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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 13 (setup 1, season 33)
Manchester City
v.
Arsenal
Formation:
4-1-3-2
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Keylor Antonio NAVAS Gamboa61Gianluigi BUFFON
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
2
Overall form:
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Joshua BRENET2SERGIO RAMOS García
Bastian OCZIPKA3JORDI ALBA Ramos
Jorrit HENDRIX4Aleksandar KOLAROV
Nicolas ISIMAT-MIRIN5José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas
Dejan LOVREN666Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos
Daniel CALIGIURI777Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez, ISCO
Yevhen KONOPLYANKA787Ivan RAKITIC
Giovanni Pablo SIMEONE97Edinson Roberto CAVANI Gómez
Karol LINETTY10Mesut ÖZIL
GERARD Moreno Balagueró711Yacine BRAHIMI
Alex LakerManagerGeorgie Boy
RÚBEN Miguel Nunes VEZO12Andrea BARZAGLI
Benoît COSTIL13Kevin TRAPP
Mahmoud DAHOUD14Asier ILLARRAMENDI Andonegi
Mario GOMEZ15Georginio WIJNALDUM
Alessandro SCHÖPF16DIEGO da Silva COSTA

Manchester City 2 Arsenal 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 71,209, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Iain WILLIAMSON 7½, TV: live)
55 Simeone, 89 SimeoneScorers48 Cavani
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings22 Busquets, 61 Özil
5Corners9
4Fouls9
4Offsides10
6Shots on7
7Shots off3
13Total shots10
4Shots saved5
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Aleksandar KOLAROV
5NAVAS did well to hold onto an amazing strike from ÖZIL.
6GERARD knocked the ball to KONOPLYANKA who forced it over the bar.
14BUFFON saved a lovely strike from GERARD.
19A twenty yard drive from ÖZIL caused NAVAS little difficulty.
21ÖZIL's shot was well saved by the Manchester City 'keeper.
22BUSQUETS booked for arguing with the referee.
25NAVAS was able to claw away a tame header from RAKITIC.
32A pin-point pass fell to GERARD and his deadly shot went narrowly over.
33A good ball from BRENET on the right found GERARD who sliced his effort over the bar.
35Uncertainty in the Arsenal defence enabled GERARD to volley the ball just beyond the near post.
38A shot from GERARD was smothered by BUFFON.
40JORDI ALBA ran onto a wonderful ball from ISCO but hit his shot wide.
41ISIMAT-MIRIN blasted a looping shot inches over from long range.
45+1The 'keeper was able to block a wicked shot.
 
48GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with CAVANI blasting the ball in off the post. (1-0 Arsenal)
55GOAL!! On the right wing CALIGIURI collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the box for SIMEONE to drive it over the line. (1-1)
59GERARD shot over.
61WILLIAMSON books ÖZIL.
63A delightful save prevented GERARD from scoring an exceptional goal.
73A weak strike from ISCO bounced agonisingly wide.
74CAVANI's shot was well held by NAVAS.
78KONOPLYANKA beat SERGIO RAMOS and fired the ball to SIMEONE who fumbled his shot wide.
81A free-kick from CAVANI flew wide.
88A lovely cross from CALIGIURI, was nudged goalbound by KONOPLYANKA only for the 'keeper to claw away.
89GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled SIMEONE to tuck the ball into the net. (2-1 Manchester City)