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Commentary
2¹VUCINIC was put clear by SAGNA and he stepped inside the Athletic Bilbao 'keeper but glanced his shot over.
6¹ÖZIL's shot was well held by ARANZUBÍA.
8¹A good effort from CLICHY scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
9¹GOAL!! A delightful drive from ROLANDO was punched clear by the 'keeper only as far as ÖZIL who knocked the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (1-0 Manchester City)
12¹JURADO booked.
16¹TORRES cautioned by the referee.
19¹A twenty-five yard shot from JURADO caused the Manchester City 'keeper no problem.
23¹GOAL!! A glorious outswinging corner was nodded in at the far post by ÖZIL. (2-0 Manchester City)
28¹GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by KAPINO, SUSAETA was first to the loose ball and played the ball to TORRES to crack home. (2-1 Manchester City)
30¹VELA shot over.
35¹The referee cautions VELA.
35¹SOLDADO clipped the ball through a crowd of players but ARANZUBÍA was a match for it as he dived to his right.
37¹GOAL!! An inswinging corner headed out by CLICHY was lashed home by OSVALDO. (2-2)
42¹A header by ÖZIL at the far post was easily collected by ARANZUBÍA.
9²A wonderful save prevented VUCINIC from scoring a lovely goal.
15²GOAL!! A deep cross from IRAOLA on the left was nodded home by SUSAETA on the edge of the box. (3-2 Athletic Bilbao)
24²DE JONG dribbled past AURTENETXE and flicked a tame shot into the crowd.
27²A tame shot from SOLDADO rolled agonisingly wide.
30²ARANZUBÍA dived to his left to save an accurate shot from Manchester City's SOLDADO.
31²RAÚL GARCÍA blasted a right foot shot inches wide from twenty-five yards out.
33²A shot from SONG was smothered by the 'keeper.
34²CLICHY beat a number of Athletic Bilbao players and slammed a golden opportunity just beyond the far post.
38²A shot from VUCINIC seemed a certain goal but the Athletic Bilbao 'keeper managed to palm the ball clear.
44²VELA shown the red card for a cynical tackle his second bookable offence.

 
Manchester City
 
League position: 7
Home league form: WLOX
Overall league form: WXWWLXOX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Stefanos KAPINO6 16 Daniel ARANZUBÍA
(c)Bacary SAGNA7 27½Andoni IRAOLA(c)
Gaël CLICHY6 36½Jon AURTENETXE
Alexandre SONG7½47 RAÚL GARCÍA Escudero
Jan VERTONGHEN6½57 Alberto BOTÍA
ROLANDO Jorge7 66 Miguel TORRES
Patrick HERRMANN6½76½Markel SUSAETA
Mesut ÖZIL7 86½Carlos VELA
(p)Roberto SOLDADO6½97 OSVALDO Lourenco(p)
(f)Nigel DE JONG6 106½José JURADO(f)
Mirko VUCINIC7 116½EDUARDO da Silva
Manager
Gustavo LUCAS PIAZÓN  12  MANÉ
Sebastian MLADEN6 136 Marc ALBRIGHTON
Craig McALLISTER  14  Emilio NSUE
Lucas OCAMPOS6 15  Gaizka TOQUERO
 16  Nika DZALAMIDZE
 
Athletic Bilbao
 
League position: 6
Away league form: WWLO
Overall league form: XWXWWLWO
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Manchester City 2 Athletic Bilbao 3
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 47,483, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Terje Hauge 6)

Özil 9¹, Özil 23¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Torres 28¹, Osvaldo 37¹, Susaeta 15²
ClichyóOcampos 35², RolandoóMladen 36²SusaetaóAlbrighton 34²
 Vela 44²
 Jurado 12¹, Torres 16¹, Vela 35¹
83
1315
45
94
52
146
71
48%52%
Man of the match: Alexandre Song