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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 41 (setup 1, season 25)
Reading
v.
Manchester City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Marcelo Alberto BAROVERO1Emiliano VIVIANO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Matteo FERRARI62Ezequiel Matias SCHELOTTO
Cesare BOVO38Manuel PASQUAL
Tonny Emilio Trindade de VILHENA4Andrea COSSŁ
David BYSTRON757Matteo DARMIAN
Jean-Pascal MIGNOT67Salvatore BOCCHETTI
Christian N'dri ROMARIC7Alessandro FLORENZI
Leon GORETZKA68Giacomo BONAVENTURA
Yannis TAFER97Alessandro MATRI
CARLOS EDUARDO Marques710Giampaolo PAZZINI
NILMAR Honorato da Silva611Fabio QUAGLIARELLA
Manager
Jake BUXTON12Manolo GABBIADINI
Wayne HENNESSEY13Vito MANNONE
Anthony GARDNER714Luca ANTONINI
Yacine BRAHIMI15Marco CAPUANO
Adam FORSHAW16Sebastian GIOVINCO

Reading 2 Manchester City 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 23,242, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Grant HEGLEY 5½)
9 Bovo, 79 Carlos EduardoScorers53 Cossł
53 Goretzka <=> Forshaw, 80 Vilhena <=> GardnerSubstitutions73 Quagliarella <=> Giovinco
Sendings off
Bookings50 Florenzi
6Corners1
3Fouls10
1Offsides5
7Shots on5
11Shots off4
18Total shots9
5Shots saved4
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Manuel PASQUAL
3GORETZKA headed just beyond the near post.
4A wonderful save prevented MATRI from scoring an exceptional goal.
7Uncertainty in the Reading defence enabled PAZZINI to blast the ball inches wide.
9GOAL!! A great solo effort from BOVO who beat four defenders before firing the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Reading)
17VILHENA beat four Manchester City players and drove a golden opportunity just beyond the near post.
22COSSŁ made space on the right and dragged the ball to BONAVENTURA who rasped the ball over.
25A corner bobbled toward TAFER who nodded an effort over.
37A shot from GORETZKA was smothered by VIVIANO.
38A lovely effort from GORETZKA scraped the outside of the righthand post.
40A penalty box meleé resulted in TAFER tapping the ball over.
42MATRI stepped inside BOVO but blasted the ball into the arms of the Reading 'keeper.
43FERRARI's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
 
46A accurate pass found CARLOS EDUARDO and his deadly shot flew narrowly over.
50FLORENZI receives a yellow card by the ref.
53GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of COSSŁ who drove the ball past the helpless 'keeper. (1-1)
71MATRI knocked the ball to BONAVENTURA who fired it wide.
75A header by BONAVENTURA at the far post was easily collected by BAROVERO.
79GOAL!! A shot from CARLOS EDUARDO raced through a ruck of players and rolled past the unsighted 'keeper. (2-1 Reading)
81A good ball from GARDNER on the right fell to FORSHAW who mishit his shot wide.
83The stunned Manchester City 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from FLORENZI dropped just wide.
87An exceptional strike from FORSHAW was dealt with by a fine parry from the Manchester City 'keeper.
90COSSŁ flicked an easy chance past the lefthand post.