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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 26 (setup 3, season 10)
Espanyol
v.
Manchester City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Cristian Darío ÁLVAREZ17Stefanos KAPINO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Facundo Sebastián RONCAGLIA727Bacary SAGNA
Fausto Manuel PINTO Rosas37Jan VERTONGHEN
Carlos GURPEGUI Nausia4Gnégnéri 'Yaya' TOURÉ
Nicolas Martín PAREJA75Martin Gastón DEMICHELIS
Brede HANGELAND66Alexandre SONG Billong
Ben McKENNA7Jesús NAVAS González
Morten Gamst PEDERSEN8Patrick HERRMANN
Juan Miguel Jiménez López, JUANMI9Roberto SOLDADO Rillo
José RAÚL BAENA Urdiales710Maximiliano RODRÍGUEZ
Ivica OLIC6117Mirko VUCINIC
Manager
Javier Márquez Moreno, JAVI MÁRQUEZ12Efe AMBROSE
YOEL Rodríguez Oterino13Kepa ARRIZABALAGA Revuelta
Daniel TORIBIO Gutiérrez14Holger BADSTUBER
Jorge Andújar Moreno, COKE615Craig McALLISTER
Joan VERDÚ Fernández16Nemanja VIDIC

Espanyol 3 Manchester City 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 34,752, Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat, Referee: Juan José BEZARES Alarcón 8, TV: highlights)
18 Olic, 63 Pinto, 66 RoncagliaScorers27 Sagna, 72 Vucinic
50 Hangeland <=> CokeSubstitutions56 Navas <=> McAllister
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners2
10Fouls2
6Offsides4
3Shots on7
7Shots off8
10Total shots15
0Shots saved4
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: Gnégnéri 'Yaya' TOURÉ
3A thirty yard shot from SOLDADO caused the 'keeper no problem.
14NAVAS shot wide.
18GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed GURPEGUI to nudge the ball to OLIC who fired a left foot shot into the back of the net. (1-0 Espanyol)
19The Espanyol 'keeper was able to block a poor shot from NAVAS.
22JUANMI headed the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
26RODRÍGUEZ beat PINTO and drove the ball to NAVAS who hit his shot wide.
27GOAL!! TOURÉ made space for SAGNA who, after an interchange of passes just outside the area, glanced the ball past the Espanyol 'keeper. (1-1)
28An exceptional effort from JUANMI scraped the upright.
30A free-kick from HERRMANN floated just wide.
33A corner bobbled toward VERTONGHEN who forced an effort wide.
35Uncertainty in the Manchester City defence enabled PEDERSEN to hammer an effort just beyond the far post.
43A fine ball from VUCINIC on the left found NAVAS who sliced his shot wide.
44RAÚL BAENA made space on the right and knocked the ball to PINTO who rasped the ball over.
 
51MCKENNA knocked the ball to JUANMI who forced it over.
53A shot from RODRÍGUEZ was nodded off the line by PINTO.
55A weak strike from SOLDADO rolled agonisingly wide.
56DEMICHELIS ran onto a great ball from TOURÉ but pulled his shot wide of the goal.
63GOAL!! A poor clearance fell to RAÚL BAENA who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily PINTO was on hand to hammer the ball into the net. (2-1 Espanyol)
66GOAL!! A deep cross from PEDERSEN on the right was headed home by RONCAGLIA on the edge of the box. (3-1 Espanyol)
68A accurate pass found JUANMI and his deadly shot flew narrowly wide.
72GOAL!! SOLDADO drove a wicked shot against the post with VUCINIC driving in the rebound. (3-2 Espanyol)
74HERRMANN scuffed an easy chance.
82OLIC rifled an easy chance past the near post.
84A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming ÁLVAREZ.
86The 'keeper saved a curling shot from VUCINIC.