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Derby County

Sun 46’ (o.g.)

Manchester City

Sturridge 63’

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Derby County held Manchester City to a 1-1 Premier League draw at Pride Park. More

Live Commentary
Time:90'
- Derby County
- Manchester City
- 90+2 And the final whistle goes, 1-1 at Pride Park, Derby stay bottom and City move sixth after Liverpool's defeat to West Ham.
- 88' Derby eat up the seconds by bringing on Emanuel Villa for Rob Earnshaw.
- 79' CITY SUB: Mpenza on for Vassell.
- 78' A scary moment for Hart as a Derby corner is headed on goal by Moore and almost into the path of a bicycle-kicking Earnshaw but the Wales man can't connect and Hart clings on.
- 75' Corluka booked for a reducer on Savage, who will take the free-kick 25 yards out and balloon it well over.
- 72' A defensive change from Sven, Geovanni - a midfielder - coming on for Sturridge.
- 71' Earnshaw is on his own in the box but the cross drops just behind him and in the time it takes for him to take the ball down enough defenders have got back to ensure the shot is harmless... City counter with Petrov AGAIN free on the left and AGAIN sending in a great cross but Vassell mis-cues it and skies the shot well over.
- 70' What little pace Derby had at the back has just left the building, Claude Davis hobbling off for Andy Todd.
- 69' Ghaly booked for Derby.
- 63' City break, where they're at their most dangerous, Petrov again on the left, he has some serious pace this man, drills it in low again with Derby's creaking defence flat-footed AND STURRIDGE MAKES NO MISTAKE WITH THE FINISH FOR 1-1! Two goals in two games for the youngster, City on level terms.
- 57' Price witn an excellent claim from Petrov's deep cross.
- 54' Good play again from Debry, ball over the top freeing Miller who can't shoot but almost feeds Earnshaw.
- 52' City on the attack, the ball is played into Ireland on the edge of the box who controls and has a shot but blocked by Moore, Ireland thinks it's a handball but nothing given!
- 46' Miller runs with the ball from the kick-off, he approaches the box, scrambling through but loses the ball, it's with Ghaly who tries to beat his man and fires the shot but blocked and Miller again has a pop in AND IT TAKES A HUGE DEFLECTION OFF SUN JIHAI TO WRONG-FOOT HART AND TRICKLE INTO THE BOTTOM LEFT! 1-0 to Derby!
- 46' Second half underway!
- 45+4 And that's half-time, 0-0 at Pride Park.
- 44' Five minutes added-time being played...
- 40' Savage goes in high on Gelson in the middle of the park, the ref has a word with Sav who apologises to the City youngster.
- 39' Petrov hares down the left like a greyhound and pings a low ball in that Vassell and Ireland fly in to meet but it's blocked by Moore and Derby survive! Vassell went down as the cross came in, it was knocked back across by Sturridge and Ireland couldn't finish.
- 37' Fagan on the ball, running from the halfway line to slide it through to Earnshaw who takes a touch and shoots from the edge of the box AND IT CANNONS BACK OFF THE POST! Great effort from the little fella.
- 36' Clash of heads between Leacock and Vassell, the latter comes off for some treatment but is fine to continue.
- 34' Great play by Earnshaw latching onto a long ball, cutting inside Dunne and having a crack but the shot is well over.
- 29' Yup, Price has a cut just above his right eye, no question of any intent from Vassell but he'll need some treatment all the same.
- 27' Vassell again breaks past the Derby back four but Johnson and Price combine to smother the threat and Price seems to have copped one from Vassell...
- 24' Ireland on the ball, he moves inside and bursts towards the box before slipping it in for Vassell but just too long and Price picks up.
- 21' Miller has a pop from the edge of the area but meat and drink for Hart.
- 17' City again threaten, this time the low cross from Ireland on the right intercepted before Sturridge can finish.
- 15' Ball over the top to Petrov on the left and he pings the centre across first time and Vassell is played in but Price bravely blocks at his feet for a corner!
- 14' City counter and a ball over the top from Ireland plays Sturridge through but the flag is up. Looked on to me and the replay seems to confirm that...
- 12' Earnshaw chases a seemingly lost cause into the right and does well to win a corner off Ball.
- 6' Corner to City on the left... swung over by Petrov AND CORLUKA WITH THE HEADER BUT OVER! Great chance for City.
- 4' Vassell gets the ball on the left hand side of the box and has a crack but it's a weak effort well wide.
- 1' Match underway at Pride Park!

