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Fulham

  • Bullard 27’

Manchester City

  • Benjani 6’
  1. City take point at Fulham

    City take point at Fulham

    Manchester City won a rare point away from home in the Premier League after a 1-1 draw with Fulham at Craven Cottage. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fulham
    • Manchester City
    • - Thanks for joining us today... stay with us for plenty more Premier League action this afternoon!
    • 90'+2 There goes the whistle! All over at Craven Cottage and it's a point apiece!
    • 90'+1 Bullard is shown a yellow for a cynical challenge as City look to break...
    • 90' Into added time... two minutes to be played.
    • 87' Johnson and Dunne clash on the by-line and Fulham have a corner! Bullard delivers it to the near post, but it's easily cleared by the City defence!
    • 84' Oooh! Ball slices a cross somewhat, but it floats towards the near corner and Schwarzer is forced into fisting clear!
    • 83' Zabaleta's in here! He fires goalwards, but Schwarzer stands firm and beats the ball away!
    • 80' City don't seem too concerned about grabbing a winner here... another corner sees just a few men make the trip into the Fulham box again.
    • 78' Fulham are enjoying more of the ball at the moment, but they can't find a way through for the time being.
    • 77' City boss Mark Hughes makes a change now... off goes Benjani and on comes Ched Evans.
    • 76' Bullard finds the target! But Hart is well behind it and he grabs the ball on the full without any problems!
    • 75' Bullard's over it... danger here for City...
    • 74' Here come Fulham with Dempsey.... Ireland steps in to haul the American down... and he goes into the book for his sins.
    • 68' From the resulting corner, Zamora has a chance to find the back of the net! But as the ball falls to him, he opts to stick out a boot rather than head it and Hart is able to make a brace save!
    • 67' Oooh! Superb effort by Bullard! He leathers a free-kick goalwards! It swerves wickedly, forcing Hart to make an acrobatic save!
    • 64' Bullard fancies his chances here! Hart is forced into action, but it's not Jimmy's best ever effort and the City keeper falls on the ball without any problems!
    • 62' Oooh! Not a bad effort from Ben Haim! He connects well with a loose ball on the edge of the Fulham box! But the ball flies over the bar and Schwarzer is not called into action!
    • 61' There's trouble for Pantsil here.... he goes in from behind on SWP and Rob Styles shows him the first yellow of the game.
    • 57' Zabaleta's getting forward well this half so far... most of City's attacking play is coming down their right hand side.
    • 55' From the corner, Benjani flicks on for Kompany! But it hits him on his thigh and the ball bounces off target! Benjani then makes a hash of his shot too and the chance goes begging!
    • 54' Oooh! Zabaleta's played in by SWP... he shoots on target! But that's a fine fingertip save by Schwarzer, who diverts the ball round the post!
    • 50' City win a corner... but they hardly pack the Fulham box with players... just three of their number get forward and Kompany's header loops up into the air and never troubles Schwarzer.
    • 48' Oooh! Zamora given far too much time again! He comes inside and lets fly! Hart looks beaten, but the ball bounces inches wide of the post!
    • 46' AJ breaks onto Zamora's cute ball through... he's held up by Ben Haim, so he plays in his strike partner on the right! But Zamora slips as he shoots and the ball sails over the bar and into the crowd!
    • 46' No changes to tell you about at the break.
    • 46' Second half underway at Craven Cottage!
    • 45'+3 There goes the half-time whistle! And it's one apiece after the opening period! All to play for in the second half...
    • 45' Three minutes of added time to be played at the end of the first half.
    • 43' Ben Haim rises to meet an SWP corner! But the Israeli's effort goes wide amid little fanfare from the crowd. He's hardly the most prolific of goalscorers... perhaps no one has any faith in him finding the back of the net.
    • 42' Dempsey's back on having been stapled up... sounds awful, but he doesn't seem too concerned about the cut.
    • 41' Benjani is given far too much time on the edge of the box... he turns and let fly! Inches wide of Schwarzer's upright!
    • 40' Dempsey took a blow to the face as he went up for that effort... there's blood coming from a wound somewhere on his face and he'll have to go off and have it looked at... Fulham down to 10 for the time being.
    • 39' Another lovely passing move from Fulham, again coming from the right! This time Bullard's cross is met by Dempsey! But his header only finds the stand behind Hart's goal! Super stuff from the hosts though!
