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Sunday August 24, 2008 Finished City of Manchester Stadium

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Manchester City

  • Sturridge 65’
  • Elano 70’, 76’

West Ham

  1. City down 10-man Hammers

    City down 10-man Hammers

    Manchester City secured their first Premier League win of the season with a comfortable 3-0 home win over 10-man West Ham. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester City
    • West Ham
    • - Thanks for joining us... make sure you come back on Monday for the champions Manchester United against Portsmouth!
    • 90'+9 There goes the whistle! All over at Eastlands and in the end it's a comfortable win for City!
    • 90'+4 Ashton tries his luck from a free-kick... but it's over the bar and that pretty much sums up West Ham's day really.
    • 90' Ten minutes of added time to be played!
    • 87' West Ham fans have started a conga in the stands! It's party time at Eastlands, only not in the City section!
    • 83' There goes Etuhu, and City are down to 10 men as they've used all three of their subs already.
    • 82' Etuhu pulls up clutching his hamstring... and this doesn't look good for the youngster...
    • 77' And that will be Elano's last act of the day as he's brought off to a standing ovation. Petrov is also taken off... Evans and Etuhu on in their place.
    • 76' GOAL! It's another for City and it's the same three players involved again! Corluka releases Ireland who pulls the ball back from the by-line to Elano... great finish from the Brazilian, who side foots a volley past Green! It's all over now!
    • 73' West Ham boss Alan Curbishley makes another change as Etherington makes way for Luis Boa Morte.
    • 70' GOAL! City go two up through Elano! But it's all about Ireland, who brings down Corluka's ball into the box beautifully before playing it back to the Brazilian, who takes a touch and does the rest! Green no chance and City lead 2-0!
    • 66' But here come West Ham looking to hit back straight away! Faubert and Etherington get in each other's way after Ashton plays a lovely ball through! And the move breaks down... they're not going to get a better chance than that all day long....
    • 65' GOAL! Sturridge makes the breakthrough, pouncing on a poor Upson clearance to smash the ball past Green and into the roof of the net! 1-0 City!
    • 62' Danger for City as Faubert sends in a teasing cross towards the near post! Hart commits himself, but Kompany slides in to put behind for a corner!
    • 58' Elano! The Brazilian forces Green into making a save with a snap shot from the edge of the box after Faubert was dispossessed trying to dribble out of defence.
    • 57' Behrami's having a torrid time on the West Ham right... Ball now nutmegs him before bursting into the box... but his cross is cleared to safety!
    • 56' That doesn't look good for Richards... anyway play continues and City will now have to put that out of mind and concentrate on their game.
    • 54' So, City are forced into making a change... on comes Didi Hamann as Kompany moves back into the centre of defence.
    • 53' Richards is still down... he's on his way off now though. He's conscious, but won't take any further part in this match.
    • 49' Richards is still down... a neck brace is going on. This doesn't look good.
    • 48' Richards goes up for an aerial ball with his team-mate Corluka... there's a terrible clash of heads and Richards goes down hard!
    • 46' One change to tell you about... Freddie Sears' afternoon was brief... he's not re-emerged, having been sacrificed for the more defensive minded Hayden Mullins.
    • 46' Back underway at Eastlands! It's going to be a difficult 45 minutes for West Ham.
    • 45'+3 There goes the whistle! City have enjoyed the better of the opening period and with a man extra they'll fancy their chances after the break.
    • 45'+2 Kompany now lets fly from distance... it's not troubling Green from there though and the ball skims wide of the mark.
    • 45'+1 Oooh! Johnson brings a great save out of Green with a shot from the edge of the box arrows towards the top corner!
    • 45' Three minutes of added time to be played...
    • 43' Petrov gets the beating of Behrami once again! He crosses into the box... but Elano can't get on the end of it... that's where City's lack of a striker really becomes apparent.
    • 41' Hand ball shout from the resulting corner as the ball hits Neill's arm! Play on, says the ref...
