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Saturday September 22, 2007 Finished Craven Cottage

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Fulham

  • Davies 13’
  • Bouazza 48’
  • Murphy 75’

Manchester City

  • Petrov 35’, 60’
  • Mpenza 50’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fulham
    • Manchester City
    • 90+6 Petrov to take... and he sends it wide. Finally the whistle goes, 3-3.
    • 90+5 Schmeichel with the punch, shot comes back in but blocked, Fulham trying to force something but City clear, and why are they playing on? Geovanni on the right and he's brought down by Konchesky just outside the area near the touch line, free-kick deep into injury time...
    • 90+4 Free-kick to Fulham right at the death... Murphy pumps it in and Dunne heads over his own bar with Schmeichel flying in to punch!
    • 90+3 Fulham back off Geovanni running on goal and he has a pop but just over!
    • 90+2 The ball is sent in on Schmeichel again and another dodgy punch lands to SMERTIN AND IT'S DEFELCTED but luckily for Schmeichel into his arms.
    • 90+1 Kamara on the break and he's taken down by a two-footed tackle from Dunne, lucky not to be carded.
    • 90' Geovanni and Sun Jihai try to work something on the right but Fulham break...
    • 89' Free-kick to Fulham then... Kamara to swing it in on goal AND SCHMEICHEL MAKES A HASH OF THE PUNCH AND IT COMES OFF DEMPSEY'S BACK AND MILLIMETRES WIDE! Almost calamity for Schmeichel!
    • 88' Geovanni almost wriggles into the Fulham box... Fulham break and Seol does really well to beat Hamann and Corluka but then Hamann hacks him down, yellow card.
    • 86' Seol tries to get round the back of Corluka, Dunne hoofs it away, Kamara now runs at the City defence but it's cleared... Konchesky sends it in long and Schmeichel almost drops it but holds on at the second attempt.
    • 84' Fulham with a good spell of pressure, Seol tackled on the edge of the box, now Kamara back to Konchesky who sends the cross in and DEMPSEY but the whistle goes, he fouled the defender.
    • 84' MAN CITY SUB: Ireland off for Sun Jihai.
    • 83' Dempsey with a super ball through to Kamara who should have a yard on Dunne to go clear but good, strong defending by the Irishman to hold him off.
    • 81' Davis goes wide left to Kamara and a dangerous cross but Dempsey can't get there!
    • 79' CITY DOUBLE SUB: Elano and Johnson off for Bianchi and Geovanni.
    • 77' Fulham surge forward again and Kamara with soem neat footwork on the edge of the box but he can't get the shot away BUT MURPHY SURELY BUT HE BLASTS IT OVER! Should have at least made Schmeichel work there. Great chance Fulham.
    • 76' Looking at the replay it seems Kamara was offside when Seol flicked it on. He didn't touch the ball but was still interfering.
    • 75' Long ball over the top and Seol wins the header down to Kamara who leaves it AND MURPHY GETS ROUND THE BACK OF DUNNE TO SLIDE THE BALL HOME FOR 3-3! Poor defending from City.
    • 72' The throw comes in and is flicked onto KAMARA but his acrobatic volley is straight at Schmeichel.
    • 72' Seol on the left but he's run up a blind alley and has to look back for Konchesky... Seol gets it back on the left eventually and wins a throw near the corner flag.
    • 70' Both of them are booked for being silly so-and-sos.
    • 69' Richards and Dempsey go head-to-head and have a little tussle, handbags really but what will Mark Halsey do?
    • 67' FULHAM SUB: Double sub as Seol and Murphy come on.
    • 65' All City at the moment, Elano and Ireland causing trouble on the right but Fulham clear... Kamara gives it away though and City have the impetus again.
    • 63' City stroking the ball about now, cross from Garrido but Konchesky heads clear.
    • 62' Ireland is put through and City could have a fourth but this time Fulham get back in numbers and survive.
    • 60' Petrov to Elano, he takes a touch and slips it back through to Petrov and he rifles in a shot through Niemi at the near post! Woeful defending, Baird is so slow to react it's almost comical, and again Niemi shouldn't be beaten from there.
    • 59' Konchesky plays it down the line and Bouazza's got the pace to keep it in, he's free on the wing and Dempsey with the run but the cross is poor, straight at Schmeichel.
    • 57' Bocanegra is forward after a corner and has a pop from the edge of the box, but his half-volley from Mpenza's clearance goes wide.
    • 55' Ireland slips past Konchesky who has over-committed... Bocanegra then catches Elano late and gets a booking.
    • 52' Bocanegra slides head-first into the advertising hoardings but he'll be okay.
