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  1. City end season with win

    City end season with win

    Manchester City ended the season on a high note after a 1-0 Premier League victory over Bolton at Eastlands. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester City
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • 90+4 That's it, full time! City take the 3 points here.
    • 90+1' Riga attempts an overhead kick. Not a bad effort.
    • 90' Four minutes of added time.
    • 86' Both teams are strolling around like this game finished 10 minutes ago.
    • 84' Glauber Bert replaces Wayne Bridge.
    • 81' Bolton: Riga comes on for Elmander and O'Brien comes on for Shittu. Man City: Zabaleta replaces Kompany
    • 84' Robinho unleashes a lovely drive from 25 yards which Jaaskelainen leaps to his right to tip over the bar. That was brilliant from both players there. Top class save.
    • 80' The Bolton players are already planning their holidays. They've not threatened to do anything in this half.
    • 78' Wright-Phillips has a go from outside the area and a deflection nearly wrong foots Jaaskelainen, but he manages to tip the ball over for a corner.
    • 74' Bolton appear to have switched off now. Caicedo shoots, again from range, but it's not on target.
    • 71' Robinho had just nipped in and looked odds on to score then, but the referee stops play for a throw in. He then decides to get the skills out for a bit of entertainment. The crowd love it, but Bolton don't. Chris Basham clatters into him.
    • 71' Stephen Ireland, who has had an excellent season but a quiet game, is replaced by Vladimir Weiss.
    • 66' It's Cahill who is down injured now.
    • 65' Wright-Phillips has a go from distance after a poor clearance from Samuel. His shot is certainly powerful, but it just brushes against the side netting. City aren't afraid to ahve a go here.
    • 63' With Matty Taylor off, it's down to Mark Davies to take the corners now. He whips one in and Kevin Davies heads over under pressure from Richards.
    • 61' Robinho shows off a step over, and then has another go from range. Again, it's not troubling Jaaskelainen.
    • 60' Onuoha, who is absolutely rapid, runs the length of the pitch only to be rewarded by a poor return pass from Caicedo.
    • 63' Robinho has another effort from distance. Again, it's not that dangerous and Jaaskelainen deals with it comfortably.
    • 59' That's the first substitution of the day: Chris Basham comes on for Matt Taylor.
    • 58' Another City break, this time it's Robinho who supplies Wright-Phillips for the shot, but it's dragged wide across the face of the goal.
    • 57' Caicedo battles well for the ball in the left hand corner, finds Robinho who drifts inside and lashes well wide.
    • 52' Bolton have started well, but City again show that they're always dangerous on the break. The ball breaks to Caicedo and his left foot shot goes narrowly wide.
    • 50' Davies crosses for Elmander who flicks on. Given sort of half comes for the ball and in the end it's Ireland who clears for a corner.
    • 47' Caicedo is up, but he doesn't look too steady on his feet at the minute.
    • 46' Caicedo receives treatment and looks decidedly groggy after being flattened by a Bolton defender.
    • 45 And we're back. Bolton kick off.
    • 45' And that's half time. Bolton have started to get back into this after going behind early, but it's City who have had the better chances. Micah Richards' assist for Caicedo's goal looks better and better the more I see it.
    • 42' Bolton are just giving the ball away. Gary Megson is not happy.
    • 40' City look to have taken the upper hand now, and their defence appears a bit less shakey. Wright-Phillips cuts inside his man and tries again from range, but Jaaskelainen has it covered all the way.
    • 37' Robinho receives the ball on the left, plays a one-two with Caicedo and shoots, straight at Jaaskelainen
    • 33' Bolton send their big men forward as Taylor delivers another free kick. The ball is cleared, but only to the edge of the area and it's Elmander who strikes it. The shot beats Given, but Dunne clears off the line!
    • 31' Absolutely brilliant flick from Robinho. He bypasses the whole defence with one flick of his boot and finds Micah Richards whose shot on the turn is narrowly wide.
    • 29' Bolton try to engineer a crossing opportunity from a short corner, but it's poorly worked and City intercep and break again. Robinho crosses but Wright-Phillips contrives to allow the ball to run under his foot. Another good opportunity.
    • 28' Man City have hardly been in the game here, but they've just had two great chances to go 2-0 up. Wright-Phillips plays a long ball for Robinho to run onto. Shittu falls over and Robinho is in, but an extra touch allows Samuel to get back and make a good saving tackle.
    • 26' Dangerous break from Man City! Caicedo picks up the ball on the halfway line and carries the ball all the way into the Bolton penalty area. He rolls the ball across the area, but there's no one there! Ireland manages to get hold of the ball and lays it back to Robinho who hits the post. Goal kick.
    • 25' Well, I say that they've just given the ball away again, and Bolton attack down the right through Steinsson. This time Taylor has a go from 30 yards but his shot comes off Richards for another corner.
    • 24' Gavin McCann hits a volley from range, but it never ever looked like it was going in. City are starting to look a little bit more composed at the back now.
    • 18' Whilst Ireland is off the pitch receiving treatment Onuoha clear the ball from under his own bar after Taylor takes a corner from the right. Steinsson sends the ball back in but Kevin Davies lashes wildly over.
    • 17' There's a lull in the game as Ireland receives a bit of treatment here after landing awkardly whilst challenging for the ball.
    • 15' This time it's Steinsson who breaks down the Bolton right and crosses a ball which is just inches away from Kevin Davies' head. Bolton are getting back into it here.
    • 15' Micah Richards bursts down the right and wins a corner. Ireland and Wright Phillips waste the opportunity to cross by playing it short.
    • 13' Kevin Davies' header goes over from the resulting corner. That hand ball would have been harsh if given.
    • 12' Bolton win a free kick which Matty Taylor whips in. Given comes to collect but misses and the ball bounces around the area before going behind for a corner. There's a big shout from the Bolton fans behind the goal for a penalty for a hand ball from Robinho.
    • 9' City are starting to take control early on here. They clear a Bolton set piece and break down the other end. Wright Phillips has a shot from distance and Jaaskelainen tips over.
    • 8' Steinsson brings down Robinho, who takes the free kick quickly, rolls it to Ireland who plays a lovely chipped ball into the penalty area which Richards flicks across the goal and Caicedo is there to finish. Lovely goal.
    • 5' Robinho bundles his way between two Bolton players, and pokes a shot from the centre of the area straight into Jaaskelainen's arms. Either side of the keeper there, and he'd have been stretched, as it was it was a woeful effort.
    • 4' A scrappy start from both times here.
    • 1' Early corner for Manchester City. Shittu clears the first delivery for another corner, and then Jaaskelainen collects the second.
    • 1' And we're off!
    • - Stephen Ireland is picking up an award for player of the season. It looks like a bit like the World Cup.
    • - The teams have finished warming up and it's a warm and sunny day here at Eastlands. Surely perfect conditions for Robinho to put in a wonder performance?
    • - Bolton: Jaaskelainen, K. Davies, Cahill, Elmander, Steinsson, Samuel, McCann, Muamba, M. Davies, Taylor, Shittu. Subs: Al Habsi, Puygrenier, Basham, Choen, Hunt, Riga, O'Brien
    • - bs: Hary, Zabaleta, Bojinov, Petrov, Benjani, Berti, Weiss

