!
          ...  A_Zaratta makes a great save
          ...  But he can't hold onto it!
          ...  He gathers it at the second attempt!
Min. 59 :(mnc) Taliyah with a real burst of pace
          ...  He leaves D_Aitken behind
          ...  Boli wins the ball!
          ...  But he caught the player also!
          ...  The ref gives nothing!
Min. 60 :(sun) Kim_Sin_Jung comes on for D_Yedlin and will play DF to the delight of the fans
Min. 60 :(sun) There's going to be a change
          ...  H_Kagamoti will come on for S_Sensi and play MF
Min. 60 :(sun) H_Crespo replaces T_Hulssenberg and will play FW
Min. 60 :(mnc) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  Taliyah is through!
          ...  Taliyah has time and space!
          ...  He flicks the ball towards goal
          ...  Its sails over!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 61 :(sun) J_Maddison with a real burst of pace
          ...  He leaves Mikio_Fujioka behind
          ...  Hugo with a bad challenge
          ...  D_Skomina will want to speak to him
          ...  D_Skomina called him over for a strong verbal warning
Min. 64 :(mnc) D_Upamecano is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He throws it long to Leda_Cygnus
          ...  A powerful shot by Leda_Cygnus !
          ...  T_McGill saves it
          ...  Good goalkeeping
Min. 65 :(mnc) D_Gallagher has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past Kim_Sin_Jung!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  D_Gallagher attempts to drive it home!
          ...  T_McGill with an easy save
          ...  He just oozes confidence
Min. 65 :(mnc) D_Gallagher gets to the by line
          ...  He looks up and lobs in a cross
          ...  Taliyah is unmarked
          ...  J_Maddison with the tackle
          ...  That's got to be a yellow
          ...  D_Skomina shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
Min. 66 :(mnc) Aparichit finds his way through
          ...  His quick turn fooled the defender
          ...  Boli stands firm and knocks the player to the ground!!
          ...  That's a rash challenge!!
          ...  D_Skomina ignores the protests for a card
          ...  John Gemmell looks relieved
Min. 69 :(mnc) P_Bouba_Diop with a precise ball to Taliyah
          ...  Taliyah is in acres of space!
          ...  He looked offside to me
          ...  He tries to round T_McGill
          ...  He rounds T_McGill
          ...  He has been pushed wide!
          ...  He shoots from a tight angle
          ...  Its hit the side netting!!
Min. 70 :(mnc) D_Upamecano beats Kim_Sin_Jung
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by D_Horzano
          ...  He made it look easy
Min. 70 :(sun) H_Crespo controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs Hugo
          ...  He puts in J_Maddison!
          ...  J_Maddison fires a shot at goal !
          ...  It hits the post
          ...  And goes clear
Min. 74 :(mnc) Aparichit cuts inside the defender
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to J_Butland
          ...  J_Maddison fouls badly
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  D_Skomina tells him to calm his game down a bit
Min. 75 :(mnc) Bohte_Daisuke lays the ball back to Taliyah
          ...  Taliyah rifles it to the far post !
          ...  But it goes just over
Min. 76 :(mnc) Taliyah runs at the defender
          ...  The defender slips and falls over
          ...  D_Aitken beats him to the ball
Min. 80 :(mnc) E_Shikari is ready to come on to replace D_Upamecano
          ...  Looks like he will play as a MF
Min. 80 :(mnc) J_Cruz is being prepared to come on
          ...  Taliyah is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play FW
Min. 86 :(mnc) Aparichit turns past T_Blackett
          ...  He has created space for himself now
          ...  A great volley from Aparichit !
          ...  It hits the post
          ...  And goes clear
Min. 87 :(sun) D_Aitken runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to H_Crespo
          ...  H_Crespo hits it
          ...  This one could go anywhere !
          ...  But he's missed it!
          ...  He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(mnc) J_Cruz slows the ball down and waits for support
          ...  He spots his team mate making a run now
          ...  He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now!
