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Wednesday December 2, 2009 Finished The City of Manchester Stadium

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Manchester City

  • Tévez 50’
  • Wright-Phillips 69’
  • Weiss 89’

Arsenal

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  1. City shoot down Gunners

    City shoot down Gunners

    Manchester City lifted the pressure on Mark Hughes by moving within 270 minutes of their first trophy in 33 years after beating Arsenal 3-0. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester City
    • Arsenal
    • 94' FULL TIME! City 3-0 Arsenal. The scoreline a fair reflection of the match in the end.
    • 92' HIT THE BAR! Merida denied a consolation by the woodwork...
    • 89' GOAL! City 3-0 Arsenal! Weiss smashes one in off the bar from Bellamy's cross for a comprehensive battering!...
    • 88' SAVE! Bellamy has a huge chance to wrap it up but Fabianski gets a strong right palm to the ball...
    • 87' No more bookings, it seems Christmas came early for Chris Foy there...
    • 83' Bellamy booked for bringing down Eboue! I'm not joking!...
    • 82' Ramsey booked for taking revenge on Kompany!
    • 82' Kompany booked for a cynical body check...
    • 79' Song booked for bodychecking Ireland, who was clearly clean through. This should have been red...
    • 78' Wilshere booked for kicking out. He's getting frustrated. Wright-Phillips replaced by Weiss to a standing ovation...
    • 76' Wilshere and Bellamy cross words but it is City who are laughing...
    • 74' Tevez replaced by Kompany...
    • 70' GOAL! City 2-0 Arsenal! Wow! Shaun Wright-Phillips hits a trademark stunner! He's been arguably the best player on the pitch, he drops a shoudler past Silvestre and then arrows a cracker into the far top corner!
    • 68' Eastmond replaced by Sanchez Watt...
    • 66' It's 2-1 Chelsea now, Kalou the scorer...
    • 63' HALF CHANCE! Superb Arsenal football sends Eboue clear, his cross looks for Vela but Lescott provides the last-ditch cover...
    • 61' Drogba has just pulled Chelsea level 1-1 at Blackburn...
    • 58' Silvestre booked for pulling down Adebayor. He's lucky Eboue was covering otherwise that was red...
    • 56' CHANCE! Bellamy hits the byline and squares the ball for Adebayor, who is totally unmarked, but Fabianski leaps out like a cat to save his side falling two behind...
    • 55' CHANCE! Vela leads an Arsenal breakaway and then picks out Ramsey's run through the heart of the City defence, but the Welshman fires wildly over...
    • 53' The game needed that goal, now Arsenal need to throw more men forward, and only Wright-Phillips' overhit cross prevents Adebayor scoring...
    • 50' GOAL! City 1-0 Arsenal! Smashing goal by Tevez. The little Argentinean drifts inside both Eboue and Song to bend a beauty in off the bar and post. Wonderful strike...
    • 46' 28 seconds is all it takes for Adebayor to throw himself looking for a penalty. Come on now Emmanuel, play fair...
    • 46' Back underway...
    • 46' HALF TIME. City 0-0 Arsenal. My cheeky bet on a 4-3 City win is looking unlikely...
    • 43' City are growing into this match, don't be surprised to see them break the deadlock...
    • 39' Yellow card number two. Eastmond on Wright-Phillips...
    • 39' CLOSE! Barry's free kick is so nearly headed into Arsenal's net by Alex Song...
    • 38' Traore earns the first caution for a woeful challenge on Wright-Phillips. Now the Frenchman has a tough night on his hands...
    • 37' Tevez frustratedly lashes out at Rosicky after losing the ball. Handbags really...
    • 35' CHANCE! Eboue drives into the box, sits Lescott down but Bridge puts enough pressure on the full back to force a poor shot at Given...
    • 34' CLOSE! Ramsey dinks a delightful ball over the centre back, Vela attempts the overhead kick but Lescott and Toure deal with it in the nick of time...
    • 32' Good defending by Lescott (not something you say too often), who leans on Vela as he bursts into the box to force the striker out of play. Half chance for Arsenal...
    • 29' Hints of a two-footed tackle by Adebayor on Silvestre. You can see why he's such a legend at the Emirates...
    • 28' This is a highly watchable game of football. You get the feeling one goal will bring plenty...
    • 25' CHANCE! Tevez picks the ball up deep, he drives at the left side of the Arsenal defence, swaying Silvestre one way and then the other, finally shooting towards the near post when Fabianski stays big...
    • 23' BIG CHANCE! Vela runs the channel, he gets to the ball first but his clipped chip misses the target with Given well beaten...
    • 20' REAL CHANCE! Wright-Phillips outmuscles Silvestre (embarrassing for the Frenchman), he cuts the ball back for Bellamy who misses the target from the penalty spot. Awful miss...
    • 18' PENALTY SHOUT! Bellamy runs at Song, he nudges it past the African who stands his ground and Bellamy collapses. Seen them given, but mostly by rubbish referees...
    • 16' Vela's been industrious so far, earning a dangerous free kick for his side here...
    • 13' You just wonder where the goalscorer is in this Arsenal side. They're looking good up to a point, but no shots at goal yet...
    • 11' CHANCE! Tevez curls a lovely little cross to the near post, where Ireland appears to dummy the ball rather than strike it and the chance is lost...
    • 9' Adebayor wastes a good attacking position for City by tripping over the ball. Imagine the concern for the Togo international among the Arsenal fans...
    • 7' CHANCE! Adebayor leaps above Song at the corner but his header is straight at Fabianski...
    • 6' Wilshere is showing some delightful touches early doors but City have a clear power advantage, expect a set-piece goal at some point in this contest. Corner City...
    • 3' A sharp turn by Wright-Phillips completely loses Traore and the resulting cross is inches from finding its way past Silvestre to Tevez...
    • 2' Super start by Arsenal, whose one-touch football involving Wilshere, Vela and Merida almost sees Rosicky one-on-one inside the opening 60 seconds...
    • 1' We are underway. Let the drama unfold...
    • - Here come the teams. The Arsenal fans look delighted to see old favourite Adebayor again...
    • - Santa Cruz and Robinho are on the bench for City. Frimpong goes like-for-like on the Arsenal bench...
    • - I'm going to go out on a limb and say Jack Wilshere will be England's best player in 10 years' time. Anybody seen somebody better?...
    • - Teams are in from Eastlands, Wenger goes with the toddlers once again, as does Hughes. Oh wait, that just Shaun Wright-Phillips...
    • - MAN CITY: Given, Richards, Toure, Lescott, Bridge, Wright-Phillips, Barry, Ireland, Bellamy, Tevez, Adebayor
    • - ARSENAL: Fabianski, Eboue, Song, Silvestre, Traore, Eastmond, Ramsey, Rosicky, Wilshere, Vela, Merida
    • - Seven times in a row now Mark Hughes' men have drawn. So we can expect extra time, penalties, a controversial moment that Arsene Wenger didn't see, a blatant ignored penalty claim that he did see, plus there's target practice for the Arsenal fans with Emmanuel Adebayor the target...
    • - Good evening and welcome to our live coverage of a game that may as well just be decided on penalty kicks from the off. It's Manchester City v Arsenal...