  • Team Stats

    Manchester City Stats Bolton Wanderers
    64% Possession 35%
    29 Shots 9
    11 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 5
    15 Corners 9
    10 Fouls 9
    3 Offsides 1
    0 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    22 Tackles 27
    367 Accurate passes 165
    43 Bad passes 28

  • 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
      37 Shay Given 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      2 Micah Richards 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 32 0 4
      4 Nedum Onuoha 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 27 2 0
      22 Richard Dunne 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 25 0 2
      33 Vincent Kompany 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 29 7 1
      25 Wayne Bridge 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 11 1
      8 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 8 4 0 1 0 0 33 2 2
      7 Stephen Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 3 2
      34 Nigel de Jong 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 51 5 6
      10 Robson de Souza 0 7 4 0 3 2 0 41 2 0
      20 Felipe Caicedo 1 6 2 0 1 1 0 25 4 2
      27 Benjamin Mwaruwari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Martin Petrov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Valeri Bojinov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 Vladimir Weiss 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 2 0
      5 Pablo Zabaleta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 2
      36 Leandro Gláuber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
      1 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 8 0 0
      15 Grétar Steinsson 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 12 1 1
      7 Matthew Taylor 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0
      24 Danny Shittu 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 2
      5 Gary Cahill 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 1 1
      3 Jlloyd Samuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 8 4
      16 Mark Davies 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 6 1
      6 Fabrice Muamba 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16 1 4
      19 Gavin McCann 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 21 5 8
      14 Kevin Davies 0 2 0 2 4 1 0 20 0 1
      9 Johan Elmander 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 3
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Tamir Cohen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Sebastien Puygrenier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      31 Andy O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      17 Riga Mustapha 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1
      30 Chris Basham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1
      2 Nicky Hunt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 8' Steinsson brings down Robinho, who takes the free kick quickly, rolls it to Ireland who plays a lovely chipped ball into the penalty area which Richards flicks across the goal and Caicedo is there to finish. Lovely goal.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mark Clattenburg