    • 50' Long ball flicked on my Mpenza and Fulham are all over the place at the back as Petrov gets a free run on goal and he must score but a superb low save from Niemi BUT IT FALLS TO MPENZA WHO HEADS IN OFF THE BAR FOR 2-2! Fulham throw away their lead yet again! Shocking defending.
    • 49' Healy and Dempsey combine and Healy wins a corner on the right for Fulham, Bouazza to take... aimed for Bocanegra but he gets under it and away, Baird now, Hughes plays it long but easy for Schmeichel.
    • 48' Bouazza, Konchesky and Kamara all over the ball for this free kick... Kamara runs over it AND BOUAZZA WITH A WONDERFUL STRIKE INTO THE NET! 2-1! The wall was a bit rubbish but he hit that with some venom and a bit of swerve to boot.
    • 47' Fulham on the break, they have men over, Bouazza into Kamara through the middle, he nutmegs Dunne on the edge of the box and draws the foul - free-kick to Fulham in a dangerous area.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 46' FULHAM SUB: Simon Davies - who apparently has a migraine - comes off for Diomansy Kamara.
    • 45+1 Half-time, 1-1 at the Cottage.
    • 45' Healy freed on the right, he has Davies and Dempsey with him but Richards gets in to clear for a throw.
    • 43' Garrido tries to drill in a low cross which Baird intercepts, Konchesky completing the clearance.
    • 40' Quickly taken free kick but oh dear wasted and way ahead of Healy.
    • 39' Davies gives the ball away in a tricky spot but Elano is adjudged to have fouled him.
    • 37' City have gained come confidence, pumping it at the Fulham box and the ball drops to HAMMAN ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT HE HAMMERS IT INCHES WIDE! Niemi was beaten all ends up, that would have been a cracker.
    • 35' Hamman wide to Petrov, he takes the ball at the Fulham defence, they're backing off him and don't close him down and he pokes it through Bocanegra's legs and Niemi makes a hash of it and it's in the back of the net! 1-1, bit of a howler for Niemi though.
    • 33' Dempsey gets another knock to the head, less serious this time though.
    • 32' Elano on the right, into Corluka who seems to have overrun it but pops up with a super cross from the byline which takes out Niemi but composed defending by Baird to take a touch and bring it clear.
    • 30' Bouazza crops up on the right and sends the ball in but Healy can't get his foot around it.
    • 25' Corluka on the right, whips in a decent cross which Elano flicks on at the near post AND PETROV AT THE BACK STICK but he fires it over! Poor finish, he had time and space.
    • 23' Steve Davis finds Simon Davies on the right and he puts in a cross that becomes a shot and almost catches Schmeichel out but not quite.
    • 22' Throw in to Fulham, Dempsey flicks it on for Healy and he's blocked off by Garrido but nothing doing from the ref.
    • 21' Smertin clips an interesting cross over into the box for Davies but Dunne hoofs away, Fulham still coming at City though, Healy crosses low for DEMPSEY SLIDING IN but cleared! More Fulham pressure but Ireland clears.
    • 19' Davis des brilliantly to beat three men on the left but Bouazza takes it off him and hammers a foolish shot from an acute angle well over the bar. He had time and space to pick someone out, cut inside - or even let Davis complete the move.
    • 18' Rushed clearance from Dunne into touch, Fulham pressurising City early in this match, as is their speciality.
    • 16' Dempsey gets one in the head from Richards, a bit dizzy but he'll be fine it appears.
    • 15' Corluka on the right, sends in a cross which Hughes heads away and HAMMAN WITH THE VOLLEY but a poor effort, well wide.
    • 13' Fulham on the break, Davies on the ball, looks left, with Davis now who slips it wide to Bouazza who hits the byline and whips in a superb cross FOR DAVIES AT THE NEAR POST WITH THE HEADER AND IT'S 1-0! Great move on the break, Fuham in the lead.
    • 10' City on the offensive and Elano has a crack but saved low by Niemi.
    • 6' Petrov with a good ball over the top looking for Mpenza but Bocanegra manages to get in front of him and heads it back to Niemi.
    • 5' Healy is played in as Richards lets him through, he's in on goal but Dunne gets in to challenge as he tries to shift it onto his left, just puts him off enough and allows Schmeichel to claim.
    • 4' Cross in from the right, Davies with the ball but Healy can't get it under control and City clear.
    • 2' Long ball over the top looking for Mpenza but calmly and well dealth with by Baird. Smertin catches Johnson with his elbow, although it looked accidental. Free kick to City.
    • 1' Match underway at Craven Cottage!
    • - Hello and welcome to Fulham's home clash with Manchester City, LIVE on eurosport.com from 17:15 BST!