  • Summary

    • 92' HIT THE BAR! Merida denied a consolation by the woodwork...
    • 89' GOAL! City 3-0 Arsenal! Weiss smashes one in off the bar from Bellamy's cross for a comprehensive battering!...
    • 88' SAVE! Bellamy has a huge chance to wrap it up but Fabianski gets a strong right palm to the ball...
    • 70' GOAL! City 2-0 Arsenal! Wow! Shaun Wright-Phillips hits a trademark stunner! He's been arguably the best player on the pitch, he drops a shoudler past Silvestre and then arrows a cracker into the far top corner!
    • 56' CHANCE! Bellamy hits the byline and squares the ball for Adebayor, who is totally unmarked, but Fabianski leaps out like a cat to save his side falling two behind...
    • 50' GOAL! City 1-0 Arsenal! Smashing goal by Tevez. The little Argentinean drifts inside both Eboue and Song to bend a beauty in off the bar and post. Wonderful strike...
    • 25' CHANCE! Tevez picks the ball up deep, he drives at the left side of the Arsenal defence, swaying Silvestre one way and then the other, finally shooting towards the near post when Fabianski stays big...
    • 23' BIG CHANCE! Vela runs the channel, he gets to the ball first but his clipped chip misses the target with Given well beaten...
    • 20' REAL CHANCE! Wright-Phillips outmuscles Silvestre (embarrassing for the Frenchman), he cuts the ball back for Bellamy who misses the target from the penalty spot. Awful miss...
    • 7' CHANCE! Adebayor leaps above Song at the corner but his header is straight at Fabianski...

Team lineup & ratings

  • Lineup

    Live Team Line-Up

    • Manchester City

      Manager: Mark Hughes

      Starting line-up

      • S. Given
      • M. Richards
      • K. Touré
      • J. Lescott
      • W. Bridge
      • S. Ireland
      • G. Barry
      • S. Wright-Phillips Goal Substitution Out (77′)
      • C. Bellamy Yellow Card
      • C. Tévez Goal Substitution Out (74′)
      • E. Adebayor

      Subs

      • R. Santa Cruz
      • V. Kompany Substitution In74′ Yellow Card
      • N. Onuoha
      • S. Taylor
      • Robinho
      • M. Johnson
      • V. Weiss Substitution In77′ Goal

    • Arsenal

      Manager: Arsène Wenger

      Starting line-up

      • L. Fabianski
      • E. Eboué
      • A. Song Yellow Card
      • M. Silvestre Yellow Card
      • A. Traoré Yellow Card
      • A. Ramsey
      • T. Rosický
      • C. Eastmond Yellow Card Substitution Out (68′)
      • F. Merída
      • J. Wilshere Yellow Card
      • C. Vela

      Subs

      • M. Randall
      • V. Mannone
      • K. Gilbert
      • F. Coquelin
      • E. Frimpong
      • S. Watt Substitution In68′
      • K. Bartley

