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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 22 (setup 4, season 39)
Manchester City
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Stefan ORTEGA1Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
PEDRO Antonio PORRO Sauceda727Frédéric GUILBERT
Lisandro MARTÍNEZ83Yasser LAROUCI
Curtis JONES4Pierre LEES-MELOU
Shea CHARLES57Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
SÉRGIO GÓMEZ Martin76Konstantinos MAVROPANOS
Miguel Ángel ALMIRON Rejala77Salis ABDUL SAMED
PEDRO António Pereira GONÇALVES887Reiss NELSON
Tammy ABRAHAM9Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI
Riyad MAHREZ10Stevan JOVETIC
Danny INGS11Danny WELBECK
Manager
Liam DELAP12Federico MACHEDA
Tommy DOYLE613Jon FLATT
Layvin KURZAWA14Matt RITCHIE
Jordan VERETOUT15Rabbi MATONDO
Demarai GRAY16Mark BECK

Manchester City 1 Darlington 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 34,012, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Dave FOSTER 7½)
41 Pedro GonçalvesScorers
71 Jones <=> Veretout, 77 Mahrez <=> DoyleSubstitutions49 Guilbert <=> Ritchie, 52 Nelson <=> Matondo
Sendings off
Bookings53 Matondo
3Corners5
8Fouls8
1Offsides1
4Shots on2
16Shots off3
20Total shots5
2Shots saved2
61%Possession39%
Man of the match: Lisandro MARTÍNEZ
8A good ball from PEDRO PORRO on the left found PEDRO GONÇALVES who scuffed his shot over.
14A good effort from PEDRO GONÇALVES scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
16A poor shot from JONES trickled agonisingly wide.
19PEDRO GONÇALVES fluffed a simple chance.
20A penalty box meleé resulted in JONES driving the ball over.
24WELBECK shot over.
27A delightful save prevented ALMIRON from scoring a great goal.
37JONES flicked an easy chance past the far post.
41GOAL!! A mix up between FABINHO and LLORIS allowed PEDRO GONÇALVES to fire the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Manchester City)
 
47Uncertainty in the Manchester City defence enabled BALOTELLI to thump the ball wide.
47ABRAHAM headed just wide.
49A clever pass from WELBECK, was placed goalbound by LAROUCI only for ORTEGA to claw away.
52ABRAHAM hit a left foot shot over the bar from thirty yards out.
53A poor challenge on SÉRGIO GÓMEZ by MATONDO results in a booking.
57PEDRO GONÇALVES beat two Darlington players and drove a great chance just wide.
59INGS ran onto a great ball from ALMIRON but toe-poked his effort wide.
60PEDRO GONÇALVES's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
65PEDRO GONÇALVES dummied FABINHO but blasted the ball into the arms of the Darlington 'keeper.
66A cross from JOVETIC left WELBECK in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
66PEDRO GONÇALVES beat ABDUL SAMED and hit the ball to SÉRGIO GÓMEZ who blasted his shot wide.
74JOVETIC's shot beat the Manchester City 'keeper but rebounded off the Manchester City crossbar.
80The stunned LLORIS stared in disbelief as a backpass from JOVETIC fell just wide.
86A free-kick from ABRAHAM flew wide.
89PEDRO GONÇALVES floated the ball to ABRAHAM who turned it wide.
90+1ABRAHAM was put clear by DOYLE and he stepped inside the Darlington 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the far post.
90+1CHARLES nodded the ball wide from the edge of the box.