    • 37' Lovely football again from Fulham! Zamora feeds Bullard who crosses to AJ... he lays off for Dempsey! But the American's left footed shot is poor and bounces wide of Hart's left hand upright!
    • 35' Fulham break quickly with Johnson, who might have the legs on Dunne here... the City captain shepherds him out wide... but City still win a corner.
    • 33' Good play from Zamora and then Murphy to find Pantsil free on the Fulham right... chance to deliver a dangerous cross now, with three in the middle... but his cross is poor and is terribly overhit...
    • 30' Zamora unleashes a similarly well-struck effort straight away at the other end! Blocked and Hart is not called into action this time.
    • 29' Super stuff from Vassell at the other end! He takes down a long ball forward before firing goalwards! Schwarzer makes the save!
    • 28' Great response from the hosts! And Bullard will be pleased to finally get his name back on the scoresheet! That's his first league goal of the season, in front of the watching Fabio Capello too!
    • 27' GOAL! JIMMY BULLARD LEVELS THINGS UP FOR FULHAM! Zamora plays in the midfielder with a lovely reverse pass... Bullard hesitates for a moment before lashing past Hart, who remains motionless, and into the far corner! 1-1 now!
    • 26' Pantsil storms off on a run down the right hand side... but the Ghanaian over-runs it... and his cry of frustration is audible to most!
    • 24' No doubt that the ball hit Dunne's arm then, but the ruling was that it wasn't deliberate... and it probably wasn't.
    • 23' Dempsey gets to Bullard's corner... the ball falls to Zamora, who spins the fires goalwards! Blocked and scrambled clear by the Fulham defence!
    • 22' Big penalty shout for Fulham as AJ looks to dink the ball past him in the box! The ball clearly hits his hand but there's no flag from the linesman or whistle from the ref!
    • 20' The home crowd are trying to lift their side now... they need it - City have done well so far.
    • 17' Nice football from Fulham now, but City manage to crowd them out in the end... the visitors are flooding the midfield today.
    • 15' Oh dear, that's poor from Bullard... he sprays an attempted cross-field ball way off the mark and City will have a throw...
    • 13' Ouch! Rob Styles takes Kompany's attempted pass out to the left hand side smack in the stomach! The crowd loves to see that!
    • 12' Zamora steps over Dempsey's ball in and Johnson has a chance to get to it! But that's great anticipation from Hart, who is off his line like a whippet to claim the ball at the striker's feet!
    • 11' That's just the sixth goal Fulham's defence has conceeded at home this season... their backline is usually watertight at the Cottage.
    • 10' The goalscorer gets back to his feet... he's okay to carry on.
    • 9' Benjani has stayed down after that clash with the Fulham keeper...
    • 8' Another chance for City! The ball falls to Ireland on the left hand side of the penalty area after Schwarzer challenges Benjani for a cross... but the midfielder drags his effort wide of the post!
    • 6' GOAL! CITY TAKE THE LEAD THROUGH BENJANI'S HEADER! Zabaleta fashions the chance for the Zimbabwean, playing a one-two on the City right before whipping in a super cross... Benjani gets in between Pantsil and Hughes to nod past Schwarzer! 1-0 City!
    • 5' SWP is playing in behind Benjani today, with Ireland and Vassell either out wide...
    • 4' Weak penalty shout from the home fans as Ball and Dempsey clash in the City box... play on referee Rob Styles rightly says.
    • 3' SWP fires off the first warning shot of the game after it opens up a little for him... not the best effort from the little man though and the ball rolls wide of Schwarzer's upright.
    • 2' Simon Davies won the toss and elected to swap ends in an attempt to give Joe Hart a few problems with the sun in his eyes for the first half. He's plonked a cap on his head as a result.
    • 1' Here we go! Underway!
    • - No surprises for Fulham - they're as expected, with Clint Dempsey continuing to keep out Zoltan Gera in the Cottager's midfield.
    • - So, no Robinho for City - he's got an ankle injury - while Michah Richards (ankle) and Elano (groin) also sit out the game.
    • - Here come the teams onto the Craven Cottage pitch... it's a beautiful winter's day by the Thames today... bright sunshine with a slight chill in the air.
    • - Referee: Rob Styles (Hampshire)
    • - And Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Dunne, Ben-Haim, Ball, Wright-Phillips, Kompany, Hamann, Vassell, Ireland, Mwaruwari. Subs: Schmeichel, Berti, Onuoha, Logan, Jo, Evans, Caicedo
    • - Fulham start like this today: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Davies, Murphy, Bullard, Dempsey, Johnson, Zamora. Subs: Zuberbuhler, Nevland, Gera, Etuhu, Stoor, Andreasen, Kallio
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of the early kick-off from Craven Cottage!