  • Team Stats

    Fulham Stats Manchester City
    35% Possession 64%
    13 Shots 14
    3 Shots on target 5
    0 Saves 0
    6 Corners 2
    8 Fouls 11
    2 Offsides 0
    3 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    26 Tackles 29
    183 Accurate passes 417
    52 Bad passes 67

  • 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
    • Fulham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Antti Niemi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0
      3 Carlos Bocanegra 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 1
      4 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 13 3
      34 Chris Baird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 3
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 1
      10 Steven Davis 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 36 14 4
      8 Alexei Smertin 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 15 2 2
      25 Simon Davies 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 13 1 0
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 20 2 1
      9 David Healy 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 15 2 1
      24 Hameur Bouazza 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 9 5 5
      7 Ki-Hyeon Seol 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 3 3
      6 Dejan Stefanovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Kasey Keller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Danny Murphy 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 8 1 2
      11 Diomansy Kamara 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 8 2 0
    • Manchester City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      19 Kasper Schmeichel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 0
      2 Micah Richards 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 35 7 1
      16 Vedran Corluka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 5
      22 Richard Dunne 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 58 3 7
      11 Blumer Elano 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 34 9 2
      6 Michael Johnson 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 45 9 1
      21 Dietmar Hamann 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 66 4 9
      24 Javier Garrido 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 43 17 1
      7 Stephen Ireland 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 2 0
      15 Martin Petrov 2 5 3 0 1 0 0 31 9 0
      9 Emile Mpenza 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 3 0
      10 Rolando Bianchi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      8 Marcio Geovanni 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 1
      3 Michael Ball 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Joe Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Sun Jihai 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2