          ...  His team mate plays the through ball for him!
          ...  J_Cruz bears down on goal!
          ...  T_McGill makes a comfortable save
          ...  He wasn't troubled there
Min. 90 :(sun) J_Maddison jumps over Hugo's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  E_Shikari tries to clear it
          ...  He has miskicked it!!!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Guardado drives it into the box!
          ...  D_Aitken tries to place the shot!
          ...  A_Zaratta guesses right
Min. 93 :(mnc) Aparichit brings the ball under control
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  J_Cruz gets on the end of the pass
          ...  J_Cruz with a powerful diving header!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : City Of Manchester Stadium
Attendance           : 108,575
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Manchester City Match Info
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Best player          : Leda_Cygnus (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Taliyah (42)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : C_Fuchs (10), Suz_Nakamoto (48)
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Sunderland Match Info
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Best player          : T_Hulssenberg
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : D_Horzano (13), D_Aitken (32), J_Maddison (65)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                         Manchester City  |    Sunderland
Attempts on Goal     :          18        |       12
Off target           :           9        |       6
On target            :           9        |       6
Possession           :          61        |       39
Corners              :           1        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       3
Subs Used            :           4        |       3
Fouls                :          12        |       12
Key Tackles          :           5        |       6
Key Passes           :          12        |       13
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Final Score          : Manchester City 1 - 0 Sunderland
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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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A_Zaratta      GK  34   3   3   1  21 |  97   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  70   0   0   0
C_Fuchs        DF   2  35   9  10  32 |  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
Bohte_Daisuke  DF   1  34  11   6  31 |  97   0   1   2   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  20   5
D_Gallagher    DF   1  34   9  10  43 |  97   0   2   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  10   5
Hugo           DF   2  32  14   9  42 |  97   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
P_Bouba_Diop   MF   2   8  33  11  12 |  97   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30  20
Aparichit      MF   3   5  31  18  12 |  97   0   0   4   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  40   0
Suz_Nakamoto   MF   1   1  30  23  33 |  51   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Leda_Cygnus    MF   1   9  30  19  22 |  97   0   0   1   1   3   0   0   0   0   0  30  15
D_Upamecano    MF   3   7  27  19  31 |  83   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
Taliyah        FW   2   7   8  34  11 |  83   0   0   0   0   6   1   0   0   0  20  20  55
G_Yates        GK  29   2   1   1  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Mikio_Fujioka  DF   2  34   8  10  41 |  87   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
J_Butland      MF   2  10  32  12  41 |  46   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Shikari      MF   1   6  27   9  32 |  14   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
J_Cruz         FW   1   6   8  28  31 |  14   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5

Player Statistics - Sunderland
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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T_McGill       GK  35   2   3   1  31 |  97   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0   0   0
D_Aitken       DF   1  29   9   6  20 |  97   0   2   1   0   1   0   1   0   0  18 -12 -17
Boli           DF   2  27  12   7  32 |  97   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  10   0
T_Blackett     DF   2  26  11   8  21 |  97   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
D_Yedlin       DF   1  26  10   6  23 |  63   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
D_Horzano      MF   2  25   9   7  22 |  97   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2 -22 -22
A_Guardado     MF   2   7  29   6  20 |  97   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
S_Sensi        MF   2   9  25  11  21 |  63   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   5
Atsu           AM   1  10  28  12  18 |  97   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
J_Maddison     FW   2   7   9  27  30 |  97   0   0   0   0   5   0   1   0   0  -2  -2   8
T_Hulssenberg  FW   2   8   9  26  43 |  63   0   0   2   0   4   0   0   0   0   0  20  10
R_Clemance     GK  15   3   3   1  40 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Kim_Sin_Jung   DF   2  29   9   9  12 |  34   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
R_Ferdinand    DF   1  25  12   9  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
H_Kagamoti     MF   2   7  27  14  32 |  34   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
H_Crespo       FW   1   7   9  25  21 |  34   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
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