  • Team Stats

    Fulham Stats Manchester City
    57% Possession 42%
    16 Shots 18
    6 Shots on target 4
    2 Saves 2
    9 Corners 7
    4 Fouls 6
    1 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    16 Tackles 24
    354 Accurate passes 264
    56 Bad passes 31

  • 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
      1 Mark Schwarzer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 38 0 0
      3 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 12 0
      4 John Paintsil 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 40 0 1
      5 Brede Hangeland 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 50 9 3
      21 Jimmy Bullard 1 4 4 2 1 0 0 56 8 2
      13 Danny Murphy 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 43 5 7
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 18 0 1
      25 Simon Davies 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 8 1
      8 Andrew Johnson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 0
      9 Bobby Zamora 0 5 1 1 0 1 1 27 11 1
      19 Pascal Zuberbühler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Toni Kallio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Zoltan Gera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Leon Andreasen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Erik Nevland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Fredrik Stoor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Dickson Etuhu 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 9 3 0
      22 Richard Dunne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 2 3
      33 Vincent Kompany 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 4 7
      3 Michael Ball 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 6 2
      5 Pablo Zabaleta 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 25 1 1
      26 Tal Ben Haim 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 35 3 4
      7 Stephen Ireland 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 22 4 2
      21 Dietmar Hamann 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 42 0 2
      8 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 23 3 2
      27 Benjamin Mwaruwari 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 15 3 0
      12 Darius Vassell 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18 2 1
      16 Kasper Schmeichel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      36 Leandro Gláuber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 João Alves de Assis Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Shaleum Logan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Nedum Onuoha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Ched Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      20 Felipe Caicedo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • - Thanks for joining us today... stay with us for plenty more Premier League action this afternoon!
    • 84' Oooh! Ball slices a cross somewhat, but it floats towards the near corner and Schwarzer is forced into fisting clear!
    • 83' Zabaleta's in here! He fires goalwards, but Schwarzer stands firm and beats the ball away!
    • 68' From the resulting corner, Zamora has a chance to find the back of the net! But as the ball falls to him, he opts to stick out a boot rather than head it and Hart is able to make a brace save!
    • 67' Oooh! Superb effort by Bullard! He leathers a free-kick goalwards! It swerves wickedly, forcing Hart to make an acrobatic save!
    • 55' From the corner, Benjani flicks on for Kompany! But it hits him on his thigh and the ball bounces off target! Benjani then makes a hash of his shot too and the chance goes begging!
    • 54' Oooh! Zabaleta's played in by SWP... he shoots on target! But that's a fine fingertip save by Schwarzer, who diverts the ball round the post!
