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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 6 (setup 1, season 33)
Reading
v.
Manchester City
Formation:
3-5-2
Overall form:
Home form:
Thibaut COURTOIS16Keylor Antonio NAVAS Gamboa
Formation:
4-1-3-2
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO2Joshua BRENET
Kostas MANOLAS73Bastian OCZIPKA
Tiemoué BAKAYOKO747Jorrit HENDRIX
Éver Maximiliano David BANEGA57Nicolas ISIMAT-MIRIN
Stefan SAVIC6Dejan LOVREN
Piotr ZIELINSKI77Daniel CALIGIURI
Ricardo RODRIGUEZ8Yevhen KONOPLYANKA
Facundo FERREYRA79Danny WELBECK
Sadio MANÉ710Karol LINETTY
Marko ARNAUTOVIC7116GERARD Moreno Balagueró
Heath BrownManagerAlex Laker
Jean-Kévin AUGUSTIN12RÚBEN Miguel Nunes VEZO
Simon MIGNOLET13Benoît COSTIL
Daniel AMARTEY14Mahmoud DAHOUD
DENIS Suárez Fernández15Giovanni Pablo SIMEONE
Danny DRINKWATER16Alessandro SCHÖPF

Reading 3 Manchester City 2
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 39,915, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Edwin VURENS 7)
7 Arnautovic, 51 Arnautovic, 68 ZielinskiScorers47 Gerard, 63 Isimat-Mirin
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
13Corners5
8Fouls14
8Offsides18
7Shots on5
8Shots off5
15Total shots10
4Shots saved3
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Stefan SAVIC
1FERREYRA fluffed an easy chance.
7GOAL!! The Manchester City 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from OCZIPKA and ARNAUTOVIC was able to roll the ball into the net. (1-0 Reading)
16A great save prevented RODRIGUEZ from scoring a good goal.
17COURTOIS did well to hold onto a wicked shot from WELBECK.
19MANÉ beat four Manchester City players and thundered an effort inches wide.
26MANOLAS dribbled past LINETTY and stroked a tame shot past the post.
27Uncertainty in the Manchester City defence enabled FERREYRA to volley the ball wide.
33SAVIC pulled away from CALIGIURI but lashed the ball into the arms of NAVAS.
45+2A lovely pass from WELBECK, was nudged goalbound by GERARD only for COURTOIS to claw away.
 
47GOAL!! Manchester City's GERARD beat two defenders before firing just inside the 'keeper's lefthand post. (1-1)
51GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled ARNAUTOVIC to run through the Manchester City defence and score. (2-1 Reading)
54An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of NAVAS by FABINHO.
55ARNAUTOVIC hoofed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
61A left foot shot from ARNAUTOVIC was saved by the 'keeper.
63GOAL!! A long clearance by the Manchester City 'keeper beat the Reading defence and ISIMAT-MIRIN drove the ball beyond the advancing 'keeper. (2-2)
67ARNAUTOVIC ran onto a great ball from MANÉ but dragged his shot wide.
68GOAL!! An energetic ARNAUTOVIC ran down the right wing and knocked the ball back for ZIELINSKI to tuck home. (3-2 Reading)
70GERARD was put clear by WELBECK and he nutmegged the Reading 'keeper but rammed his shot over.
70HENDRIX made space on the left and knocked the ball to LINETTY who fired the ball over.
71A good effort from GERARD scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
75The stunned Manchester City 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from KONOPLYANKA dropped just wide.
77GERARD flicked an easy chance past the near post.
79A cross from MANÉ left ZIELINSKI in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
80A twenty yard shot from LINETTY caused COURTOIS no problem.
90+2WELBECK beat BAKAYOKO and drove the ball to GERARD who dragged his shot wide.