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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 28 (setup 4, season 34)
Darlington
v.
Manchester City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Hugo LLORIS61Stefan ORTEGA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Gregory VAN DER WIEL27Nicolás Hernán OTAMENDI
Jan VERTONGHEN83Marcos Javier ACUÑA
Jordan HENDERSON74Ilkay GÜNDOGAN
Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO757Fernando Luiz Roza, FERNANDINHO
Joël MATIP66Philippe SANDLER
Pierre LEES-MELOU78Riyad MAHREZ
Matt RITCHIE78Lorenzo INSIGNE
Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI79Tammy ABRAHAM
Federico MACHEDA106PEDRO António Pereira GONÇALVES
Stevan JOVETIC611Danny INGS
Manager
Christian GENTNER12Jordan VERETOUT
Jon FLATT13Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez, ISCO
John BOSTOCK14Demarai GRAY
Dean PARRETT15Tommy DOYLE
Yasser LAROUCI716Benjamin MENDY

Darlington 1 Manchester City 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 24,931, Stadium: Blackwell Meadows, Referee: Michael JONES 5½)
69 JoveticScorers16 Insigne, 41 Abraham
52 Van Der Wiel <=> LarouciSubstitutions
Sendings off
9 Lees-Melou, 85 RitchieBookings
5Corners3
17Fouls8
2Offsides2
7Shots on3
7Shots off6
14Total shots9
3Shots saved1
41%Possession59%
Man of the match: Marcos Javier ACUÑA
2BALOTELLI headed just beyond the far post.
4INGS snapped at a simple chance.
9A poor tackle on ACUÑA by LEES-MELOU results in a booking.
13A pin-point pass fell to INSIGNE and his left foot shot flew narrowly over.
16GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of INSIGNE who drove the ball past the helpless LLORIS. (1-0 Manchester City)
19LEES-MELOU stabbed a simple chance past the righthand post.
20A shot from BALOTELLI was smothered by the 'keeper.
25A header by VERTONGHEN at the far post was comfortably collected by ORTEGA.
29LLORIS was able to block a weak header from INSIGNE.
35A mix up in the Darlington defence enabled INSIGNE to fire an effort over the bar.
41GOAL!! A wonderful run from ACUÑA gave PEDRO GONÇALVES space on the left and ABRAHAM rifled in his accurate pass. (2-0 Manchester City)
43BALOTELLI flicked a right foot shot just wide from thirty yards out.
45PEDRO GONÇALVES played the ball to INGS who fired it over the bar.
45+3BALOTELLI's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
45+3A good effort from VERTONGHEN scraped the outside of the righthand post.
 
48A shot from RITCHIE was headed off the line by OTAMENDI.
53The hapless LLORIS was all agog as a backpass from MATIP dropped just wide.
60MAHREZ waltzed round VERTONGHEN and rattled a tame shot over.
65JOVETIC rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Manchester City 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
66LAROUCI ran onto a wonderful ball from RITCHIE but pulled his effort wide of the goal.
67ORTEGA was able to claw away a powerful shot.
69GOAL!! JOVETIC hit a swerving twenty-five yard shot past the motionless Manchester City 'keeper. (2-1 Manchester City)
83RITCHIE beat GÜNDOGAN and hit the ball to JOVETIC who dragged his shot wide.
85The referee books RITCHIE for a late tackle.
89BALOTELLI shot over.