    • 48' Oooh! Zamora given far too much time again! He comes inside and lets fly! Hart looks beaten, but the ball bounces inches wide of the post!
    • 46' AJ breaks onto Zamora's cute ball through... he's held up by Ben Haim, so he plays in his strike partner on the right! But Zamora slips as he shoots and the ball sails over the bar and into the crowd!
    • 41' Benjani is given far too much time on the edge of the box... he turns and let fly! Inches wide of Schwarzer's upright!
    • 39' Another lovely passing move from Fulham, again coming from the right! This time Bullard's cross is met by Dempsey! But his header only finds the stand behind Hart's goal! Super stuff from the hosts though!
    • 37' Lovely football again from Fulham! Zamora feeds Bullard who crosses to AJ... he lays off for Dempsey! But the American's left footed shot is poor and bounces wide of Hart's left hand upright!
    • 30' Zamora unleashes a similarly well-struck effort straight away at the other end! Blocked and Hart is not called into action this time.
    • 29' Super stuff from Vassell at the other end! He takes down a long ball forward before firing goalwards! Schwarzer makes the save!
    • 27' GOAL! JIMMY BULLARD LEVELS THINGS UP FOR FULHAM! Zamora plays in the midfielder with a lovely reverse pass... Bullard hesitates for a moment before lashing past Hart, who remains motionless, and into the far corner! 1-1 now!
    • 23' Dempsey gets to Bullard's corner... the ball falls to Zamora, who spins the fires goalwards! Blocked and scrambled clear by the Fulham defence!
    • 22' Big penalty shout for Fulham as AJ looks to dink the ball past him in the box! The ball clearly hits his hand but there's no flag from the linesman or whistle from the ref!
    • 12' Zamora steps over Dempsey's ball in and Johnson has a chance to get to it! But that's great anticipation from Hart, who is off his line like a whippet to claim the ball at the striker's feet!
    • 8' Another chance for City! The ball falls to Ireland on the left hand side of the penalty area after Schwarzer challenges Benjani for a cross... but the midfielder drags his effort wide of the post!
    • 6' GOAL! CITY TAKE THE LEAD THROUGH BENJANI'S HEADER! Zabaleta fashions the chance for the Zimbabwean, playing a one-two on the City right before whipping in a super cross... Benjani gets in between Pantsil and Hughes to nod past Schwarzer! 1-0 City!
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of the early kick-off from Craven Cottage!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rob Styles

  • Fulham

    Manager: Roy Hodgson

    Captain: Danny Murphy

    Starting line-up

    • M. Schwarzer
    • J. Paintsil Yellow Card
    • B. Hangeland
    • A. Hughes
    • P. Konchesky
    • C. Dempsey
    • D. Murphy
    • J. Bullard Goal Yellow Card
    • S. Davies
    • B. Zamora
    • A. Johnson

    Subs

    • P. Zuberbuehler
    • T. Kallio
    • Z. Gera
    • D. Etuhu
    • E. Nevland
    • L. Andreasen
    • F. Stoor

    Injured

    • S. Ki-Hyeon
    • D. Kamara
    • A. Taymourian

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: Richard Dunne

    Starting line-up

    • J. Hart
    • P. Zabaleta
    • R. Dunne
    • T. Ben Haim
    • M. Ball
    • V. Kompany
    • D. Hamann
    • D. Vassell
    • S. Wright-Phillips
    • S. Ireland Yellow Card
    • M. Benjani Goal Substitution Out (77′)

    Subs

    • K. Schmeichel
    • N. Onuoha
    • .. Jo
    • F. Caicedo
    • C. Evans Substitution In77′
    • S. Logan
    • G. Berti

    Injured

    • M. Petrov
    • V. Bojinov
    • .. Robinho
    • M. Richards
    • B. Elano
    • M. Johnson
    • G. Fernandes

    Suspended

    None