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Sunday November 16, 2008 Finished KC Stadium

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Hull City

  • Cousin 14’
  • Geovanni 61’

Manchester City

  • Ireland 37’, 45’
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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Hull City
    • Manchester City
    • 90+5' That's it! Honours even at the KC Stadium and a superbly entertaining game of football!
    • 90+3' Zabaleta crosses towards the Hull box but it is well cut out by Ricketts - just a minute or so to go.
    • 90' Vassell!! What a chance!! Ireland touches it on to him but Vassell's volley is well saved by Myhill!
    • 88' Dean Marney is booked and City have a free-kick that they can lump into the box... but it is poor.
    • 85' Hull substitution - Peter Halmosi on for George Boateng.
    • 85' Geovanni... hits the wall and goes behind for a corner! But the wall broke early again! That was getting a bit silly.
    • 84' It's happened again! This time Ireland is adjudged to have broken the wall too soon! Take three...
    • 83' Geovanni's free-kick is deflected wide but the wall moved too early and Wright-Phillips is booked!
    • 82' Ian Ashbee wins a free-kick following a careless Richards challenge. All eyes on Geovanni.
    • 80' Tal Ben Haim comes racing forwards from the back, taking on player after player. He beats three men but can't take it all the way. It would have been quite a goal.
    • 77' A crowd-pleasing change from Phil Brown here, bringing on Nicky Barmby for Daniel Cousin.
    • 76' City make a change, bringing on Jo for Benjani.
    • 75' Ireland already has heavy strapping on his left leg and has gone down again - it looks like a separate injury in fact but he should be fine to carry on.
    • 73' King crosses from the right towards the City box. It comes to Marney, who completely misses his kick.
    • 69' Ireland finds Robinho in space on the left with a superb reverse pass. Robinho's shot comes out as far as Vassell, who completely misses his kick - a complete lack of composure from the former England man!
    • 66' Hull continue to apply the pressure, and Schmeichel is forced to make another impressive catch at the edge of his box.
    • 64' Hull come away on the counter with Marlon King, who holds the ball up and lays it off for Geovanni, who drags his low shot wide from the edge of the box.
    • 62' So close Cousin! Sam Ricketts finds him with a diagonal ball into the box but the header is straight at Schmeichel! Hull nearly in front.
    • 61' GOAL!!! Geovanni's free-kick takes a deflection off Kompany who was jumping in the wall and wrong-foots Schmeichel! Hull on terms!
    • 60' Referee Dowd spends an age making sure the wall is back but eventually it is ready to be taken.
    • 59' King wins a free-kick in another dangerous position following a high foot from Shaun Wright-Phillips. This one certainly is within Geovanni's range.
    • 57' Hull free-kick 35 yards out. Will Geovanni go for goal? He will, but his strike soars high over the bar!
    • 55' Hull come forward with a throwing the right side. Marney floats in a cross from the right but Schmeichel is up well to catch it.
    • 52' Neither side creating much at the moment. Mark Hughes will be desperate for his side to show some defensive solidity and cling on to this lead.
    • 49' Zabaleta plays King onside and the Hull striker collects a diagonal through ball. But he does not get power on his shot and it is easy for Schmeichel to save.
