Division One League Match, Manchester Utd vs. Manchester City (Sun Feb 04)


                       Manchester Utd  |  Manchester City
                            5-3-1-1 P  |  4-5-1 P
                        Neil Stockley  |  Tony McCleary
                                       |
                        J_Leighton GK  |  GK A_Zaratta
                       M_Blackwell DF  |  DF Bohte_Daisuke
                         G_Bergomi DF  |  DF Mikio_Fujioka
                           M_Kelly DF  |  DF Aoyama_Hideki
                        W_Kambwala DF  |  DF J_Timber
                      T_Fredricson DF  |  MF Aparichit
                       F_Ravenalli MF  |  MF Leda_Cygnus
                            D_Gore MF  |  MF Endo
                         P_Dicanio MF  |  MF Sancho
                            D_Luca AM  |  MF A_Popeti
                       N_Fuellkrug FW  |  FW S_Bergwijn
                                       |
                           G_Kobel SUB |  SUB Cloisten
                             T_Lee SUB |  SUB S_Nemeth
                          S_Petrov SUB |  SUB Jamie_Tartt
                             Gomes SUB |  SUB D_Albertini
                        Neymar_Jnr SUB |  SUB T_Carthy

Referee: K_Ippi (Finland)


Min. 2  :(mnu) M_Blackwell with a flicked pass to D_Luca
          ...  D_Luca with the overhead !
          ...  The fans behind the goal jump up!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  But it's been ruled out!
          ...  He was fouling the defender
Min. 5  :(mnc) Aparichit picks up the loose ball and runs forward with it
          ...  Aparichit heads the ball towards goal !
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!
Min. 7  :(mnu) N_Fuellkrug gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past Aoyama_Hideki!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Aoyama_Hideki goes in hard to win the ball back
Min. 8  :(mnc) Endo plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  Bohte_Daisuke keeps possession instead!
          ...  He runs towards the goal now!
          ...  T_Fredricson gets in the way of the ball and clears!
Min. 12 :(mnc) Endo whips the ball across to Bohte_Daisuke
          ...  M_Blackwell wins the ball with a clear tackle
Min. 13 :(mnc) Aparichit has it now
          ...  He takes on D_Luca
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in S_Bergwijn!
          ...  S_Bergwijn drives the shot in!
          ...  J_Leighton was lucky there
Min. 16 :(mnc) Sancho has it now
          ...  He takes on T_Fredricson
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in S_Bergwijn!
          ...  S_Bergwijn gets up high for the header !
          ...  J_Leighton with the save
          ...  He holds onto it as well!
Min. 19 :(mnu) M_Kelly boots it towards N_Fuellkrug
          ...  Bohte_Daisuke plays the back pass
          ...  A_Zaratta can't get to it!!
          ...  It goes just wide!!
          ...  Look at the relief on his face!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Luca floats the ball in!
          ...  Aoyama_Hideki gets up well
          ...  And he clears the danger
Min. 19 :(mnc) S_Bergwijn sidesteps W_Kambwala
          ...  He was too quick for his marker
          ...  G_Bergomi pulls the player to the ground!!
          ...  That s a poor tackle!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was lucky to escape with a caution!
Min. 21 :(mnu) N_Fuellkrug kills the ball dead
          ...  N_Fuellkrug aims for the top right corner !
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But hits the side netting!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Luca chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  The ball finds its way to M_Blackwell
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  A_Zaratta with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 21 :(mnc) Sancho has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past T_Fredricson
          ...  He knocks it to J_Timber!
          ...  J_Timber with a blistering shot !
          ...  But he puts it wide
          ...  That was a terrible attempt!
Min. 22 :(mnu) G_Bergomi is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass under pressure
          ...  N_Fuellkrug latches onto the ball
          ...  N_Fuellkrug hits it
          ...  This one could go anywhere !
          ...  A_Zaratta falls over
          ...  But A_Zaratta is relieved to watch it go out of play!
Min. 24 :(mnu) N_Fuellkrug controls it with ease
          ...  Mikio_Fujioka is late with that one
          ...  I think he was just trying to get to the ball
Min. 27 :(mnc) Sancho with the cross-field pass to J_Timber
          ...  D_Luca with an ugly foul
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
Min. 29 :(mnc) S_Bergwijn with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past M_Blackwell
          ...  He knocks it to Bohte_Daisuke!
          ...  G_Bergomi forces him off the ball
          ...  But it rolls out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Leda_Cygnus hits it towards the far post!
          ...  Mikio_Fujioka tries to place the shot!
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  J_Leighton is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by Aparichit!
          ...  It comes to Aoyama_Hideki
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  But J_Leighton punches it away
          ...  He took a knock there
          ...  His manager is looking on anxiously
          ...  He's ok to carry on
Min. 30 :(mnc) Aparichit hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  Sancho latches onto it!
          ...  Sancho goes for goal !
          ...  J_Leighton gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he slots in the rebound
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Lets see if Manchester City can hang onto that lead!
          ...  Manchester Utd 0-1 Manchester City ...
Min. 31 :(mnu) The Manchester Utd manager told his side to change to a E strategy
Min. 34 :(mnu) F_Ravenalli sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to M_Blackwell
          ...  The defence has gone to sleep
          ...  M_Blackwell is all alone
          ...  A_Zaratta comes towards him
          ...  He tries to slide it past A_Zaratta
          ...  He has put it wide!!
Min. 35 :(mnc) Aparichit barges G_Bergomi off the ball
          ...  Aparichit has time and space!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  J_Leighton tips it round the post
          ...  Good save
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Aoyama_Hideki plays it into the danger area!
          ...  J_Leighton easily catches it!
Min. 36 :(mnu) D_Luca has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past J_Timber!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Launched towards the top corner by D_Luca !
          ...  But the ball goes harmlessly wide
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(mnu) D_Luca rushes through the defence
          ...  D_Luca with a bicycle kick !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He rips off his shirt and spins it in the air
          ...  Manchester Utd are back level!
          ...  Manchester Utd 1-1 Manchester City ...

