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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 4, season 37)
Darlington
v.
Manchester City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Hugo LLORIS18Stefan ORTEGA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Neco WILLIAMS27PEDRO Antonio PORRO Sauceda
Jan VERTONGHEN3Layvin KURZAWA
Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO4Jordan VERETOUT
IGOR Julio dos Santos de Paulo57FELIPE Augusto de Almeida Monteiro
Joël MATIP66Shea CHARLES
Pierre LEES-MELOU7Miguel Ángel ALMIRON Rejala
Matt RITCHIE78PEDRO António Pereira GONÇALVES
Sasa KALAJDZIC9Tammy ABRAHAM
Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI610Curtis JONES
Danny WELBECK11Danny INGS
Manager
Frédéric GUILBERT12Demarai GRAY
Jon FLATT13Scott CARSON
John BOSTOCK714Liam DELAP
Stevan JOVETIC15SÉRGIO GÓMEZ Martin
Marcus MADDISON16Benjamin MENDY

Darlington 1 Manchester City 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 24,853, Stadium: Blackwell Meadows, Referee: Scott MATHIESON 6, TV: live)
71p KalajdzicScorers
75 Williams <=> BostockSubstitutions
Sendings off
59 BalotelliBookings
5Corners4
6Fouls11
6Offsides15
11Shots on3
12Shots off7
23Total shots10
9Shots saved2
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Jordan VERETOUT
1KALAJDZIC stepped inside KURZAWA but lashed the ball into the arms of the Manchester City 'keeper.
4A accurate pass bobbled toward PEDRO PORRO and his right foot shot raced narrowly over.
10A mix up in the Manchester City defence enabled RITCHIE to thump the ball inches wide.
14IGOR kicked the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
24ALMIRON headed over the bar.
28WELBECK played the ball to VERTONGHEN who nodded it just beyond the far post.
32RITCHIE stormed through the Manchester City defence but shot straight at the Manchester City 'keeper.
33ABRAHAM's shot was well held by LLORIS.
34KALAJDZIC beat PEDRO PORRO and hit the ball to FABINHO who dragged his effort wide.
 
46A drive from ABRAHAM seemed a certain goal but the Darlington 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
49A shot from VERTONGHEN was booted off the line by KURZAWA.
54ORTEGA did well to hold onto a fierce strike from KALAJDZIC.
55A shot from VERTONGHEN was smothered by the 'keeper.
57A penalty box scramble resulted in KURZAWA driving the ball wide.
58An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of the Manchester City 'keeper by RITCHIE.
59BALOTELLI booked for an off-the-ball incident.
62ORTEGA was able to claw away a powerful shot.
64KALAJDZIC waltzed away from FELIPE and flicked a poor shot over the bar.
71GOAL!! A foul on FABINHO inside the area gave Darlington a penalty which KALAJDZIC scored.
76KURZAWA whacked a right foot shot inches over from close range.
87BALOTELLI made space on the right and knocked the ball to KALAJDZIC who touched the ball over.
89INGS beat four Darlington players and thundered an effort just wide.