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  1. Wasteful City do just enough

    Wasteful City do just enough

    Micah Richards headed the only goal as Manchester City beat 10-man Sunderland 1-0 at Eastlands, although City should have won by many more. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester City
    • Sunderland
    • 90+4' Full-time at Eastlands, and one goal is enough for City. They should have won by many more but it doesn't matter - they prevail at home again.
    • 90+3' Fulop produces another superb save to deny Robinho as City pour forward again! He had Bellamy completely unmarked on his left, however...
    • 90+2' GELSON!! Collects a Robinho lay-off and tests Fulop with a powerful low shot - good save from the Sunderland keeper.
    • 90' Robinho attempts an overhead kick from a yard out but fails completely to make contact with the ball.
    • 89' ELANO!!! Forces a superb save from Fulop with a stinging 25-yard drive! Corner.
    • 88' Good chance for Sunderland, who have a corner here... completely wasted!
    • 86' Yet another booking! This time it is Fernandes for an innocuous-looking foul in the centre circle.
    • 84' Another injury-enforced change for City as Gelson Fernandes replaces Vincent Kompany.
    • 84' So close Sunderland!! A corner is scrambled goalwards and Nigel De Jong has to volley it behind for a corner!
    • 83' Richards has picked up a knock and he will have to come off - Javier Garrido replaces him.
    • 81' Sunderland apply some pressure with a couple of corners, but Cisse is penalised for a handball.
    • 79' Another yellow card - this time to Reid. Steve Tanner very card-happy this afternoon.
    • 78' Richards wins a corner for City but it is wasted and Sunderland have a chance to come away.
    • 76' Leadbitter was booked for dissent after that litte performance, incidentally.
    • 75' Leadbitter hacks Bellamy and then gives the Welshman a dose of the verbals. Rather him than us...
    • 74' Narrow offside against Bellamy...
    • 73' Double change from Sunderland - Djibril Cisse and Andy Reid are on for Kenwyne Jones and Steed Malbranque.
    • 70' Robinho!! Fires a low shot from the edge of the box but it is straight at Fulop..
    • 67' City seem to have lost their attacking impetus here. As dominant as they are, it rarely makes sense to sit back on a one-goal lead.
    • 64' On comes Bellamy for Bojinov, who is clearly lacking match sharpness. He is a good player when fit, though.
    • 62' A heavily-tattooed Craig Bellamy is preparing to come on for City.
    • 61' City are all over their visitors and you have to fancy them to win this handsomely. Richards is playing absolutely brilliantly. There is, however, some dispute over who scored the goal - Vincent Kompany followed it in and just got a touch as the ball was going over the line. Let's give it to Richards for the moment, though.
    • 59' Richards comes down the right again - he's rampant! He lays the ball off to Elano in the middle and the Brazilian places his shot... just wide!
    • 57' GOAL!!! City break the deadlock at last through Micah Richards! He converts a close-range header and relief courses around Eastlands!
    • 54' Wright-Phillips!! He collects a pull-back from Richards and fires his shot high over the bar.
    • 52' It has to be said the home crowd are not helping a great deal. They are making noise, but they are clearly anxious.
    • 49' Micah Richards is well forward down the right for City and attempts to pull the ball back for Bojinov, but he has already been flagged offside.