    • 48' Geovanni!! He attempts an acrobatic bicycle kick and gets plenty of power but not much direction. Goal kick.
    • 47' Wright-Phillips take a City corner that is flicked on by Robinho but Hull scramble it away.
    • 46' The second half is under way and Hull need to find their feet again after watching their lead evaporate so quickly.
    • 45+2' Half-time at the KC Stadium! City have turned it around with two goals from Stephen Ireland. The first two goals were comical, the third was an absolute gem.
    • 45' GOAL!!! Two for Ireland!! City lead!! Garrido pulls it back to him completely unmarked, and Ireland curls a 20-yarder sensationally inside the far post. What a goal!
    • 43' Another penalty shout!! Robinho's effort hits Turner's hand but referee Dowd again says the contact is accidental!
    • 40' Benjani's dinked cross is stopped and City appeal for a penalty, but referee Phil Dowd says no way..
    • 37' GOAL!!! Stephen Ireland levels for Manchester City and it's another absolute howler!! Kamil Zayatte is under no pressure but takes an extremely heavy touch and gifts it to Ireland, who slots into the bottom-left corner.
    • 36' Marlon King rises high and heads the ball back towards Cousin, but he is flagged offside.
    • 34' A Hull corner from the right eludes everyone and City look to press out.
    • 32' In fact Garrido takes the kick, but his outswinger is headed clear by Michael Turner.
    • 31' Half an hour gone, and City have not troubled Hull City at all today. They might do so here as Robinho prepares to ping in another free-kick.
    • 28' Zayatte knocks the ball long towards Marlon King at the edge of the City box but Richards leaps high to head it away.
    • 25' Yellow card Paul McShane for a terrible tackle on Garrido - that is a booking and a half...
    • 22' City are just taking a minuteor two to get their foot on the ball and settle down.
    • 20' Schmeichel comes on for Joe Hart, and that is yet anothetr player out of the England squad for the Germany game!
    • 19' Hart goes down injured again after collecting the ball and he will have to come off. Kasper Schmeichel will replace him.
    • 18' After a lengthy delay, Hart is ready to go and City get the game back under way.
    • 16' That was absolutely appalling by Ben Haim, and City look shell-shocked. Hart is just getting some treatment - he was hurt as he attempted to keep out that Cousin effort.
    • 14' GOAL!!! Daniel Cousin gives Hull City the lead following a truly awful, underhit backpass from Tal Ben Haim!! The Israeli scuffs his pass to Hart, Cousin nips in and prods the ball into the corner of the net!
    • 12' Cynical stuff from Ben Haim, sticking out a leg to trip the flying Geovanni. Yellow card.
    • 10' A left-wing cross is teed up by Marney for ASHBEE!! Doesn't really connect with his first-time shot from the edge of the box and it bobbles away from goal.
    • 8' Crossed towards Benjani in the box but he is beaten in the air. Two of City's Brazilian contingent are on the bench today - Elano and Jo.
    • 6' Geovanni delivers a swirling free-kick towards the back post... Joe Hart is up well and claims it. Good work from the England goalkeeper.
    • 4' Robinho shoots direct from the free-kick but fires it well wide from over 30 yards.
    • 3' Robinho gets on the ball and dodges two challenges before being awarded a soft free-kick.
    • 1' We're under way! City boss Mark Hughes has made an interesting selection - Robinho is his captain in the absence of Richard Dunne and Didi Hamann.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Hull City v Manchester City from the KC Stadium!