  • Rate Players

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    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
      6.7 -
      Defenders
      5.5 -
      5.2 -
      5.5 -
      5.8 -
      Midfielders
      5.8 -
      6 -
      Goal Substitution Out77′ 5.7 -
      Yellow Card 6.7 -
      Strikers
      Goal Substitution Out74′ 6.9 -
      5.8 -
      Subs
      Substitution In74′ Yellow Card 4.4 -
      Substitution In77′ Goal 8.7 -
    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
      6 -
      Defenders
      6.5 -
      Yellow Card 5.1 -
      Yellow Card 6.2 -
      Yellow Card 5.8 -
      Midfielders
      7.6 -
      7.7 -
      Yellow Card Substitution Out68′ 6.3 -
      5.4 -
      Strikers
      Yellow Card 7.5 -
      7 -
      Subs
      Substitution In68′ 4.5 -

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  1. Someone get rid of Wenger-------its just not good­ enough !

    From G Barlow, on Thu 3 Dec 1:18AM

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    From hellolucyjones, on Thu 3 Dec 1:09AM

  3. Somebody should tell Arsène Wenger to buy players and­ stop being economical.How many years will he stay­ before arsenal will win even carling cup.Wake up

    From diyoke c, on Thu 3 Dec 12:53AM

  4. im am arsenal tru and tru,but ive had enough of this­ nonsense,football is about winning,and tats all tat­ matters,winning.if these so called kids were gud enough­ they wud of beaten city 2nite,fact.arsenal fans need 2­ realise that we have been lied too, when buliding the­ emirates, we were told it wud not have a impact on the­ first team,it has and in a big way,were broke and it is­ as simple as that,

    From rorycoleman, on Thu 3 Dec 12:15AM

  5. Didn't Ar5ehole put out Liverpool. Taste defeat­ gunners

    From Wild 4 U, on Thu 3 Dec 12:01AM

  6. OMG, just saw the scoreline. Credit to City and this­ just pathetic!

    We need to cool our heads after a­ scoreline like this, but I am afraid Wenger is loosing­ the plot! I hope I am wrong, but I think I ain't.

    From BozinT, on Wed 2 Dec 11:44PM

  7. Manchester derby!

    Hope that Alex would field a strong­ side to face ManCity!

    From CHONG, on Wed 2 Dec 11:36PM

  8. 417 I LOVE DAT?!!!!!!!!!

    From samuel b, on Wed 2 Dec 11:36PM

  9. THEY R WEALTH MILLION BUT AND THEY ONLY MANAGE TO SCORE­ 3 GOALS SHAME!!WHAT WAS ARSENAL KIDS AGES!!CHILD­ LABOUR...

    From samuel b, on Wed 2 Dec 11:34PM

  10. Wenger should go back to London today, sit in a corner­ by himself and ask hinself if he has a winning­ mentality, if he will ever win anything with cheap­ fringe kids, 5 years have prven the experiment is a no­ go, time to change plans Wenger! He didn't even go­ into this game to win, so why should the boys even try?

    From Dale, on Wed 2 Dec 11:20PM

  11. Manchester derby again! yeah!

    From afif s, on Wed 2 Dec 11:06PM

  12. Mark Hughes is saying that Arsene Wenger needs to be­ gracious in losing matches as well..... :) :)

    Mark,­ you don't need to tell this to a manager who has­ won all and believes in winnning and at the same time­ maintain financial stability of the club.

    Just would­ like to remind you that you are on borrowed time from­ AbuDhabi guys.

    Waiting to see how gracious you appear­ when you get a boot, which I expect soon.

    From goonerinmanchester, on Wed 2 Dec 11:03PM

  13. So happy, rest of my family support Arsenal, super­ City!!

    From chrisbla003, on Wed 2 Dec 11:00PM

  14. Weiss- bravo:)

    From janst11, on Wed 2 Dec 10:45PM

  15. Arsene Wenger does this every year, why is everyone so­ surprised that they lost? With the injured players they­ have and the cup of nations coming up there is no way­ arsenal would have won the cup, especially since we­ seem to be lost without a top class striker(rvp)

    From thomascrinkle, on Wed 2 Dec 10:42PM

  16. Arsene Wenger does this every year, why is everyone so­ surprised that they lost? With the injured players they­ have and the cup of nations coming up there is no way­ arsenal would have won the cup, especially since we­ seem to be lost without a top class striker(rvp)

    From thomascrinkle, on Wed 2 Dec 10:42PM

  17. Warren - sorry but I do not associate with idiots like­ you. If you want to leave your address I will send you­ a xmas card though.

    From sussexdietcoke1, on Wed 2 Dec 10:28PM

  18. This man called Wenger can never learn with little lab­ kids ,only time will tell that his test experiment­ lacks merit.He is a stubborn man with cruel intentions.­ i weep for my glorious Arsenal. So striker for this­ struggling and ailing team. FMA

    From FMA, on Wed 2 Dec 10:16PM

  19. WELL SAID WARREN!!!

    From krooners56, on Wed 2 Dec 10:14PM

  20. scouse babe do u wnt my cok up ur @#$%

    From patten.daniel, on Wed 2 Dec 10:14PM
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