    • 48' City will be looking ro make their numerical advantage pay in the second half, and following that early corner for the visitors they have enjoyed almost constant possession.
    • 46' Second half under way, and immediately Sunderland win a corner... headed clear by City.
    • 45+3' The end of an eventful first half at Eastlands - no goals but plenty of incident.
    • 45+2' Malbranque crosses from the Sunderland right and Onuoha heads away. A strong finish to the opening period from the visitors.
    • 45' Two minutes of stoppage time will be played.
    • 43' Another City move comes to nothing and Sunderland are starting to look fairly comfortable. City don't need to panic - they still have 45 minutes against 10 men.
    • 40' The home crowd are getting restless - for all their dominance they are still being held, and Robinho's penalty miss is still fresh in the memory.
    • 37' LEADBITTER!! Hits his free-kick low into the wall!
    • 36' Dunne trips Malbranque right at the edge of the box... danger here!
    • 35' Here come City again with Wright-Phillips, and he races through and.... drags his shot well wide!
    • 33' BOJINOV!! Heads over from close range. He hangs his head in his hands.
    • 32' Jones hits a dipping volley from 25 yards but it is a weak effort and Given makes a comfortable save.
    • 30' More neat build-up play from City, but yet again the end product does not live up to what precedes it - Kompany placing a shot well over the bar.
    • 28' City are well on top against the 10 men of Sunderland. Elano tries a neat pass around the corner for Bojinov but he overhits it and the ball runs out of play.
    • 25' Wright-Phillips crosses from the right for Robinho, who gets no purchase on his header and the ball loops into the arms of Fulop.
    • 24' Elano! Blazes a shot high over the bar. Mark Hughes looks like thunder.
    • 23' Carlos Edwards has a crack from the edge of the box for Sunderland but sends his shot well over.
    • 22' That was a terrible penalty from Robinho - even worse than Obafemi Martins's yesterday. Dismal.
    • 20' SAVED!!! Robinho pauses on his run-up and passes a weak penalty into the arms of Fulop - dreadful from the Brazilian!
    • 19' Bojinov and Phil Bardsley are both booked for dissent... Robinho will take the penalty.
    • 18' PENALTY!!! Malbranque upends Micah Richards and referee Tanner points to the spot! A really clumsy foul.
    • 16' Ricky Sbragia brings on Calum Davenport as Sunderland look to shore things up.
    • 15' Bojinov strikes the free-kick left-footed... just over!!
    • 14' RED CARD!!! GEORGE McCARTNEY IS SENT OFF!!! He pulls back Wright-Phillips as he races through on goal and Steve Tanner gives him his marching orders!
    • 11' Bojinov challenges Fulop a little overzealously and that will be a free-kick to Sunderland.
    • 9' WRIGHT-PHILLIPS!! He is played clean through the middle, lobs Fulop from the edge of the box but the ball drops agonisingly wide!
    • 7' The corner is aimed in towards Onuoha, but his header loops high over the bar.
    • 6' Wright-Phillips chases a ball down the right flank and McCartney does well to tackle him, albeit at the expense of a corner.
    • 4' A cross from the Sunderland right floats harmlessly over the City bar. Slightly disjointed opening here.
    • 2' Elano delivers the ball into the area but Anton Ferdinand heads clear.
    • 1' Game on at Eastlands, and immediately City are on the offensive with a free-kick just outside the Sunderland box.
    • - There is no Stephen Ireland for City, while Craig Bellamy is on the bench - meaning Valeri Bojinov gets a start.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Manchester City v Sunderland from Eastlands!