  • Team Stats

    Hull City Stats Manchester City
    51% Possession 48%
    10 Shots 14
    4 Shots on target 3
    1 Saves 2
    3 Corners 6
    18 Fouls 15
    2 Offsides 4
    2 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 17
    265 Accurate passes 264
    89 Bad passes 32

  • 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
    • Hull City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Boaz Myhill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 0
      24 Kamil Zayatte 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 26 7 2
      21 Sam Ricketts 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 23 17 2
      17 Paul McShane 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 0 0
      6 Michael Turner 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 1 3
      4 Ian Ashbee 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 46 10 3
      10 Marcio Geovanni 1 5 1 1 3 1 0 18 11 2
      22 Dean Marney 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 26 10 3
      20 George Boateng 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 21 8 2
      23 Marlon King 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 28 7 0
      25 Daniel Cousin 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 20 13 2
      8 Nick Barmby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      18 Caleb Folan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Nathan Doyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Péter Halmosi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1
      33 Stelios Giannakopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Richard Garcia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Matt Duke 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 1 0 0
      2 Micah Richards 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 15 0 2
      33 Vincent Kompany 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 35 6 1
      15 Javier Garrido 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 38 8 2
      5 Pablo Zabaleta 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 26 0 2
      26 Tal Ben Haim 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 18 1 1
      7 Stephen Ireland 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 28 5 4
      8 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 27 4 2
      27 Benjamin Mwaruwari 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 16 1 1
      12 Darius Vassell 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 19 2 2
      10 Robson de Souza 0 5 0 1 5 0 0 33 3 0
      11 Blumer Elano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Ched Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Nedum Onuoha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Dietmar Hamann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Michael Ball 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Kasper Schmeichel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      14 João Alves de Assis Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' Vassell!! What a chance!! Ireland touches it on to him but Vassell's volley is well saved by Myhill!
    • 85' Geovanni... hits the wall and goes behind for a corner! But the wall broke early again! That was getting a bit silly.
    • 69' Ireland finds Robinho in space on the left with a superb reverse pass. Robinho's shot comes out as far as Vassell, who completely misses his kick - a complete lack of composure from the former England man!
    • 62' So close Cousin! Sam Ricketts finds him with a diagonal ball into the box but the header is straight at Schmeichel! Hull nearly in front.
    • 61' GOAL!!! Geovanni's free-kick takes a deflection off Kompany who was jumping in the wall and wrong-foots Schmeichel! Hull on terms!
    • 48' Geovanni!! He attempts an acrobatic bicycle kick and gets plenty of power but not much direction. Goal kick.
    • 45' GOAL!!! Two for Ireland!! City lead!! Garrido pulls it back to him completely unmarked, and Ireland curls a 20-yarder sensationally inside the far post. What a goal!
    • 43' Another penalty shout!! Robinho's effort hits Turner's hand but referee Dowd again says the contact is accidental!
    • 40' Benjani's dinked cross is stopped and City appeal for a penalty, but referee Phil Dowd says no way..
    • 37' GOAL!!! Stephen Ireland levels for Manchester City and it's another absolute howler!! Kamil Zayatte is under no pressure but takes an extremely heavy touch and gifts it to Ireland, who slots into the bottom-left corner.
    • 14' GOAL!!! Daniel Cousin gives Hull City the lead following a truly awful, underhit backpass from Tal Ben Haim!! The Israeli scuffs his pass to Hart, Cousin nips in and prods the ball into the corner of the net!
    • 10' A left-wing cross is teed up by Marney for ASHBEE!! Doesn't really connect with his first-time shot from the edge of the box and it bobbles away from goal.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Hull City v Manchester City from the KC Stadium!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Phil Dowd

  • Hull City

    Manager: Phil Brown

    Captain: Ian Ashbee

    Starting line-up

    • B. Myhill
    • P. McShane Yellow Card
    • K. Zayatte
    • M. Turner
    • S. Ricketts
    • I. Ashbee
    • G. Boateng Substitution Out (85′)
    • .. Geovanni Goal
    • D. Marney Yellow Card
    • M. King
    • D. Cousin Goal Substitution Out (77′)

    Subs

    • N. Barmby Substitution In77′
    • R. Garcia
    • S. Giannakopoulos
    • P. Halmosi Substitution In85′
    • C. Folan
    • M. Duke
    • N. Doyle

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: . Robinho

    Starting line-up

    • J. Hart Substitution Out (19′)
    • P. Zabaleta
    • M. Richards
    • T. Ben Haim Yellow Card
    • J. Garrido
    • S. Ireland Goals×2 Yellow Card
    • V. Kompany
    • S. Wright-Phillips Yellow Card
    • D. Vassell
    • .. Robinho
    • M. Benjani Substitution Out (76′)

    Subs

    • D. Hamann
    • M. Ball
    • K. Schmeichel Substitution In19′
    • N. Onuoha
    • .. Jo Substitution In76′
    • B. Elano
    • C. Evans

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • R. Dunne
    • G. Fernandes