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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 9 (setup 4, season 34)
Manchester City
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Arijanet MURIC17Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Nicolás Hernán OTAMENDI25Gregory VAN DER WIEL
Marcos Javier ACUÑA636Jan VERTONGHEN
Ilkay GÜNDOGAN84Jordan HENDERSON
Fernando Luiz Roza, FERNANDINHO75Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
Eliaquim MANGALA66John BOSTOCK
Riyad MAHREZ77Pierre LEES-MELOU
Lorenzo INSIGNE86Danny WELBECK
Tammy ABRAHAM9Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI
PEDRO António Pereira GONÇALVES10Dean PARRETT
Danny INGS11Stevan JOVETIC
Manager
Demarai GRAY12Yasser LAROUCI
Philippe SANDLER13Jon FLATT
Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez, ISCO14Christian GENTNER
Benjamin MENDY15Joël MATIP
Jordan VERETOUT616Federico MACHEDA

Manchester City 1 Darlington 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 33,855, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Clive PENTON 6½)
59 IngsScorers
72 Insigne <=> VeretoutSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings12 Parrett, 13 Jovetic, 41 Van Der Wiel, 47 Fabinho
6Corners3
2Fouls22
4Offsides3
6Shots on3
10Shots off5
16Total shots8
5Shots saved3
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Ilkay GÜNDOGAN
12PARRETT given a yellow card for a high foul.
13The ref yellow cards JOVETIC.
16PEDRO GONÇALVES beat three Darlington players and drove a golden opportunity over.
17A great effort from WELBECK scraped the top of the crossbar.
27A cross from PARRETT left LEES-MELOU in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
31A penalty box meleé resulted in WELBECK tapping the ball over.
41VAN DER WIEL booked for arguing with the referee.
44The Darlington 'keeper blocked a neatly crafted shot from INGS.
 
47A bad foul on OTAMENDI by FABINHO results in a booking.
50A useful ball from PARRETT on the left was collected by WELBECK who mishit his effort wide.
56A wonderful save prevented PEDRO GONÇALVES from scoring a lovely goal.
59GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed ABRAHAM to play the ball to INGS who drove a left foot shot into the net. (1-0 Manchester City)
62A shot from INSIGNE was nodded off the line by BOSTOCK.
64PEDRO GONÇALVES worked the ball to MAHREZ, INSIGNE gathered his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
66GÜNDOGAN beat PARRETT and placed the ball to ACUÑA who fumbled his shot wide.
68PEDRO GONÇALVES rifled an easy chance past the far post.
69BALOTELLI beat MAHREZ but flicked the ball into the arms of the Manchester City 'keeper.
76A corner was collected by FERNANDINHO who forced an effort just beyond the far post.
78A mix up in the Darlington defence enabled VERETOUT to blast the ball just beyond the far post.
81The bemused Darlington 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from BOSTOCK fell just wide.
83The 'keeper was able to palm clear a powerful shot.
86INGS made space on the left and pulled the ball to ABRAHAM who touched the ball over.