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Manchester Utd 1-1 Manchester City

Min. 47 :(mnu) P_Dicanio jinks infield
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to D_Luca
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from S_Bergwijn
Min. 48 :(mnc) S_Bergwijn takes advantage of a mistake by W_Kambwala
          ...  That mistake could prove costly
          ...  S_Bergwijn with a low drive through the rain!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  What a great finish
          ...  That s put Manchester City ahead!
          ...  Manchester Utd 1-2 Manchester City ...
Min. 49 :(mnc) Aparichit gets to the by-line
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He plays the ball through to Leda_Cygnus
          ...  Leda_Cygnus with the diving header !
          ...  He had to be brave there
          ...  But J_Leighton smothers the ball.
Min. 50 :(mnc) A_Popeti runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to S_Bergwijn
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by M_Blackwell
          ...  He made it look easy
          ...  But he can't keep it in
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Aparichit hits it into the box!
          ...  It is cleared by T_Fredricson
Min. 53 :(mnu) P_Dicanio kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  D_Luca gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  D_Luca flicks the header toward the far post!
          ...  It's well wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 53 :(mnc) A_Popeti has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past G_Bergomi
          ...  He puts in S_Bergwijn!
          ...  The defender fails to control it
          ...  S_Bergwijn picks up the loose ball and runs towards goal
          ...  He is one on one with J_Leighton
          ...  He rounds J_Leighton
          ...  He thumps it towards the goal!
          ...  It goes over!!
Min. 54 :(mnu) F_Ravenalli hits in a shot!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  D_Gore collects the loose ball!
          ...  D_Gore gets up high for the header !
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  A_Zaratta tips it over !!
          ...  Great goalkeeping there!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Luca plays it towards the near post!
          ...  It comes to P_Dicanio
          ...  He fires it towards to goal
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Gore hits it into the box!
          ...  A_Zaratta easily claims the ball!
Min. 54 :(mnc) Bohte_Daisuke chips the ball over the defence and finds Leda_Cygnus
          ...  P_Dicanio gets in the way and wins the ball
Min. 60 :(mnu) Neymar_Jnr will come on for N_Fuellkrug and play FW
Min. 60 :(mnc) Leda_Cygnus crosses into the box, finding Bohte_Daisuke
          ...  Bohte_Daisuke hits the ball first time!
          ...  He could have let that bounce
          ...  J_Leighton makes the save
          ...  He hits the ball up field!
Min. 61 :(mnc) Bohte_Daisuke with a flashy move
          ...  M_Kelly pulls the player to the ground!!
          ...  That s a poor tackle!
          ...  He is ordered to cool off
Min. 65 :(mnu) a big roar from the crowd as Gomes comes on for D_Luca to play AM
Min. 66 :(mnc) S_Bergwijn sidesteps his marker
          ...  W_Kambwala with an over the top challenge
          ...  K_Ippi ignores the protests for a card
          ...  Neil Stockley looks relieved
Min. 69 :(mnc) A_Popeti lobs the ball over the defence
          ...  S_Bergwijn latches on to it
          ...  W_Kambwala slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 70 :(mnc) S_Nemeth replaces Mikio_Fujioka and will play DF
Min. 71 :(mnu) Neymar_Jnr gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past J_Timber!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Sancho gets the foot in to win the ball
Min. 72 :(mnc) A_Popeti looks around for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to Leda_Cygnus
          ...  P_Dicanio cuts out the pass
          ...  That was close!
Min. 74 :(mnc) Endo hoofs it up field to find Aparichit
          ...  But G_Bergomi will cut out the threat
Min. 74 :(mnu) T_Fredricson flicks it over A_Popeti and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  Aoyama_Hideki with a late tackle
          ...  Well to be fair he was looking for the foul
          ...  The boy is unlucky to get a yellow
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 76 :(mnc) Aparichit takes possession
          ...  He's got no outlet
          ...  He decides to go alone
          ...  Neymar_Jnr with an ugly foul
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  They are lining up to take this one!
          ...  S_Bergwijn hits it hard
          ...  But J_Leighton palms it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 79 :(mnc) Sancho takes advantage of a mistake by G_Bergomi
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  Sancho leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!!
          ...  J_Leighton can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It has gone just over the bar!
          ...  J_Leighton makes a cocky smile
          ...  Did he know that was going over?
Min. 80 :(mnc) Jamie_Tartt replaces Aparichit and will play MF
Min. 80 :(mnc) T_Carthy is coming on for S_Bergwijn and will play FW
Min. 84 :(mnc) Jamie_Tartt gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past G_Bergomi!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Jamie_Tartt attempts the shot!
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  That was a woeful effort
Min. 87 :(mnc) Leda_Cygnus spots Sancho who is in acres of space
          ...  Sancho swings in the shot!
          ...  J_Leighton with the diving save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(mnc) Bohte_Daisuke hoofs it up field to find A_Popeti
          ...  A_Popeti tries to beat J_Leighton!
          ...  He miskicks the ball
