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Commentary
GOAL!! A shot from REACH deflected off the head of SHAWCROSS and bobbled past the helpless Manchester City 'keeper and into the net. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
JÚLIO BAPTISTA made space on the left and pulled the ball to IHEANACHO who fired the ball wide.
11¹A lovely effort from MASON scraped the outside of the post.
16¹Uncertainty in the Manchester City defence enabled REACH to hit an effort over the bar.
17¹FRYATT nodded the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
20¹A free-kick from MORIMOTO went just beyond the near post.
33¹The 'keeper was able to claw away a tame shot from STERLING.
38¹MASON headed over the bar.
40¹A shot from MASON was booted off the line by SHAWCROSS.
41¹NAVAS rattled an easy chance past the lefthand post.
42¹A neatly crafted pass from STERLING was nudged goalbound by IHEANACHO only for the Middlesbrough 'keeper to palm clear.
45¹REACH worked the ball to SANTI CAZORLA, FONT controlled his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of HART.
A cross from FONT left PAVLYUCHENKO in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
FONT charged through the Manchester City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
GOAL!! A great solo effort from STERLING who beat two defenders before striking the ball into the back of the net. (1-1)
FONT played the ball to REACH who fired it over the bar.
11²NAVAS flicked a deadly shot wide from just outside the area.
13²VOLPATO ran onto a wonderful ball from SANTI CAZORLA but blasted his shot wide of the goal.
15²A shot from FONT was smothered by HART.
31²VOLPATO shot over.
35²HART saved a glorious effort from PAVLYUCHENKO.
35²A pin-point pass fell to VOLPATO and his right foot effort went narrowly wide.
44²GOAL!! A free-kick was punched clear by the Manchester City 'keeper, KNIGHT was first to the loose ball and played the ball to PAVLYUCHENKO to crack home. (2-1 Middlesbrough)

 
Manchester City
 
League position: 21
Home league form: LLLL
Overall league form: XLLLLWLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Joe HART1Morgan DE SANCTIS(c)
Micah RICHARDS2Craig DAWSON
Kazenga LUA-LUA3José HOLEBAS
Neri CARDOZO4SANTI CAZORLA
Ryan SHAWCROSS5Anatoliy TYMOSCHUK
Francesco BOLZONI6Cristian ZACCARDO
Jesús NAVAS7Héctor FONT
Raheem STERLING8Adam REACH
(p)Kelechi IHEANACHO9Roman PAVLYUCHENKO(p)
(f)Takayuki MORIMOTO10Ryan MASON(f)
JÚLIO César BAPTISTA11Matty FRYATT
Manager
DENÍLSON Pereira  12  Jack HOBBS
Lukasz FABIANSKI  13  Tim KRUL
Sinan BYTYQI  14  Leon CLARKE
Elliot OMOZUSI  15Rey VOLPATO
Alan SMITH  16Leon KNIGHT
 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 9
Away league form: XLLL
Overall league form: WXLWLLWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Manchester City 1 Middlesbrough 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 21,795, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Paul Taylor 7½)

Sterling 1²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Shawcross 5¹ (og), Pavlyuchenko 44²
 FryattóVolpato 5², Santi CazorlaóKnight 22²
  
  
122
77
618
37
49
716
24
42%58%
Man of the match: José Holebas