Team Stats

Derby County	Stats	Manchester City
48%	Possession	51%
13	Shots	10
4	Shots on target	1
0	Saves	3
6	Corners	5
11	Fouls	11
4	Offsides	5
1	Yellow cards	1
0	Red cards	0
21	Tackles	18
213	Accurate passes	235
51	Bad passes	61

Player Stats

G =: Goals
S =: Shots
SoT =: Shot on Target

F =: Fouls
FW =: Fouls Won
O =: Offsides

A =: Assists
AP =: Accurate Passes
BP =: Bad Passes

T =: Tackles

Derby County
Num	Name	S	SoT	F	FW	O	AP	BP	T
1	Lewis Price	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	0
19	Claude Davis	1	0	0	1	0	10	3	2
5	Dean Leacock	1	1	0	0	0	22	0	2
2	Marc Edworthy	0	0	1	0	0	19	10	0
23	Darren Moore	1	0	2	2	0	9	1	5
44	Robbie Savage	2	0	3	2	1	25	6	2
40	Hossam Ghaly	0	0	2	3	0	34	7	4
25	Stephen Pearson	0	0	0	0	1	20	8	2
14	Kenny Miller	4	2	1	1	1	22	6	1
10	Robert Earnshaw	4	1	2	2	1	12	1	0
11	Craig Fagan	0	0	1	0	0	27	3	2
26	Laurent Robert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Andrew Todd	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
9	Emanuel Villa	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	Ben Hinchcliffe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Giles Barnes	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0

Manchester City
Num	Name	G	S	SoT	F	FW	O	A	AP	BP	T
25	Joe Hart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0
22	Richard Dunne	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	6	2
3	Michael Ball	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33	14	1
17	Sun Jihai	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	26	1	2
16	Vedran Corluka	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	24	3	0
28	Gelson Fernandes	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	28	4	5
37	Kelvin Etuhu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	2
7	Stephen Ireland	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	33	13	4
15	Martin Petrov	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	8	0
36	Daniel Sturridge	1	1	1	0	3	2	0	12	3	0
12	Darius Vassell	0	3	0	2	1	3	0	12	2	0
11	Blumer Elano	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	2	2
9	Emile Mpenza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	Marcio Geovanni	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	2	0
21	Dietmar Hamann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Kasper Schmeichel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Summary
- 78' A scary moment for Hart as a Derby corner is headed on goal by Moore and almost into the path of a bicycle-kicking Earnshaw but the Wales man can't connect and Hart clings on.
- 71' Earnshaw is on his own in the box but the cross drops just behind him and in the time it takes for him to take the ball down enough defenders have got back to ensure the shot is harmless... City counter with Petrov AGAIN free on the left and AGAIN sending in a great cross but Vassell mis-cues it and skies the shot well over.
- 63' City break, where they're at their most dangerous, Petrov again on the left, he has some serious pace this man, drills it in low again with Derby's creaking defence flat-footed AND STURRIDGE MAKES NO MISTAKE WITH THE FINISH FOR 1-1! Two goals in two games for the youngster, City on level terms.
- 52' City on the attack, the ball is played into Ireland on the edge of the box who controls and has a shot but blocked by Moore, Ireland thinks it's a handball but nothing given!
- 46' Miller runs with the ball from the kick-off, he approaches the box, scrambling through but loses the ball, it's with Ghaly who tries to beat his man and fires the shot but blocked and Miller again has a pop in AND IT TAKES A HUGE DEFLECTION OFF SUN JIHAI TO WRONG-FOOT HART AND TRICKLE INTO THE BOTTOM LEFT! 1-0 to Derby!
- 39' Petrov hares down the left like a greyhound and pings a low ball in that Vassell and Ireland fly in to meet but it's blocked by Moore and Derby survive! Vassell went down as the cross came in, it was knocked back across by Sturridge and Ireland couldn't finish.
- 37' Fagan on the ball, running from the halfway line to slide it through to Earnshaw who takes a touch and shoots from the edge of the box AND IT CANNONS BACK OFF THE POST! Great effort from the little fella.
- 15' Ball over the top to Petrov on the left and he pings the centre across first time and Vassell is played in but Price bravely blocks at his feet for a corner!
- 6' Corner to City on the left... swung over by Petrov AND CORLUKA WITH THE HEADER BUT OVER! Great chance for City.

Live Team Line-Up

Referee: Stephen Graham Bennett
Derby County

Manager: Paul Jewell

Captain: Robbie Savage

Starting line-up
- L. Price
- D. Leacock
- C. Davis
- D. Moore
- M. Edworthy
- S. Pearson
- R. Savage
- C. Fagan
- H. Ghaly
- K. Miller
- R. Earnshaw
Subs
- L. Robert
- A. Todd 70′
- G. Barnes
- B. Hinchliffe
- E. Villa 89′
Injured
- J. McEveley
- T. Mears
Suspended
- L. Nyatanga
Manchester City

Manager: Sven-Göran Eriksson

Captain: Richard Dunne

Starting line-up
- J. Hart
- J. Sun
- V. Corluka
- R. Dunne
- M. Ball
- K. Etuhu
- F. Gelson
- S. Ireland
- M. Petrov
- D. Sturridge
- D. Vassell
Subs
- D. Hamann
- E. Mpenza 79′
- D. Geovanni 72′
- K. Schmeichel
- B. Elano
Injured
- N. Castillo
- M. Johnson
Suspended

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