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Wednesday October 29, 2008 Finished Riverside Stadium

2 - 0

Middlesbrough

  • Alves 53’ (pen.)
  • O'Neil 90’

Manchester City

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  1. Alves, O'Neil see Boro past City

    Alves, O'Neil see Boro past City

    Afonso Alves and Gary O'Neil scored the goals as Middlesbrough beat Manchester City 2-0 in an entertaining clash at The Riverside. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Middlesbrough
    • Manchester City
    • - Thanks for joining me this evening; make sure you stick with us for all the latest news from the Premier League.
    • 90+2 FULL-TIME: Boro claim an impressive home win as Manchester City's inconsistent season goes on.
    • 90 GOAL! BORO SEAL IT! Gary O'Neil fires a second for the home side on the break as City pushed everyone forward!
    • 87 Robinho is booked for dissent; looked to be something he said to the referee.
    • 85 City have gone more direct now, but Boro are defending really well, defending for their lives...
    • 82 Hart comes out of his area to clear...the ball lands at the feet of Downing...but just as he looks to chip the ball into the empty net, Kompany tackles.
    • 80 CITY SUB: Evans comes on for Sturridge; Hughes opts for more power in the final ten minutes as City press...
    • 77 O'Neil is booked for handball.
    • 75 BORO SUB: Arca comes back into the side after a lay-off; he replaces Digard.
    • 72 SHOULD HAVE SCORED! Sturridge gets on a rebound as Turnbull palms Kompany's shot into his path...but the youngster blasts well, well wide.
    • 70 City finally begin to press for an equaliser as SWP and Robinho have shots blocked.
    • 68 All Boro at the moment; Alves almost gets on a cross from the left from Downing...
    • 67 Fernandes is on for Elano as City boss Hughes opts for a bit more energy in the City midfield in the final twenty minutes.
    • 64 Boro win a couple of corners in quick succession, but City clear their lines...could be another goal in this yet...
    • 61 City fans behind the goal scream for a penalty as Richards goes over in the box under a challenge from Wheater...no penalty, and probably correctly.
    • 58 Home side in control...they come close to increasing the lead...Alves plays in Tuncay...who opts to cross rather than shoot...Aliadiere can't get on the low cross.
    • 56 Elano fires a free-kick into the wall from a dangerous position after City had won a free-kick when Robinho was pushed over on the edge of the box.
    • 54 That goal probably came against the run of play, but there was no doubt that it was a spot-kick; Sturridge was really clumsy with his challenge on Wheater.
    • 51 GOAL! City try and put off Alves as he lines up the keeper...but the Brazilian holds his nerve to dispatch the penalty into the top corner!
    • 50 BORO PENALTY! Wheater pushes forward from right-back...he is brought down by a poor challenge...
    • 48 Good start to the half from City...Ireland brings a smart save out of Turnbull, who is having a good game tonight.
    • 46 The second half is underway...
    • 45 HALF-TIME: Good, open half...both sides had their chances with City looking dangerous through their pacy counters. Goals in the second half - I promise...
    • 42 Boro continue their decent spell...Alves has a shot from a tight angle blocked...he can't pick out a team-mate with a cross from the rebound.
    • 40 Aliadiere has been quiet tonight...but he does well on this occasion, getting down the right, past Dunne...good cross...no-one there.
    • 38 SWP fires high over the bar as City again show why they are so dangerous this season...attacking with pace on the counter.
    • 36 Elano picks out Sturridge with a free-kick, but the youngster can only flick his effort just over the crossbar.
    • 35 City claim for a penalty as Ireland goes over in the box...no spot-kick, rules the referee.
    • 33 Kompany becomes the first name in the book for a foul on Afonso Alves in midfield.
    • 32 Danny Sturridge suddenly springs to life after a quiet opening half-hour...he tests the keeper with a snap-shot on goal.
    • 27 Tuncay brings a smart save out of Hart after bringing down a cross in the area...the Turkey striker had more time than he realised to pick his spot there...slack marking from the City defence.
    • 25 BRAVE! City fail to deal with a simple long ball over the top...it needs Dunne to bravely head clear just moments before he is clattered by his own keeper.
    • 23 BLOCK! Wheater throws himself at a Robinho shot after City have a great spell knocking the ball about; so confident on the ball, the visitors.
    • 21 Good open match this; should be goals in it, I reckon. Both sides are happy to press, with City looking particularly dangerous on the break while Boro are having more of the possession.
    • 18 Richards brings a solid save out of the Boro keeper with a firm drive from distance, played in by a fantastic flick from Robinho...
    • 17 Robinho is wrongly flagged for offside; Boro are looking to press up at every occasion...which is a fine tactic, as long as everyone is in unison...
    • 15 Alves looks for Digard but the pass is poor and City clear...decent chance to play the midfielder in there...the home side are improving.
    • 13 BORO RESPOND! The home side attack down the left...Downing sends over a decent cross, Alves meets it but the contact at the near post isn't good enough to test Hart.
    • 10 Bright start this by the visitors; they are giving the ball at every opportunity to hat-trick hero Robinho.
    • 8 OOH! City go close! Digard dwells on the ball and is robbed by Ireland...he sets up Robinho, who fires a low shot through a crowd...saved well by Turnbull.
    • 6 Robinho cuts in from the left and fires in a shot from the edge of the box...doesn't trouble Turnbull
    • 4 Downing fires in the first shot of the night; a left-footed effort from fully 30 yards...well wide. Hart not troubled.
    • 3 Quiet start here; Robinho against Wheater will be one of the key battles on this bitterly cold night up in the north east.
    • 1 OFF WE GO!
    • - Gareth Southgate names an unchanged team for the match as he looks to get Boro's season firing after a bit of a stall over the last couple of games.
    • - With Jo still out with a throat infection, City boss Hughes has opted for the brilliant youth of Danny Sturridge to lead the line tonight; he'll be worth keeping an eye on.
    • - Hi there; welcome to Manchester City's trip to Boro. The last time they were here, they got stuff 8-1 in Sven Goran Eriksson's last game in charge. City are a different proposition now, though...