    • 40' Great ball through from Corluka to Johnson who marauds into the West Ham box! But his first touch isn't the best and his eventual shot is blocked! Should have done better there.
    • 37' RED CARD! Oh dear, we've got the first red of the season! And the dubious honour goes to Mark Noble as the West Ham player flies in on Johnson... it's late and a clear second yellow card offence... he's off and West Ham are down to 10 men!
    • 36' Lovely skill from Sturridge on the edge of the box! But he tries one too many tricks and the move breaks down...
    • 35' Sturridge turns on the edge of the box and lets fly! Not a bad effort but he'll have to do better if he's to beat Green today.
    • 33' Noble joins Behrami in the referee's notebook for a deliberate hand ball... bit silly that one.
    • 33' There's a bit of a flat atmosphere at the City of Manchester Stadium at the moment... Elano is doing his best to lift the crowd with a jinking run forward now though... stopped in his tracks by Upson.
    • 31' West Ham are forced into making an early change... Cole hasn't recovered from that earlier knock and he hobbles off to be replaced by Freddie Sears.
    • 29' Fabio Capello is spotted in the stands... that's an impressive turnaround from the England manager - he was at the JJB Stadium not so long ago!
    • 27' Petrov delivers a decent-looking ball into the middle! Neill is forced to put it behind for a corner...
    • 26' City are looking dangerous at the moment... but here come West Ham with Parker who tries to dink a ball through to Ashton... cut out by Richards.
    • 25' City on the attack again! The ball's with Ireland on the edge of the box... he can't quite work enough space to get off a shot so he plays it to Sturridge who does manage to let off a shot! Saved by Green!
    • 23' Petrov now breaks down the left! He looks like he's going to leave Behrami for dead, and the former Lazio man knows it... so he steps in and hauls the Bulgarian to the floor... free kick and yellow card.
    • 22' Oooh! Off the post from Petrov! What a superbly executed free-kick... Green is rooted to the spot, only to be saved his his upright!
    • 21' Actually, Elano's holding his hip and doesn't seem capable of taking the kick... Petrov is over it instead.
    • 20' Elano makes a trademark burst forward... he becomes the meat in an Upson-Davenport sandwich and City will have a free kick, which the Brazilian is likely to take...
    • 18' West Ham are yet to hit their stride today... and Cole seems to be limping after that clash with Ben Haim.
    • 16' Cole collides with Ben Haim and stays down for a moment... he then heads off the pitch for a little more treatment, but comes back on soon after.
    • 13' Davidson got crocked in amongst all that confusion... he stays down for a minute before play gets back underway!
    • 12' Oooh! Chaos ensues from Petrov's corner! Into the near post, Sturridge plays the ball back to Ireland he stabs the ball goalwards! Blocked! Back out to Ben Haim who fires goalwards! Deflected onto the bar by Davenport! And away! Amazing sequence of events!
    • 11' Ireland now gets on the end of a long ball foward... good control from the City man and he wins a corner off Neill!
    • 10' That's decent interchange in the West Ham midfield between Noble, Ashton and then Cole... no penetration though...
    • 8' Sturridge hares onto a long ball forward... but Green is alert and races off his line to claim under pressure from the City youngster.
    • 4' Kompany picks out Petrov on the City left hand side... but the Bulgarian's cross is poor and West Ham can clear.
    • 3' Bright sunshine in Manchester today... City in their traditional light blue. West Ham are in white shirts and claret shorts.
    • 2' Thaksin Shinawatra is in the stands today... he's risking the wrath of some City fans who are disgruntled with the way their club is being run.
    • 1' Here we go! Underway at the City of Manchester Stadium!
    • - And today's referee is Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)
    • - West Ham: Green, Behrami, Davenport, Upson, Neill, Faubert, Noble, Parker, Etherington, Ashton, Cole - Subs: Lastuvka, Boa Morte, Mullins, Reid, Bowyer, Sears, Spence
    • - The teams are in... Man City: Hart, Corluka, Richards, Ben-Haim, Michael Ball, Ireland, Kompany, Johnson, Petrov, Elano, Sturridge - Subs: Schmeichel, Garrido, Gelson, Caicedo, Hamann, Evans, Etuhu
    • - City will be keen to bounce back from their opening day defeat to Aston Villa... West Ham are on a high after beating Wigan last weekend.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of today's second Premier League game!

