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Commentary
An exceptional shot from MIGUEL VELOSO was dealt with by a useful parry from the 'keeper.
RODRIGUEZ booked.
14¹A twenty-five yard drive from AARONS caused the Manchester City 'keeper little difficulty.
21¹AARONS's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
25¹GOSLING beat SALCEDO and fired the ball to AARONS who pulled his shot wide.
37¹A header from WELBECK was nodded off the line by MIGUEL VELOSO.
41¹A penalty box meleé resulted in RAFFAEL driving the ball over.
ROSSI headed the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
COSTIL did well to hold onto a wicked shot from ROSSI.
MIGUEL VELOSO headed over.
10²The referee books AARONS.
12²GOAL!! A strike from CALIGIURI which the Stoke City 'keeper was able to claw away was deemed over the line and GRAHAM gave the goal. (1-0 Manchester City)
15²MIGUEL VELOSO was put clear by CAPOUE and he stepped inside COSTIL but drilled his shot inches wide.
23²A poor strike from WELBECK trickled agonisingly wide.
25²GOSLING fired the ball through a ruck of players but the Manchester City 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
26²A useful ball from HENDRIX on the right fell to WELBECK who scuffed his shot inches wide.
26²KONOPLYANKA scuffed a simple chance.
30²RODRIGUEZ ran onto a great ball from CAPOUE but dragged his effort wide.
31²GOSLING made space on the left and touched the ball to AARONS who fired the ball over.
32²The stunned COSTIL could only watch as a backpass from MONTOLIVO dropped just over.
37²A accurate pass found CALIGIURI and his deadly shot went narrowly over.
39²GOAL!! Some neat work by HENDRIX on the left, left CALIGIURI yards clear, and he turned the 'keeper and stroked the ball into the net. (2-0 Manchester City)
41²CROUCH shot over.
46²GOSLING played the ball to ROSSI who fired it just beyond the far post.
47²RAFFAEL poked an easy chance past the near post.

 
Manchester City
 
League position: 20
Home league form: OXWW
Overall league form: OXXLLLWX
Formation: 4-1-3-2
Line-ups
Benoît COSTIL1David OSPINA
Jeremy TOLJAN2Federico FERNÁNDEZ
(c)Bastian OCZIPKA3MIGUEL Luís VELOSO
Jorrit HENDRIX4Etienne CAPOUE
Carlos SALCEDO5Wes MORGAN(c)
Michael KEANE6Robert HUTH
Daniel CALIGIURI7Dan GOSLING
Yevhen KONOPLYANKA8Rolando AARONS
(p)Danny WELBECK9Peter CROUCH(p)
(f)Riccardo MONTOLIVO10Giuseppe ROSSI(f)
RAFFAEL Caetano11Jay RODRIGUEZ
Alex LAKERManager
Joshua BRENET  12  Britt ASSOMBALONGA
Matz SELS  13  Soslan DZHANAEV
BERNARDO Fernandes  14  James TOMKINS
Marcus WENDEL  15  Sam BYRAM
Ezequiel SCHELOTTO  16  Jaanai GORDON-HUTTON
 
Stoke City
 
League position: 10
Away league form: LWXX
Overall league form: WLWWLWLX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Manchester City 2 Stoke City 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 35,094, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Fred Graham 6, stadium work in progress)

Caligiuri 12², Caligiuri 39²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
  
  
 Rodriguez 9¹, Aarons 10²
94
1520
12
35
69
914
15
48%52%
Man of the match: Wes Morgan