  • Team Stats

    Middlesbrough Stats Manchester City
    41% Possession 58%
    10 Shots 18
    4 Shots on target 8
    5 Saves 2
    3 Corners 3
    14 Fouls 9
    6 Offsides 4
    1 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    18 Tackles 26
    252 Accurate passes 383
    65 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
    • Middlesbrough
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      21 Ross Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      31 David Wheater 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 1 2
      6 Emanuel Pogatetz 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 34 6 3
      5 Chris Riggott 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 1
      3 Andrew Taylor 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 26 19 1
      19 Stewart Downing 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 23 14 2
      4 Gary O'Neil 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 33 2 3
      8 Didier Digard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 2 2
      17 Tuncay Sanli 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 24 7 1
      12 Afonso Alves 1 3 2 3 5 2 0 12 3 1
      10 Jeremie Aliadiere 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 22 2 1
      28 Adam Johnson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0
      22 Bradley Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Julio Arca 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 4 1
      41 Josh Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Marvin Emnes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 Jonathon Grounds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      36 John Johnson 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 7 2 0
      4 Nedum Onuoha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 2
      22 Richard Dunne 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 50 3 3
      2 Micah Richards 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 26 7 3
      33 Vincent Kompany 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 50 4 3
      26 Tal Ben Haim 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 51 1 2
      8 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 3 1 1 3 0 0 26 1 3
      11 Blumer Elano 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 40 11 2
      7 Stephen Ireland 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 34 3 4
      10 Robson de Souza 0 4 1 2 2 3 0 34 9 1
      28 Daniel Sturridge 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 14 1 0
      21 Dietmar Hamann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Gelson Fernandes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 2 2
      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
      15 Javier Garrido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Ched Evans 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1
      14 João Alves de Assis Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90 GOAL! BORO SEAL IT! Gary O'Neil fires a second for the home side on the break as City pushed everyone forward!
    • 82 Hart comes out of his area to clear...the ball lands at the feet of Downing...but just as he looks to chip the ball into the empty net, Kompany tackles.
    • 51 GOAL! City try and put off Alves as he lines up the keeper...but the Brazilian holds his nerve to dispatch the penalty into the top corner!
    • 27 Tuncay brings a smart save out of Hart after bringing down a cross in the area...the Turkey striker had more time than he realised to pick his spot there...slack marking from the City defence.
    • 23 BLOCK! Wheater throws himself at a Robinho shot after City have a great spell knocking the ball about; so confident on the ball, the visitors.
    • 13 BORO RESPOND! The home side attack down the left...Downing sends over a decent cross, Alves meets it but the contact at the near post isn't good enough to test Hart.
    • 8 OOH! City go close! Digard dwells on the ball and is robbed by Ireland...he sets up Robinho, who fires a low shot through a crowd...saved well by Turnbull.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Lee Mason

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    Captain: Emanuel Pogatetz

    Starting line-up

    • R. Turnbull
    • D. Wheater
    • E. Pogatetz
    • C. Riggott
    • A. Taylor
    • J. Aliadière
    • D. Digard Substitution Out (75′)
    • G. O'Neil Goal Yellow Card
    • S. Downing
    • A. Alves
    • S. Tuncay

    Subs

    • J. Arca Substitution In75′
    • B. Jones
    • A. Johnson Substitution In83′
    • J. Grounds
    • M. Emnes
    • J. Johnson
    • J. Walker

    Injured

    • R. Huth
    • J. Hoyte
    • R. Williams

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: Richard Dunne

    Starting line-up

    • J. Hart
    • T. Ben Haim
    • R. Dunne
    • M. Richards
    • N. Onuoha
    • V. Kompany Yellow Card
    • B. Elano
    • S. Ireland
    • S. Wright-Phillips
    • .. Robinho
    • D. Sturridge Substitution Out (77′)

    Subs

    • D. Hamann
    • J. Garrido
    • K. Schmeichel
    • .. Jo
    • G. Fernandes
    • C. Evans
    • G. Berti

    Injured

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

    Suspended

    None

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