  • Team Stats

    Manchester City Stats West Ham
    54% Possession 45%
    16 Shots 3
    6 Shots on target 0
    0 Saves 1
    6 Corners 3
    16 Fouls 13
    2 Offsides 4
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 1
    23 Tackles 20
    388 Accurate passes 304
    55 Bad passes 45

  • 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
      1 Joe Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
      26 Tal Ben Haim 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 42 1 2
      33 Vincent Kompany 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 56 8 3
      3 Michael Ball 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 54 19 4
      5 Vedran Corluka 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 39 0 3
      2 Micah Richards 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15 1 1
      11 Blumer Elano 2 4 3 0 2 1 0 14 3 1
      6 Michael Johnson 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 37 8 5
      7 Stephen Ireland 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 38 0 1
      17 Martin Petrov 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 30 8 0
      28 Daniel Sturridge 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 19 5 2
      19 Gelson Fernandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      29 Kelvin Etuhu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      16 Kasper Schmeichel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Ched Evans 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
      15 Javier Garrido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Dietmar Hamann 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 33 0 1
      20 Felipe Caicedo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • West Ham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Robert Green 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 4 0
      27 Calum Davenport 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 24 1 0
      2 Lucas Neill 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 39 10 1
      15 Matthew Upson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 2 1
      16 Mark Noble 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 4 1
      8 Scott Parker 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 53 7 4
      20 Julian Faubert 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 23 1 3
      21 Valon Behrami 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 30 0 4
      11 Matthew Etherington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 7 0
      9 Dean Ashton 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 15 3 2
      12 Carlton Cole 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 3 0
      17 Hayden Mullins 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 30 2 2
      33 Freddie Sears 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0
      13 Luis Boa Morte 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 2
      29 Lee Bowyer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      45 Jordan Spence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Kyel Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Jan Lastuvka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • - Thanks for joining us... make sure you come back on Monday for the champions Manchester United against Portsmouth!
    • 76' GOAL! It's another for City and it's the same three players involved again! Corluka releases Ireland who pulls the ball back from the by-line to Elano... great finish from the Brazilian, who side foots a volley past Green! It's all over now!
    • 70' GOAL! City go two up through Elano! But it's all about Ireland, who brings down Corluka's ball into the box beautifully before playing it back to the Brazilian, who takes a touch and does the rest! Green no chance and City lead 2-0!
    • 66' But here come West Ham looking to hit back straight away! Faubert and Etherington get in each other's way after Ashton plays a lovely ball through! And the move breaks down... they're not going to get a better chance than that all day long....
    • 65' GOAL! Sturridge makes the breakthrough, pouncing on a poor Upson clearance to smash the ball past Green and into the roof of the net! 1-0 City!
    • 58' Elano! The Brazilian forces Green into making a save with a snap shot from the edge of the box after Faubert was dispossessed trying to dribble out of defence.
    • 45'+1 Oooh! Johnson brings a great save out of Green with a shot from the edge of the box arrows towards the top corner!
    • 41' Hand ball shout from the resulting corner as the ball hits Neill's arm! Play on, says the ref...
    • 40' Great ball through from Corluka to Johnson who marauds into the West Ham box! But his first touch isn't the best and his eventual shot is blocked! Should have done better there.
    • 37' RED CARD! Oh dear, we've got the first red of the season! And the dubious honour goes to Mark Noble as the West Ham player flies in on Johnson... it's late and a clear second yellow card offence... he's off and West Ham are down to 10 men!
    • 35' Sturridge turns on the edge of the box and lets fly! Not a bad effort but he'll have to do better if he's to beat Green today.
    • 25' City on the attack again! The ball's with Ireland on the edge of the box... he can't quite work enough space to get off a shot so he plays it to Sturridge who does manage to let off a shot! Saved by Green!
    • 22' Oooh! Off the post from Petrov! What a superbly executed free-kick... Green is rooted to the spot, only to be saved his his upright!
    • 12' Oooh! Chaos ensues from Petrov's corner! Into the near post, Sturridge plays the ball back to Ireland he stabs the ball goalwards! Blocked! Back out to Ben Haim who fires goalwards! Deflected onto the bar by Davenport! And away! Amazing sequence of events!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Howard Webb

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: Micah Richards

    Starting line-up

    • J. Hart
    • V. Corluka
    • T. Ben Haim
    • M. Richards Substitution Out (54′)
    • M. Ball
    • S. Ireland
    • M. Johnson
    • V. Kompany
    • M. Petrov Substitution Out (77′)
    • B. Elano Goals×2 Substitution Out (77′)
    • D. Sturridge Goal

    Subs

    • D. Hamann Substitution In54′
    • J. Garrido
    • K. Schmeichel
    • F. Felipe Caicedo
    • G. Fernandes
    • K. Etuhu Substitution In77′
    • C. Evans Substitution In77′

    Injured

    • D. Vassell
    • V. Bojinov
    • M. Benjani

    Suspended

    • R. Dunne

  • West Ham

    Manager: Alan Curbishley

    Captain: Lucas Neill

    Starting line-up

    • R. Green
    • V. Behrami Yellow Card
    • C. Davenport
    • M. Upson
    • L. Neill
    • J. Faubert
    • M. Noble Red Card
    • S. Parker
    • M. Etherington Substitution Out (74′)
    • D. Ashton
    • C. Cole Substitution Out (31′)

    Subs

    • L. Bowyer
    • L. Boa Morte Substitution In74′
    • H. Mullins Substitution In46′
    • J. Lastuvka
    • K. Reid
    • F. Sears Substitution In31′ Substitution Out46′
    • J. Spence

    Injured

    • G. McCartney
    • K. Dyer
    • C. Bellamy
    • N. Quashie
    • D. Gabbidon
    • J. Collins
    • J. Spector

    Suspended

    None