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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 31 (setup 1, season 29)
Manchester City
v.
Rochdale
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
António Alberto Bastos Pimparel, BETO1Nestor 'Fernando' MUSLERA Fernando
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Mauricio Anibal ISLA727JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA
GABRIEL Moisés Antunes da SILVA3Dennis AOGO
Francesco LODI847Jérémy TOULALAN
Luca CALDIROLA75ADRIANO Correia Claro
Rodrigo ELY6Wesley SNEIJDER
Ezequiel Matias SCHELOTTO7Moritz LEITNER
Luca CRECCO8Gervais Yao Kouassi, GERVINHO
Giampaolo PAZZINI79Aleksandr KERZHAKOV
Sebastian LARSSON10Clément GRENIER
Antonio FLORO FLORES11Samuel ETO'O Fils
Manager
Fernando Martin FORESTIERI12Darko LAZOVIC
Marco AMELIA13Josh LILLIS
Simone Andrea GANZ146Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva, ALEXANDRE PATO
Antonio ROZZI815Jan KIRCHHOFF
Francesco PISANO16Rafael VAN DER VAART

Manchester City 0 Rochdale 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 21,601, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Thomas DRAGE 7)
Scorers
66 Isla <=> RozziSubstitutions69 Toulalan <=> Kirchhoff, 79 João Pereira <=> Alexandre Pato
Sendings off
45+1 LarssonBookings2 Kerzhakov, 62 Muslera
3Corners5
13Fouls10
1Offsides4
4Shots on4
9Shots off10
13Total shots14
4Shots saved3
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Antonio ROZZI
2KERZHAKOV booked for violent conduct.
6GERVINHO was put clear by JOÃO PEREIRA and he turned BETO but drilled his shot just wide.
12A accurate pass fell to LODI and his left foot shot flew narrowly wide.
17KERZHAKOV clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Manchester City 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
23The 'keeper saved a lovely shot from ISLA.
27A great effort from PAZZINI scraped the outside of the righthand post.
28KERZHAKOV rushed through the Manchester City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
31A corner fell to FLORO FLORES who fired an effort over.
37The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from KERZHAKOV.
45A mix up in the Rochdale defence enabled PAZZINI to volley the ball inches over.
45+1A bad challenge on JOÃO PEREIRA by LARSSON results in a booking.
 
46KERZHAKOV headed wide.
55LARSSON made space on the left and knocked the ball to CRECCO who fired the ball over.
61MUSLERA managed to block a fierce shot.
62A late tackle gets MUSLERA a yellow card.
63KERZHAKOV scuffed a simple chance.
65A weak strike from PAZZINI trickled agonisingly wide.
69CRECCO's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
73A penalty box meleé resulted in LEITNER driving the ball wide.
77PAZZINI chipped the ball to SCHELOTTO who nodded it just beyond the near post.
87LEITNER booted the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
90A free-kick from GERVINHO raced over the bar.