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Saturday December 15, 2007 Finished City of Manchester Stadium

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Manchester City

  • Bianchi 7’
  • Michalik 48’ (o.g.)
  • Vassell 76’
  • Etuhu 90’

Bolton Wanderers

  • Diouf 31’
  • Nolan 39’
  1. City take points in thriller

    City take points in thriller

    Manchester City maintained their stunning home record with a 4-2 comeback victory over north-west rivals Bolton at the City of Manchester Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester City
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • - Thanks for joining me this evening; make sure you stick around for all the latest reports and reaction...
    • 90 ALL OVER! CITY COMEBACK TO TAKE THE POINTS! A fine second-half performance from City seals the points and lifts the Blues up to fourth in the Premier League.
    • 90 GOAL! ETUHU SEALS IT! A fine break from City, Garrido sending a low cross across the six-yard box to young sub Etuhu, who slides the ball into an empty net for his first senior goal!
    • 90 WHAT A CHANCE! Mpenza misses an absolute sitter as City have a two-v-one break, Garrido rolling the ball into his path only to see his weak shot go straight at Jaaskelainen.
    • 77 GOAL! VASSELL! Petrov does superbly to get into the penalty area before sliding the ball across the face of goal...Vassell and Gardner slide in in the six-yard box, the ball strikes one of them before rolling in at the back post!
    • 73 OFF THE POST! Johnson hits the outside of the far post with a low effort after fine play inside the Bolton penalty area by Vassell.
    • 72 GREAT EFFORT, FINE SAVE! Anelka holds off Dunne at the back post before hitting an acrobatic, first-time effort from a tight angle, which Isaksson has to be alert enough to turn over the crossbar.
    • 67 Nolan - involved in an earlier altercation with Petrov - needs treatment after being caught by Hamann as he led a Bolton counter-attack.
    • 65 City are having all the possession now, although Bolton - as ever - are very organised at the back and trying to play on the break.
    • 59 PETROV... The speedy Bulgarian powers through the middle of an open space in the Bolton defence, only to see his shot blocked inside the penalty area.
    • 54 JUST WIDE! Diouf nods just wide of the far post from ten yards out; Isaksson looked to have it covered.
    • 48 FINE GOAL! Hamann curls a superb shot inside the far post after being picked out by Etuhu, his shot taking a deflection off the head of Lubomir Michalik
    • 46 City have made a change at the break, bringing on the attacking option of Etuhu for holding midfielder Gelson.
    • 46 THE SECOND HALF IS UNDERWAY...
    • 45 HALF-TIME: A good open game at the COMS; Bolton come from behind to lead at the break.
    • 45 City are under pressure as the half comes to an end; a long free-kick in to the penalty area is dealt with by Dunne on the edge of his six-yard box.
    • 40 GOAL! NOLAN PUTS BOLTON IN FRONT! Gardner nips in to nick the ball of Corluka, who thinks the ball is going out of play; the full-back cuts the ball back to Nolan, who picks his spot before beating Isaksson with a shot with the outside of his boot.
    • 31 GOAL! DIOUF FIRES HOME! The striker caps a fine move from Bolton, turning home Nolan's cross-shot from the edge of the six-yard box.
    • 30 WIDE! Anelka, the dangerman for Bolton, hits a left-foot shot wide of the post after turning on the edge of the six-yard box.
    • 25 OFF THE POST! So unlucky for Anelka, the striker getting free down the right, cutting inside but seeing his shot from a tight angle flick off the edge of the far post.
    • 24 Vassell gets up highest at the back post to meet Ball's deep cross, but his header flashes a few yards wide.
    • 23 The referee spots Bianchi is still wearing his chain; he takes it off for the Italian and pops it in to his pocket. Bianchi seems concerned that he might lose it...
    • 15 Ball has to be alert at the back post as he nods Diouf's inswinging cross behind for a corner, with Anelka lurking.
    • 13 CITY BREAK! Petrov sprints clear down the left wing; he has three players in the middle to aim for, but his cross is blocked by the retreating Guthrie.
    • 9 ON TARGET! Petrov fires in a low free-kick from 30 yards; Jaaskelainen is right behind it to make a comfortable save.
    • 6 GOAL! Bianchi puts City in the lead! Vassell gets free down the right; his shot is blocked by Jaaskelainen, but Vass clips the rebound back in to the middle, where Bianchi bundles home!
    • 5 GOOD DEFENDING! Richards out-muscles Anelka at the back post after he almost got on the end of a knock down from Davis.
    • 4 Bianchi is almost played in by Petrov's curling ball in to the middle; the Italian applauds the left-winger's effort.
    • 2 Bolton hurl a long throw in to the middle of the City penalty area; signalling their intentions early...
    • 1 OFF WE GO!
    • - BOLTON TEAM NEWS: Bolton manager Gary Megson is likely to field an unchanged side from that which trounced Wigan 4-1 last weekend. All eyes will be on former City striker Nicolas Anelka, who has been linked with a return to the club in the January transfer window.
    • - MAN CITY TEAM NEWS: City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson may receive a massive boost as he aims for his ninth home win out of nine, with the news that Brazilian playmaker Elano should return to the side after suffering a hamstring injury. Midfielder Stephen Ireland starts his suspension for the red card he received against Tottenham, while Dietmar Hamann returns from his own enforced lay-off.
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  • Team Stats