  • Team Stats

    Manchester City Stats Sunderland
    66% Possession 33%
    21 Shots 8
    9 Shots on target 3
    0 Saves 7
    7 Corners 8
    14 Fouls 16
    2 Offsides 0
    3 Yellow cards 5
    0 Red cards 1
    13 Tackles 16
    419 Accurate passes 160
    65 Bad passes 33

  • 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 14 1 0
      4 Nedum Onuoha 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 40 4 2
      33 Vincent Kompany 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 36 7 0
      5 Pablo Zabaleta 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 35 23 3
      2 Micah Richards 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 32 0 0
      22 Richard Dunne 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 59 0 2
      11 Blumer Elano 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 36 8 0
      34 Nigel de Jong 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 65 10 0
      8 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 5 1 3 3 0 0 39 1 1
      9 Valeri Bojinov 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 18 0 0
      10 Robson de Souza 0 4 4 3 1 0 0 30 8 3
      19 Gelson Fernandes 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 0
      39 Craig Bellamy 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 2
      15 Javier Garrido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
      36 Leandro Gláuber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Joe Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      29 Kelvin Etuhu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Ched Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Sunderland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      32 Marton Fülöp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0
      15 Danny Collins 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 21 6 1
      3 George McCartney 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 1
      2 Phillip Bardsley 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13 0 4
      26 Anton Ferdinand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 1
      6 Dean Whitehead 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 25 2 4
      18 Grant Leadbitter 0 3 2 4 1 0 0 17 3 0
      7 Carlos Edwards 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 16 4 1
      8 Steed Malbranque 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 20 3 1
      17 Kenwyne Jones 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 6 1 0
      14 Daryl Murphy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
      19 Dwight Yorke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Paul McShane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Djibril Cisse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1
      23 David Healy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Calum Davenport 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 1 2
      20 Andy Reid 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 5 2 0

  • Summary

    • 90+2' GELSON!! Collects a Robinho lay-off and tests Fulop with a powerful low shot - good save from the Sunderland keeper.
    • 89' ELANO!!! Forces a superb save from Fulop with a stinging 25-yard drive! Corner.
    • 84' So close Sunderland!! A corner is scrambled goalwards and Nigel De Jong has to volley it behind for a corner!
    • 70' Robinho!! Fires a low shot from the edge of the box but it is straight at Fulop..
    • 59' Richards comes down the right again - he's rampant! He lays the ball off to Elano in the middle and the Brazilian places his shot... just wide!
    • 57' GOAL!!! City break the deadlock at last through Micah Richards! He converts a close-range header and relief courses around Eastlands!
    • 54' Wright-Phillips!! He collects a pull-back from Richards and fires his shot high over the bar.
    • 37' LEADBITTER!! Hits his free-kick low into the wall!
    • 35' Here come City again with Wright-Phillips, and he races through and.... drags his shot well wide!
    • 33' BOJINOV!! Heads over from close range. He hangs his head in his hands.
    • 20' SAVED!!! Robinho pauses on his run-up and passes a weak penalty into the arms of Fulop - dreadful from the Brazilian!
    • 18' PENALTY!!! Malbranque upends Micah Richards and referee Tanner points to the spot! A really clumsy foul.
    • 15' Bojinov strikes the free-kick left-footed... just over!!
    • 14' RED CARD!!! GEORGE McCARTNEY IS SENT OFF!!! He pulls back Wright-Phillips as he races through on goal and Steve Tanner gives him his marching orders!
    • 9' WRIGHT-PHILLIPS!! He is played clean through the middle, lobs Fulop from the edge of the box but the ball drops agonisingly wide!
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Manchester City v Sunderland from Eastlands!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Steve Tanner

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: Richard Dunne

    Starting line-up

    • S. Given
    • M. Richards Goal Substitution Out (83′)
    • N. Onuoha
    • R. Dunne
    • P. Zabaleta
    • N. De Jong
    • V. Kompany Substitution Out (84′)
    • S. Wright-Phillips
    • B. Elano
    • .. Robinho
    • V. Bojinov Yellow Card Substitution Out (64′)

    Subs

    • C. Bellamy Substitution In64′
    • J. Garrido Substitution In83′
    • J. Hart
    • G. Fernandes Substitution In84′ Yellow Card
    • K. Etuhu
    • C. Evans
    • G. Berti

    Injured

    • M. Petrov
    • M. Benjani
    • D. Sturridge

    Suspended

    None

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Ricky Sbragia

    Captain: Dean Whitehead

    Starting line-up

    • M. Fulop
    • P. Bardsley Yellow Card
    • A. Ferdinand Yellow Card
    • D. Collins
    • G. McCartney Red Card
    • S. Malbranque Substitution Out (73′)
    • D. Whitehead
    • G. Leadbitter Yellow Card
    • C. Edwards
    • D. Murphy Substitution Out (16′)
    • K. Jones Substitution Out (73′)

    Subs

    • D. Cissé Substitution In73′
    • D. Yorke
    • D. Healy
    • A. Reid Substitution In73′ Yellow Card
    • C. Davenport Substitution In16′ Yellow Card
    • C. Gordon
    • P. McShane

    Injured

    • T. Tainio

    Suspended

    • K. Richardson

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  1. Good one Mancity. keep pushing it.