  • Summary

    • 90+5 Schmeichel with the punch, shot comes back in but blocked, Fulham trying to force something but City clear, and why are they playing on? Geovanni on the right and he's brought down by Konchesky just outside the area near the touch line, free-kick deep into injury time...
    • 90+3 Fulham back off Geovanni running on goal and he has a pop but just over!
    • 90+2 The ball is sent in on Schmeichel again and another dodgy punch lands to SMERTIN AND IT'S DEFELCTED but luckily for Schmeichel into his arms.
    • 89' Free-kick to Fulham then... Kamara to swing it in on goal AND SCHMEICHEL MAKES A HASH OF THE PUNCH AND IT COMES OFF DEMPSEY'S BACK AND MILLIMETRES WIDE! Almost calamity for Schmeichel!
    • 77' Fulham surge forward again and Kamara with soem neat footwork on the edge of the box but he can't get the shot away BUT MURPHY SURELY BUT HE BLASTS IT OVER! Should have at least made Schmeichel work there. Great chance Fulham.
    • 75' Long ball over the top and Seol wins the header down to Kamara who leaves it AND MURPHY GETS ROUND THE BACK OF DUNNE TO SLIDE THE BALL HOME FOR 3-3! Poor defending from City.
    • 72' The throw comes in and is flicked onto KAMARA but his acrobatic volley is straight at Schmeichel.
    • 69' Richards and Dempsey go head-to-head and have a little tussle, handbags really but what will Mark Halsey do?
    • 60' Petrov to Elano, he takes a touch and slips it back through to Petrov and he rifles in a shot through Niemi at the near post! Woeful defending, Baird is so slow to react it's almost comical, and again Niemi shouldn't be beaten from there.
    • 59' Konchesky plays it down the line and Bouazza's got the pace to keep it in, he's free on the wing and Dempsey with the run but the cross is poor, straight at Schmeichel.
    • 50' Long ball flicked on my Mpenza and Fulham are all over the place at the back as Petrov gets a free run on goal and he must score but a superb low save from Niemi BUT IT FALLS TO MPENZA WHO HEADS IN OFF THE BAR FOR 2-2! Fulham throw away their lead yet again! Shocking defending.
    • 48' Bouazza, Konchesky and Kamara all over the ball for this free kick... Kamara runs over it AND BOUAZZA WITH A WONDERFUL STRIKE INTO THE NET! 2-1! The wall was a bit rubbish but he hit that with some venom and a bit of swerve to boot.
    • 37' City have gained come confidence, pumping it at the Fulham box and the ball drops to HAMMAN ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT HE HAMMERS IT INCHES WIDE! Niemi was beaten all ends up, that would have been a cracker.
    • 35' Hamman wide to Petrov, he takes the ball at the Fulham defence, they're backing off him and don't close him down and he pokes it through Bocanegra's legs and Niemi makes a hash of it and it's in the back of the net! 1-1, bit of a howler for Niemi though.
    • 32' Elano on the right, into Corluka who seems to have overrun it but pops up with a super cross from the byline which takes out Niemi but composed defending by Baird to take a touch and bring it clear.
    • 25' Corluka on the right, whips in a decent cross which Elano flicks on at the near post AND PETROV AT THE BACK STICK but he fires it over! Poor finish, he had time and space.
    • 21' Smertin clips an interesting cross over into the box for Davies but Dunne hoofs away, Fulham still coming at City though, Healy crosses low for DEMPSEY SLIDING IN but cleared! More Fulham pressure but Ireland clears.
    • 13' Fulham on the break, Davies on the ball, looks left, with Davis now who slips it wide to Bouazza who hits the byline and whips in a superb cross FOR DAVIES AT THE NEAR POST WITH THE HEADER AND IT'S 1-0! Great move on the break, Fuham in the lead.
    • 5' Healy is played in as Richards lets him through, he's in on goal but Dunne gets in to challenge as he tries to shift it onto his left, just puts him off enough and allows Schmeichel to claim.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Fulham

    Manager: Lawrie Sanchez

    Captain: Chris Baird

    On the Field

    • Niemi
    • Baird
    • Bocanegra
    • Hughes
    • Konchesky
    • Davies
    • Davis
    • Smertin
    • Bouazza
    • Healy
    • Dempsey

    Subs

    • Murphy
    • Keller
    • Ki-Hyeon
    • Kamara
    • Stefanovic

    Injured

    • Christanval
    • Bullard
    • McBride
    • Elliott

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Sven-Göran Eriksson

    Captain: Richard Dunne

    On the Field

    • Schmeichel
    • Corluka
    • Richards
    • Dunne
    • Garrido
    • Hamann
    • Johnson
    • Elano
    • Ireland
    • Petrov
    • Mpenza

    Subs

    • Ball
    • Bianchi
    • Geovanni
    • Sun
    • Hart

    Injured

    • Bojinov
    • Sturridge

    Suspended

    None