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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 8 (setup 3, season 14)
Manchester City
v.
Espanyol
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Claudio Andrés BRAVO Muñoz17Gérman Darío LUX
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Kyle WALKER27Facundo Sebastián RONCAGLIA
Aleksandar KOLAROV737Thomas VERMAELEN
Gnégnéri 'Yaya' TOURÉ46Juan Miguel Jiménez López, JUANMI
Holger BADSTUBER5Nicolas Martín PAREJA
John STONES66Marco MOTTA
Raheem STERLING76Ben McKENNA
Leroy SANÉ787VÍCTOR ÁLVAREZ Delgado
Roberto SOLDADO Rillo797Ben SAHAR
BERNARDO Mota Veiga de Carvalho e SILVA106Javier Márquez Moreno, JAVI MÁRQUEZ
GABRIEL Fernando de JESUS11GERARD Moreno Balagueró
Tony HarrisManager
Mirko VUCINIC12Daniel TORIBIO Gutiérrez
Kepa ARRIZABALAGA Revuelta13Cristian Darío ÁLVAREZ
Maximiliano RODRÍGUEZ614Francisco Javier Chica Torres, JAVI CHICA
Bacary SAGNA15Fausto Manuel PINTO Rosas
Lucas Ariel OCAMPOS16Joan VERDÚ Fernández

Manchester City 3 Espanyol 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 47,448, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Roberto ROSETTI 7)
49 Sané, 79 Sané, 86p SoldadoScorers
74 Badstuber <=> RodríguezSubstitutions
Sendings off
77 Bernardo SilvaBookings6 Gerard, 83 Motta
1Corners4
7Fouls14
2Offsides5
11Shots on5
3Shots off3
14Total shots8
4Shots saved5
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Gnégnéri 'Yaya' TOURÉ
6GERARD booked for violent conduct.
17A clever pass from GERARD, was fired goalbound by SAHAR only for BRAVO to palm clear.
28A good ball from VERMAELEN on the right found JUANMI who scuffed his shot over.
30SOLDADO's shot beat LUX but rebounded off the Espanyol upright.
36A shot from JUANMI was smothered by the Manchester City 'keeper.
38The 'keeper saved a refined strike from WALKER.
43Uncertainty in the Espanyol defence enabled SOLDADO to thump an effort just wide.
 
49GOAL!! A terrible clearance fell to STERLING who mishit a shot goalward, luckily SANÉ was on hand to crack the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Manchester City)
52A corner found GERARD who touched the ball inches over.
54A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming Espanyol 'keeper.
54A strike from SANÉ held little difficulty for the Espanyol 'keeper.
56GABRIEL JESUS's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
63SANÉ shot wide.
64A shot from SAHAR was nodded off the line by KOLAROV.
68A great save prevented KOLAROV from scoring a lovely goal.
70The 'keeper dived to his left to save a fierce drive from Manchester City's KOLAROV.
74KOLAROV flicked a right foot shot just beyond the near post from twenty-five yards out.
76SAHAR raced past KOLAROV but flicked the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
77BERNARDO SILVA booked.
78A shot from SANÉ seemed a certain goal but the Espanyol 'keeper managed to force the ball clear.
79GOAL!! A strike from SANÉ which LUX managed to claw away seemed to have crossed the line and the ref awarded the goal. (2-0 Manchester City)
82An exceptional effort from GERARD scraped the woodwork.
83A high foul on SOLDADO by MOTTA results in a booking.
86GOAL!! Manchester City were awarded a penalty after a foul on SANÉ, and SOLDADO put it past the Espanyol 'keeper.
88A right foot shot from SAHAR was pushed over by the 'keeper.