    From Bet with http://www.gamble.pk, on Wed 3 Jun 12:04PM

  2. The next season is going to be a cracking season for­ football. With the new promotions this should
    be an­ interesting time.

    From Free bet www.freebets.co.za, on Tue 2 Jun 6:25PM

  3. I think M. City will win 3:0.

    From simonnacevskinacevski, on Sun 22 Mar 8:42PM

  4. Strange Game - seemed a harsh sending off !!!! - Gutsy­ performance from Sunderland though with the remaining­ 10 Men - deserve to stop up but need to sort themselves­ out for the remaining games. C ya next season !

    As for­ City - let just say I'll take the three points -­ nothing more positive to say except that we need to­ sort ourselves as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    City Forever­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Sean, on Sun 22 Mar 8:13PM

  5. Strange Game - seemed a harsh sending off !!!! - Gutsy­ performance from Sunderland though with the remaining­ 10 Men - deserve to stop up but need to sort themselves­ out for the remaining games. C ya next season !

    As for­ City - let just say I'll take the three points -­ nothing more positive to say except that we need to­ sort ourselves as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    City Forever­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Sean, on Sun 22 Mar 8:13PM

  6. Strange Game - seemed a harsh sending off !!!! - Gutsy­ performance from Sunderland though with the remaining­ 10 Men - deserve to stop up but need to sort themselves­ out for the remaining games. C ya next season !

    As for­ City - let just say I'll take the three points -­ nothing more positive to say except that we need to­ sort ourselves as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    City Forever­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Sean, on Sun 22 Mar 8:13PM

  7. so yahoo! did liverpool or man city match finish (?)­ aparently it hasnt (!)
    Big Shock (!)
    lol

    From Aamina, on Sun 22 Mar 8:06PM

  8. so yahoo, did the match ever end?

    From mogrify, on Sun 22 Mar 7:39PM

  9. CTID

    From burt.mcgill, on Sun 22 Mar 7:17PM

  10. mcarteney sent off for nothing,the headless chicken­ from loony toony land not even a yellow card for a fore­ arm smash to ashavens face,where do we get these­ referees from,

    From david.cook44, on Sun 22 Mar 7:09PM

  11. Lol it's not stopping

    From kuledX, on Sun 22 Mar 6:41PM

  12. LIVERPOOL

    From Pablo, on Sun 22 Mar 6:23PM

  13. has it finished

    From Nath, on Sun 22 Mar 6:00PM

  14. mmmmmmm

    From shellyleather, on Sun 22 Mar 5:57PM

  15. city won

    From Nath, on Sun 22 Mar 5:50PM

  16. @#$% on u blues C.T.I.D.

    From mcpluker, on Sun 22 Mar 5:40PM

  17. Once again the hapless and clueless RS has picked the­ wrong team! Iy really is time he took a hike for the­ good of the club!

    From Paperboy, on Sun 22 Mar 5:34PM

  18. some of the comments from the mags 4get 1 thing they­ and not safc are known as scum and oh where are the­ scum (mags) in the league, the mags live in never never­ land, all mouth but never win anything

    From cutterz04, on Sun 22 Mar 5:28PM

  19. Mark Hughes, it is time to go. If you have any decency­ you should hand your notive in and stop waiting for the­ golden handshake. You can't do the job and never­ will be able to do the job.
    Why the board ever­ contemplated signing a ex-red as a manager is beyond­ belief.

    GO NOW

    Let's have another manager before­ the season ends

    From paul, on Sun 22 Mar 5:21PM
  20. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    yes cmon you mancs beat the mcmam skum

    From cbibby92, on Sun 22 Mar 5:15PM
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