    Manchester City Stats Bolton Wanderers
    53% Possession 46%
    17 Shots 10
    8 Shots on target 3
    1 Saves 4
    6 Corners 4
    14 Fouls 13
    6 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    15 Tackles 21
    265 Accurate passes 215
    49 Bad passes 37

  • 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
    • Manchester City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Andreas Isaksson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
      2 Micah Richards 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 4 0
      3 Michael Ball 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 15 3
      16 Vedran Corluka 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 25 1 1
      22 Richard Dunne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 1
      6 Michael Johnson 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 26 8 2
      21 Dietmar Hamann 0 2 1 5 5 0 0 39 3 2
      15 Martin Petrov 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 28 5 3
      28 Gelson Fernandes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 1
      12 Darius Vassell 1 5 3 0 2 2 0 21 6 0
      10 Rolando Bianchi 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 21 5 0
      24 Javier Garrido 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0
      9 Emile Mpenza 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1
      8 Marcio Geovanni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      37 Kelvin Etuhu 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 6 0 1
      25 Joe Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Bolton Wanderers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Jussi Jaaskelainen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
      28 Lubomir Michalik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 3
      11 Ricardo Gardner 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 20 8 5
      2 Nicky Hunt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 1
      5 Abdoulaye Meite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 4
      4 Kevin Nolan 1 1 1 6 1 1 0 19 3 1
      17 Danny Guthrie 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 30 3 2
      8 Ivan Campo 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 28 9 0
      39 Nicolas Anelka 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 19 5 0
      21 El Hadji Diouf 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 26 8 2
      14 Kevin Davies 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 14 0 2
      7 Stelios Giannakopoulos 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
      6 Gary Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Jlloyd Samuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Gavin McCann 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1

  • Summary

    • 90 GOAL! ETUHU SEALS IT! A fine break from City, Garrido sending a low cross across the six-yard box to young sub Etuhu, who slides the ball into an empty net for his first senior goal!
    • 90 WHAT A CHANCE! Mpenza misses an absolute sitter as City have a two-v-one break, Garrido rolling the ball into his path only to see his weak shot go straight at Jaaskelainen.
    • 77 GOAL! VASSELL! Petrov does superbly to get into the penalty area before sliding the ball across the face of goal...Vassell and Gardner slide in in the six-yard box, the ball strikes one of them before rolling in at the back post!
    • 73 OFF THE POST! Johnson hits the outside of the far post with a low effort after fine play inside the Bolton penalty area by Vassell.
    • 59 PETROV... The speedy Bulgarian powers through the middle of an open space in the Bolton defence, only to see his shot blocked inside the penalty area.
    • 48 FINE GOAL! Hamann curls a superb shot inside the far post after being picked out by Etuhu, his shot taking a deflection off the head of Lubomir Michalik
    • 40 GOAL! NOLAN PUTS BOLTON IN FRONT! Gardner nips in to nick the ball of Corluka, who thinks the ball is going out of play; the full-back cuts the ball back to Nolan, who picks his spot before beating Isaksson with a shot with the outside of his boot.
    • 31 GOAL! DIOUF FIRES HOME! The striker caps a fine move from Bolton, turning home Nolan's cross-shot from the edge of the six-yard box.
    • 6 GOAL! Bianchi puts City in the lead! Vassell gets free down the right; his shot is blocked by Jaaskelainen, but Vass clips the rebound back in to the middle, where Bianchi bundles home!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Peter Walton

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Sven-Göran Eriksson

    Captain: Richard Dunne

    Starting line-up

    • A. Isaksson
    • V. Corluka
    • M. Richards
    • R. Dunne
    • M. Ball
    • D. Vassell Goal
    • M. Johnson
    • D. Hamann
    • F. Gelson
    • M. Petrov
    • R. Bianchi Goal Substitution Out (86′)

    Subs

    • E. Mpenza Substitution In86′
    • D. Geovanni
    • J. Garrido
    • J. Hart
    • K. Etuhu Goal

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • S. Ireland

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Gary Megson

    Captain: Kevin Nolan

    Starting line-up

    • J. Jaaskelainen
    • N. Hunt
    • A. Meite
    • L. Michalik Own Goal
    • R. Gardner
    • I. Campo
    • D. Guthrie
    • K. Nolan Goal Yellow Card
    • K. Davies
    • E. Diouf Goal
    • N. Anelka

    Subs

    • G. McCann
    • J. Samuel
    • G. Speed
    • S. Giannakopoulos
    • A. Al Habsi

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None