Sunday August 17, 2008 Finished Villa Park
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Agbonlahor hat-trick stuns City
Gabriel Agbonlahor scored a hat-trick in seven second-half minutes as Aston Villa eased to a 4-2 win at home to Manchester City. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Aston Villa
- Manchester City
90+3' Full-time! City get off to a great start thanks to Agbonlahor, who nets a superb hat-trick in front of England Under-21 boss, and former City manager, Stuart Pearce!- 90+1' Villa have turned off completely. Friedel fumbles a shot and nearly allows Sturridge to knock in the rebound, but the home side settle for conceding a corner.
89' GOAL!! City pull one back thanks to some poor defending by Villa. Johnson's deflected cross from the right finds Corluka unmarked in front of goal, and he finds the net from just six yards.- 88' City are doing their best to mount some kind of comeback, but they know as well as anybody that the game is up. Mark Hughes's troubled start to life at Eastlands continues.
- 85' City have a free-kick just outside the are and Martin Petrov will take it... curled into the hands of Friedel!
81' A couple of changes for City. Stephen Ireland and Daniel Sturridge come on for Gelson Fernandes and Ched Evans.- 79' City have absolutely fallen apart in the space of seven minutes - what a sensational start to the season by Gabriel Agbonlahor!
- 76' GOAL!!! 4-1!! Hat-trick for Agbonlahor!! He is slipped through by Gareth Barry, outpaces two City defenders and slots a cool finish past Joe Hart with his left foot.
- 74' GOAL!!! Gabriel Agbonlahor scores his second and Villa's third!! He meets a Gareth Barry cross from the left and nods Villa into a two-goal lead!
- 74' Neither side has made any changes yet. City are very short of firepower with Darius Vassell, Benjani and now Bojinov injured, Jo at the Olympics and Rolando Bianchi seemingly not in Mark Hughes's plans. They do have Daniel Sturridge on the bench, however.
- 71' City trail once more, although the good news for Mark Hughes is that Tal Ben Haim seems to have made a full recovery from whatever that injury was.
- 69' GOAL!!! Gabriel Agbonlahor restores Villa's lead!! It is a poorly-defended corner. The ball comes in from the Villa left, is headed back in front of goal and Agbonlahor hooks it past Joe Hart! 2-1!
- 67' Cut back invitingly across the face of the Villa goal but there is nobody there to finish.
- 64' GOAL!! Elano steps up and coolly sends Friedel the wrong way, finishing low into the right corner. One each!
63' PENALTY!! City are awarded a spot-kick for what was adjudged a trip on Johnson! Big decision from referee Dowd.- 62' The big men are forward from the back for another Villa corner, which is cleared with relative ease by City, who then break with Michael Johnson. The young Welshman is eventually crowded out.
60' Tal Ben Haim is struggling after a challenge with Gareth Barry and his league debut for City could soon be over.- 59' Villa launch a slow counter-attack, if such a thing is possible, and it results in an Ashley Young shot flashing high and wide.
- 56' Petrov fouls Elano, giving City a chance to get the ball forward, but Petrov's free-kick is a poor one.
- 52' Garrido tries his luck from the left corner of the box and sends his effort scooting just wide of the far post via the hand of Brad Friedel.
- 50' Petrov whips in a corner from the City left and Brad Friedel looks less than comfortable as he fumbles the ball away.
- 49' City bundle the ball into the Villa box, but the home side have so many men back there is no way through.
- 47' GOAL!!! John Carew breaks the deadlock!! Ashley Young supplies an inch-perfect cross from the left and the big Norwegian can hardly miss his close-range header.
46' The second half gets under way as Valeri Bojinov limps along the touchline on crutches.- 45+1' Just a few seconds of injury time are added and that is half-time. Goalless at Villa Park and neither side have found top gear yet.
- 45' A well-worked City move results in a clipped Etuhu cross from the right and Friedel is forced to tip over for a corner, which Villa clear.
- 42' Villa go close again through Martin Laursen. He meets an inswinging free-kick with his head but sends his effort looping over.
- 38' Barry strays offside, and Villa are starting to get frustrated. The crowd feel they should be one or two goals to the good by now, and they are probably right.
- 35' If nothing else, Mark Hughes has got City working hard and tracking back. Most people's last memory of them was the shambolic 8-1 defeat to Middlesbrough in Sven-Goran Eriksson's last game.
32' Dreadful late challenge on Gareth Barry by Tal Ben Haim, and that will be the game's first booking.- 30' Ha!! Elano finds himself in space 25 yards from goal and tries a left-foot shot. Well, it might have been a shot... he gets right underneath the ball and lofts it gently to a bovril-supping fan eight rows back.
- 26' Reo-Coker crosses with pace from the right, Hart can only push it away and Gareth Barry puts his shot into the side-netting! Better from Villa!
- 24' Wish there was something to say here... but there isn't. Both sides possibly feeling the effect of their UEFA Cup exploits on Thursday.
- 22' All very scrappy just at the moment. Possession is changing hands with wearying frequency.
- 18' Corluka chops Ashley Young, who is coming in for a bit of rought treatment. Young takes the free-kick himself from the left flank but it comes to nothing.
- 15' City had a rotten result in midweek and, with all the turmoil surrounding owner Thaksin Shinawatra, a poor start to the season could send them into a tailspin.
- 12' Bad foul by Gelson Fernandes on Ashley Young and the Swiss midfielder is lucky to escape a booking. Lenient refereeing from Phil Dowd.
- 11' Carew has a crack from just outside the box... caught by Hart. Three decent attempts on goal now for the Norwegian.
