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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 29 (setup 4, season 35)
Darlington
v.
Manchester City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Hugo LLORIS1Stefan ORTEGA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Neco WILLIAMS72Fernando Luiz Roza, FERNANDINHO
Jan VERTONGHEN36Layvin KURZAWA
Christian GENTNER84Jordan VERETOUT
Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO57Manuel AKANJI
Joël MATIP667SÉRGIO GÓMEZ Martin
Pierre LEES-MELOU76Riyad MAHREZ
Eden HAZARD787PEDRO António Pereira GONÇALVES
Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI797Liam DELAP
Matt RITCHIE610Danny INGS
Danny WELBECK6116Julián ÁLVAREZ
Manager
Yasser LAROUCI12Benjamin MENDY
Jon FLATT13Scott CARSON
Mark BECK14Marlos MORENO Durán
Marcus MADDISON15Curtis JONES
John BOSTOCK16Shea CHARLES

Darlington 2 Manchester City 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 24,926, Stadium: Blackwell Meadows, Referee: Uriah RENNIE 7)
71 Williams, 87 VertonghenScorers78 Pedro Gonçalves
71 Matip <=> MaddisonSubstitutions55 Akanji <=> Charles
Sendings off
50 Welbeck, 89 RitchieBookings
4Corners2
6Fouls13
2Offsides2
8Shots on5
3Shots off8
11Total shots13
6Shots saved4
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Christian GENTNER
3ORTEGA did well to hold onto a fierce strike from BALOTELLI.
5A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Darlington 'keeper.
6WELBECK stroked a simple chance past the righthand post.
9A useful ball from AKANJI on the right found ÁLVAREZ who scuffed his shot just wide.
16The Darlington 'keeper saved a neatly crafted strike from INGS.
22A shot from DELAP was headed off the line by WILLIAMS.
28A header by VERTONGHEN at the near post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
31A cross from VERETOUT left PEDRO GONÇALVES in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
40A weak strike from ÁLVAREZ rolled agonisingly wide.
42A shot from MATIP held no problem for the 'keeper.
44KURZAWA shot wide.
44A free-kick from AKANJI raced over the bar.
 
47A pin-point pass was collected by DELAP and his left foot effort raced narrowly wide.
50The referee yellow cards WELBECK for an off-the-ball incident against ÁLVAREZ.
57The motionless 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from RITCHIE fell just over.
61A deadly effort from BALOTELLI was tipped over by the Manchester City 'keeper.
63The 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame header from BALOTELLI.
71GOAL!! On the left wing LEES-MELOU collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the box for WILLIAMS to nudge it over the line. (1-0 Darlington)
74VERTONGHEN dribbled past FERNANDINHO and flicked a weak shot over the bar.
78GOAL!! After a steady build-up PEDRO GONÇALVES drove the ball past LLORIS. (1-1)
80ORTEGA dived to his right to save a fierce shot from Darlington's BALOTELLI.
82RITCHIE made space on the left and touched the ball to VERTONGHEN who rasped the ball over.
87GOAL!! LEES-MELOU drove a powerful shot against the post with VERTONGHEN driving in the rebound. (2-1 Darlington)
88DELAP was put clear by CHARLES and he beat the 'keeper but drilled his shot just wide.
89RITCHIE receives a yellow card by the referee.
90A drive from VERETOUT seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to force the ball away.