          ...  He's managed to put that out of the stadium
Min. 90 :(mnu) P_Dicanio kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  M_Kelly gets on the end of the pass
          ...  M_Kelly keeps his head down as he hits the shot!
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  Wide !!
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  P_Dicanio chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  S_Nemeth gets up well
          ...  And he heads it away
Min. 91 :(mnc) Endo is out on the left
          ...  He moves the ball right to T_Carthy
          ...  T_Carthy has a dig at goal!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Fine finish !
          ...  Manchester Utd 1-3 Manchester City ...
Min. 92 :(mnu) S_Petrov replaces T_Fredricson and will play MF
Min. 92 :(mnc) Endo fires over a low cross to T_Carthy
          ...  T_Carthy uses the inside of his foot to curl a shot!
          ...  But J_Leighton makes a fine save
          ...  Wow!! That was close!
          ...  He had to be at his best to reach that one!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Old Trafford
Attendance           : 100,000
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Manchester Utd Match Info
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Best player          : D_Luca
Scorers              : D_Luca (43)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : G_Bergomi (19)
Injured              : N/A
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Manchester City Match Info
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Best player          : S_Bergwijn (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Sancho (30), S_Bergwijn (48), T_Carthy (91)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Aoyama_Hideki (74)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                          Manchester Utd  | Manchester City
Attempts on Goal     :          11        |       19
Off target           :           6        |       7
On target            :           5        |       12
Possession           :          35        |       65
Corners              :           5        |       4
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :          11        |       8
Key Tackles          :           8        |       4
Key Passes           :           8        |       19
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Final Score          : Manchester Utd 1 - 3 Manchester City
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Player Statistics - Manchester Utd
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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J_Leighton     GK  31   4   3   4  27 |  95  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0   0
M_Blackwell    DF   2  28   6   7  23 |  95   0   2   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  40  10   5
G_Bergomi      DF   2  27   2   2  28 |  95   0   2   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  18 -12 -22
M_Kelly        DF   2  26   5   4  28 |  95   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
W_Kambwala     DF   2  25   7   1  36 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
T_Fredricson   DF   2  24   2   1  42 |  95   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
F_Ravenalli    MF   2   8  29   5  31 |  95   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20   0 -20
D_Gore         MF   2   5  29   2  31 |  95   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
P_Dicanio      MF   2  10  27   1  20 |  95   0   2   3   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  30   0
D_Luca         AM   2   4  27  23  27 |  68   0   0   0   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0  30
N_Fuellkrug    FW   1   1   3  28  42 |  63   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
G_Kobel        GK  29   2   3   4  35 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Lee          DF   1  28   9   2  25 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Petrov       MF   1  18  27   9  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Gomes          AM   1   8  28  12  26 |  27   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Neymar_Jnr     FW   1   1   5  26  36 |  32   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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  36   3   3   1  21 |  95   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0   0   0
Bohte_Daisuke  DF   1  37  11   6  31 |  95   0   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  20   5
Mikio_Fujioka  DF   2  37   8  10  41 |  73   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Aoyama_Hideki  DF   1  36   7   9  20 |  95   0   2   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  38  -2   3
J_Timber       DF   2  28   5   4  42 |  95   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
Aparichit      MF   3   5  33  19  12 |  83   0   0   3   1   2   0   0   0   0   0  50   5
Leda_Cygnus    MF   1  10  32  20  22 |  95   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   5
Endo           MF   1  18  29   5  26 |  95   0   0   5   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  70   0
Sancho         MF   2   8  28  12  30 |  95   0   1   2   0   3   1   0   0   0  20  20  30
A_Popeti       MF   1   4  28   4  41 |  95   0   0   4   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  60  20
S_Bergwijn     FW   3  10   8  34  10 |  83   0   1   1   0   5   1   0   0   0  20  10  40
Cloisten       GK  19   3   3   1  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Nemeth       DF   1  29   4   1   9 |  22   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
Jamie_Tartt    MF   1   8  29  14  14 |  12   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Albertini    MF   1   5  27   1  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Carthy       FW   1   1   4  29  38 |  12   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  30
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