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: Richard Dunne

    Starting line-up

    • S. Given
    • M. Richards
    • N. Onuoha
    • R. Dunne
    • W. Bridge Substitution Out (84′)
    • S. Ireland Substitution Out (71′)
    • V. Kompany Substitution Out (81′)
    • N. De Jong
    • S. Wright-Phillips
    • F. Caicedo Goal
    • .. Robinho

    Subs

    • M. Petrov
    • V. Bojinov
    • M. Benjani
    • P. Zabaleta Substitution In81′
    • J. Hart
    • V. Weiss Substitution In71′
    • G. Berti Substitution In84′

    Injured

    • D. Hamann
    • C. Bellamy
    • M. Johnson

    Suspended

    None

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Gary Megson

    Captain: Kevin Davies

    Starting line-up

    • J. Jaaskelainen
    • G. Steinsson
    • G. Cahill
    • D. Shittu Substitution Out (81′)
    • J. Samuel
    • G. McCann
    • F. Muamba
    • M. Davies
    • M. Taylor Substitution Out (59′)
    • K. Davies
    • J. Elmander Substitution Out (81′)

    Subs

    • A. O'Brien Substitution In81′
    • C. Basham Substitution In59′
    • S. Puygrenier
    • N. Hunt
    • T. Cohen
    • A. Al Habsi
    • R. Mustapha Substitution In81′

    Injured

    • R. Gardner
    • R. Vaz Te
    • J. O'Brien

    Suspended

    None

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  1. come on city let's have a good season next and let­ dune go he's passed it

    From danielhealey91, on Sat 30 May 2:54PM

  2. Robinho should leave the city If it were not 4 his­ contract.

    From John, on Wed 27 May 7:01PM

  3. Fair result?....HARD LINES BLONDIE!...maybe next year­ eh?

    From Chris W, on Mon 25 May 6:17PM

  4. well done city ,but 40point behind utd,,loads and loads­ of work todo,,,

    From Keith J, on Mon 25 May 11:40AM

  5. So nothing shiny then, that's not what the bloke on­ the telly said, you know, that bloak with the tea towel­ on his head, after those fine upstanding gentlemen,­ spending a countries wealth, took over.

    From Trev, on Sun 24 May 10:33PM

  6. Nice finish Man-City, Bring on next season, Come On­ Super City! from Tracey In Llandudno North Wales Orig­ from Manchester!

    From Adz, on Sun 24 May 6:09PM

  7. Hahaha hbulcock, 'we're a miles better side­ than them'. Kevin Davies vs. Robinho, hmmm

    From koreanswine, on Sun 24 May 5:14PM

  8. the trotters will look right silly pigs when they go­ down next season

    From stanleyb71, on Sun 24 May 5:09PM
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    stoke @#$% 3-0 down after 18 mins!!! come on arsenal­ beat those scumbags

    From bluesyboy94, on Sun 24 May 4:26PM

  10. stop talkin @#$% Blondie

    From bluesyboy94, on Sun 24 May 4:22PM

  11. come on city!!!!!! 1-0

    From bluesyboy94, on Sun 24 May 4:15PM

  12. Matty Taylor,more chance with Elizabeth Taylor hahahaha­ 3-0 CITY

    From Freelance, on Sun 24 May 2:39PM

  13. come on city, stuff them bolton woppers

    From David, on Sun 24 May 2:19PM

  14. Come on City give the fans a fantistic finish!!!!!!

    From grahamb, on Sun 24 May 12:53PM

  15. next season manchester city will be pimping with fresh­ new players

    From Ademola, on Sun 24 May 12:20PM

  16. Man City 4-2 Bolton

    Robinho 3' 44'­ 79'
    Davies 17'
    Ireland 22'
    Elmander­ 90'

    Good luck to both teams...
    From a United Fan

    From Davis K, on Sat 23 May 3:30PM

  17. come on blues lets not have a repeat of the last game­ of last season /city 3 bolton 1

    From thomassmillie, on Sat 23 May 12:09PM

  18. Man City 3-0 Bolton

    From mc98_thomas, on Sat 23 May 7:30AM

  19. MANCHESTER CITY.,............WE WANT­ MESSI........KAKA........BENZEMA..........DAVID­ VILLA........JUST BUY ALL THE­ STARSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS............................

    From Zul Khairi Zahari, on Sat 23 May 4:03AM

  20. Man City will thrash Bolton, Hull will beat Man U,­ Newcastle goes to the coca cola with Midlesbourgh

    From CHRIS S, on Fri 22 May 10:54PM
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