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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 2 (setup 1, season 31)
Manchester City
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
António Alberto Bastos Pimparel, BETO1Benoît COSTIL
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Ezequiel Matias SCHELOTTO72Davide ZAPPACOSTA
Stephen WARD3Domenico CRISCITO
Mauricio Anibal ISLA47Florian THAUVIN
Willy BOLY5Aymen ABDENNOUR
Rodrigo ELY766Lamine KONÉ
Aaron LENNON777Emanuele GIACCHERINI
Luca CRECCO8Iñaki WILLIAMS Arthuer
Giampaolo PAZZINI9Robin VAN PERSIE
Sebastian LARSSON106Laurent DEPOITRE
Fernando Martin FORESTIERI11MBaye NIANG
Manager
GABRIEL Moisés Antunes da SILVA12Diego Alfredo LUGANO Moreno
Glenn MURRAY13Kepa ARRIZABALAGA Revuelta
Francesco LODI14Jordan AYEW
Luca CALDIROLA15Romain DANZÉ
Jonathan DOUGLAS16RÚBEN Miguel Nunes VEZO

Manchester City 1 Cardiff City 3
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 33,738, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Graham LAWS 5)
24 WardScorers53 Abdennour, 87 Giaccherini, 88 Williams
Substitutions
Sendings off
67 LennonBookings
3Corners1
13Fouls7
6Offsides2
6Shots on7
13Shots off5
19Total shots12
4Shots saved3
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Domenico CRISCITO
5PAZZINI scuffed a simple chance.
16CRECCO's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
21A free-kick from PAZZINI raced wide.
24GOAL!! LARSSON made space for WARD who, after an interchange of passes on the edge of the area, thrust the ball past the Cardiff City 'keeper. (1-0 Manchester City)
27A delightful save prevented ELY from scoring a lovely goal.
30A perfect shot from PAZZINI was dealt with by a useful parry from the Cardiff City 'keeper.
30The 'keeper was able to palm clear a fierce effort.
30NIANG beat LENNON and drilled the ball to DEPOITRE who blasted his effort wide.
34The 'keeper was able to claw away a weak header from VAN PERSIE.
39The Cardiff City 'keeper dived to his right to stop a lovely shot from Manchester City's LENNON.
42A cross from ISLA left CRECCO in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
 
53GOAL!! A patient Cardiff City side were rewarded with a lovely strike from ABDENNOUR. (1-1)
61DEPOITRE stroked an easy chance past the near post.
67A weak strike from THAUVIN bounced agonisingly wide.
67LENNON receives a yellow card for a clinical foul.
73ISLA dribbled away from DEPOITRE and rifled a tame shot over the bar.
74BOLY headed inches over.
74An exceptional effort from LARSSON scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
79CRECCO shot over.
82A clever pass from THAUVIN, was fired goalbound by VAN PERSIE only for BETO to block.
87GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with GIACCHERINI blasting the ball in off the post. (2-1 Cardiff City)
88GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by the Manchester City 'keeper, ZAPPACOSTA was first to the loose ball and chipped the ball to WILLIAMS to hammer in. (3-1 Cardiff City)