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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 10 (setup 4, season 35)
Manchester City
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Stefan ORTEGA17Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Fernando Luiz Roza, FERNANDINHO2Neco WILLIAMS
Layvin KURZAWA737Matt RITCHIE
Jordan VERETOUT847Christian GENTNER
Manuel AKANJI757Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
SÉRGIO GÓMEZ Martin767Joël MATIP
Riyad MAHREZ7Pierre LEES-MELOU
PEDRO António Pereira GONÇALVES8Eden HAZARD
Tammy ABRAHAM9Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI
Danny INGS610Stevan JOVETIC
Lorenzo INSIGNE116Danny WELBECK
Manager
Curtis JONES12Gregory VAN DER WIEL
Scott CARSON13Jon FLATT
Demarai GRAY14John BOSTOCK
Benjamin MENDY15Yasser LAROUCI
Tommy DOYLE166Federico MACHEDA

Manchester City 3 Darlington 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 33,865, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Paul TAYLOR 6½)
19 Abraham, 47 Insigne, 57 VeretoutScorers67 Hazard
Substitutions81 Fabinho <=> Macheda
Sendings off
Bookings55 Balotelli
3Corners2
13Fouls13
4Offsides4
5Shots on3
9Shots off11
14Total shots14
2Shots saved2
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Jordan VERETOUT
3A useful ball from SÉRGIO GÓMEZ on the left fell to INGS who scuffed his shot over the bar.
3A cross from HAZARD left JOVETIC in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
11A penalty box meleé resulted in HAZARD driving a low shot wide.
13JOVETIC was put clear by RITCHIE and he dummied ORTEGA but struck his shot wide.
18HAZARD headed just wide.
19GOAL!! A short corner was floated out to ABRAHAM who fired the ball into the net. (1-0 Manchester City)
29PEDRO GONÇALVES hit a right foot shot wide from twenty yards out.
30A twenty yard drive from INSIGNE caused LLORIS little difficulty.
31LEES-MELOU beat four Manchester City players and blasted an effort just beyond the far post.
31INSIGNE chipped the ball to VERETOUT who touched it over.
33ABRAHAM rushed a simple chance.
37HAZARD galloped through the Manchester City defence but shot straight at the Manchester City 'keeper.
39LEES-MELOU made space on the right and pulled the ball to HAZARD who rasped the ball over.
 
47GOAL!! The Darlington 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from WILLIAMS and INSIGNE managed to poke the ball home. (2-0 Manchester City)
55The referee cautions BALOTELLI for a late tackle.
57GOAL!! Uncertainty between FABINHO and the Darlington 'keeper allowed VERETOUT to crack the ball into the empty net. (3-0 Manchester City)
63INSIGNE rattled an easy chance past the righthand post.
67GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled HAZARD to dribble through the Manchester City defence and score. (3-1 Manchester City)
71MAHREZ beat JOVETIC and hit the ball to INGS who dragged his shot wide.
74A pin-point pass was collected by PEDRO GONÇALVES and his left foot shot flew narrowly over.
80BALOTELLI ran onto a wonderful ball from HAZARD but pulled his effort wide.
88A good effort from PEDRO GONÇALVES scraped the woodwork.