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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 14 (setup 1, season 32)
Manchester City
v.
Stoke City
Formation:
4-1-3-2
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Keylor Antonio NAVAS Gamboa17David OSPINA Ramírez
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Joshua BRENET727Danny SIMPSON
Bastian OCZIPKA737MIGUEL Luís Pinto VELOSO
Mahmoud DAHOUD4Etienne CAPOUE
Carlos Joel SALCEDO Hernández75Wes MORGAN
Dejan LOVREN76Robert HUTH
Alessandro SCHÖPF7James TOMKINS
Danny WELBECK86Rolando AARONS
RAFFAEL Caetano de Araújo796Graziano PELLÉ
Pablo SARABIA García10Troy DEENEY
GERARD Moreno Balagueró11Jay RODRIGUEZ
Alex LakerManager
Jeremy TOLJAN12Federico FERNÁNDEZ
Benoît COSTIL13Tim KRUL
Marko PJACA14Ashley COLE
Konrad LAIMER15Dusan BASTA
Mario GOMEZ16Muhamed BESIC

Manchester City 2 Stoke City 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 71,227, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Richard BEEBY 5½)
1 Gerard, 47 SarabiaScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings19 Morgan, 30 Rodriguez, 82 Deeney
2Corners6
12Fouls15
14Offsides3
5Shots on3
8Shots off2
13Total shots5
2Shots saved3
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Danny WELBECK
1GOAL!! A deep goal-kick from BRENET caught the Stoke City defence square and GERARD ran on to round the 'keeper and score. (1-0 Manchester City)
2PELLÉ fired the ball through a ruck of players but the Manchester City 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
7TOMKINS made space on the right and dragged the ball to SIMPSON who clipped the ball over.
15A shot from GERARD was nodded off the line by MORGAN.
19The ref yellow cards MORGAN for a poor tackle.
19GERARD worked the ball to WELBECK, SCHÖPF collected his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
20A good ball from SCHÖPF on the right bobbled toward GERARD who mishit his shot over the bar.
29The bemused 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from AARONS dropped just over.
30RODRIGUEZ booked.
35GERARD hoofed the ball wide from just outside the area.
41A thirty yard drive from GERARD caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
45+2SCHÖPF beat DEENEY and hit the ball to RAFFAEL who toe-poked his effort wide.
 
47GOAL!! A wonderful piece of skill from OCZIPKA gave DAHOUD space on the right and SARABIA flicked in his accurate pass. (2-0 Manchester City)
51GERARD ran onto a wonderful ball from DAHOUD but hit his shot wide of the lefthand post.
53GERARD fired a right foot shot wide from twenty yards out.
63A penalty box meleé resulted in AARONS tapping a low shot over.
76GERARD brought the ball past AARONS and poked a poor shot over.
81A shot from RODRIGUEZ was smothered by NAVAS.
82A bad challenge gets DEENEY a yellow card.
84A cross from WELBECK left GERARD in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
87A looping shot from TOMKINS was saved by NAVAS.