- 8' Another corner for Villa on the other flank.... Carew unmarked again!! This time his header is straight at Hart, but City need to sharpen up or they will surely be punished.
- 5' Villa corner swung in from the Villa left... Onto the head of Carew!! His effort slides just wide of the right-hand post.
- 4' A quiet start to the game. City have had one corner but that's about it.
- 2' City line up in their rather lurid tangerine away strip, presumably for fear their sky blue would clash with Villa's sleeves.
1' Game on! In a late change, Ched Evans has come in for Bojinov whom, we assume, has suffered an injury in the warm-up.- - Villa line up pretty much as expected with Gareth Barry, Nigel Reo-Coker and Stiliyan Petrov forming a three-man midfield unit. City make a couple of changes from the side that lost to Midtjylland on Thursday - Stephen Ireland and Felipe Caicedo are out; in come Kelvin Etuhu and Valeri Bojinov.
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Team Stats
Aston Villa Stats Manchester City 41% Possession 58% 17 Shots 19 7 Shots on target 8 1 Saves 2 7 Corners 8 14 Fouls 11 3 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 1 0 Red cards 0 19 Tackles 28 214 Accurate passes 327 42 Bad passes 53 -
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
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Aston Villa G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 1 Brad Friedel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 0 15 Curtis Davies 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 20 0 4 21 Nicky Shorey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 9 4 2 Luke Young 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 0 2 5 Martin Laursen 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 13 0 0 19 Stilian Petrov 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 31 3 1 20 Nigel Reo-Coker 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 8 0 5 7 Ashley Young 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 25 8 0 6 Gareth Barry 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 29 6 2 10 John Carew 1 6 3 1 2 1 0 17 6 1 11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 3 5 3 0 1 1 0 23 7 0 16 Zatyiah Knight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Isaiah Osbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Stuart Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Craig Gardner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Marlon Harewood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Wayne Routledge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Moustapha Salifou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Manchester City G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 1 Joe Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 2 Micah Richards 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 29 5 5 15 Javier Garrido 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 43 14 2 5 Vedran Corluka 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 19 1 5 26 Tal Ben Haim 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 26 5 0 11 Blumer Elano 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 36 7 2 19 Gelson Fernandes 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 37 0 4 6 Michael Johnson 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 46 8 4 29 Kelvin Etuhu 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 14 2 4 17 Martin Petrov 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 46 6 0 24 Ched Evans 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 13 1 0 7 Stephen Ireland 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 20 Felipe Caicedo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Daniel Sturridge 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 4 Nedum Onuoha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Michael Ball 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Dietmar Hamann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Kasper Schmeichel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Summary
- 89' GOAL!! City pull one back thanks to some poor defending by Villa. Johnson's deflected cross from the right finds Corluka unmarked in front of goal, and he finds the net from just six yards.
- 76' GOAL!!! 4-1!! Hat-trick for Agbonlahor!! He is slipped through by Gareth Barry, outpaces two City defenders and slots a cool finish past Joe Hart with his left foot.
- 74' GOAL!!! Gabriel Agbonlahor scores his second and Villa's third!! He meets a Gareth Barry cross from the left and nods Villa into a two-goal lead!
- 69' GOAL!!! Gabriel Agbonlahor restores Villa's lead!! It is a poorly-defended corner. The ball comes in from the Villa left, is headed back in front of goal and Agbonlahor hooks it past Joe Hart! 2-1!
- 64' GOAL!! Elano steps up and coolly sends Friedel the wrong way, finishing low into the right corner. One each!
- 63' PENALTY!! City are awarded a spot-kick for what was adjudged a trip on Johnson! Big decision from referee Dowd.
- 47' GOAL!!! John Carew breaks the deadlock!! Ashley Young supplies an inch-perfect cross from the left and the big Norwegian can hardly miss his close-range header.
- 30' Ha!! Elano finds himself in space 25 yards from goal and tries a left-foot shot. Well, it might have been a shot... he gets right underneath the ball and lofts it gently to a bovril-supping fan eight rows back.
- 26' Reo-Coker crosses with pace from the right, Hart can only push it away and Gareth Barry puts his shot into the side-netting! Better from Villa!
- 8' Another corner for Villa on the other flank.... Carew unmarked again!! This time his header is straight at Hart, but City need to sharpen up or they will surely be punished.
- 5' Villa corner swung in from the Villa left... Onto the head of Carew!! His effort slides just wide of the right-hand post.
Live Team Line-Up
- Referee: Phil Dowd
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Aston VillaManager: Martin O'Neill
Captain: Martin Laursen
Starting line-up
- B. Friedel
- L. Young
- C. Davies
- M. Laursen
- N. Shorey
- N. Reo-Coker
- S. Petrov
- G. Barry
- G. Agbonlahor
×3 - A. Young
- J. Carew
Subs
- S. Taylor
- M. Harewood
- Z. Knight
- W. Routledge
- M. Salifou
- C. Gardner
- I. Osbourne
Injured
- W. Bouma
Suspended
None
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Manchester CityManager: Mark Hughes
Captain: Richard Dunne
Starting line-up
- J. Hart
- V. Corluka
- T. Ben Haim
- M. Richards
- J. Garrido
- M. Johnson
- G. Fernandes
- B. Elano
- K. Etuhu
- M. Petrov
- C. Evans
Subs
- D. Hamann
- M. Ball
- K. Schmeichel
- N. Onuoha
- S. Ireland
81′ - F. Felipe Caicedo
- D. Sturridge 81′
Injured
- D. Vassell
- M. Benjani
Suspended
- R. Dunne
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