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22¹ A header from PEDRO GONÇALVES was hoofed off the line by McNAIR. 23¹ A header by NMECHA at the near post was easily collected by the Manchester City 'keeper. 24¹ MAHREZ beat three Middlesbrough players and slammed a great chance wide. 28¹ A shot from BRAITHWAITE held no problem for ORTEGA. 33¹ A late foul on VERETOUT by YUNUS results in a booking. 38¹ GOAL!! A shot from MAHREZ which STEFFEN was able to claw away was deemed over the line and the referee awarded the goal. (1-0 Manchester City) 39¹ RODRIGO MUNIZ pulled away from MAHREZ but shot the ball into the arms of the 'keeper. 44¹ HOWSON made space on the left and pulled the ball to RODRIGO MUNIZ who rasped the ball wide. 45¹ An exceptional strike from PEDRO GONÇALVES was dealt with by a fine block from the Middlesbrough 'keeper. 46¹ A free-kick from MARTÍNEZ went just beyond the far post. 2² The Manchester City 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from NMECHA. 3² GOAL!! A terrible goal-kick was intercepted by RODRIGO MUNIZ who setup HOWSON with an easy chance. (1-1) 8² A twenty yard drive from KRAFTH caused the 'keeper no problem. 10² STEFFEN parried a refined shot from PEDRO GONÇALVES. 11² GOAL!! An inswinging corner was booted clear only for PEDRO GONÇALVES to crack the ball home. (2-1 Manchester City) 13² The Manchester City 'keeper was able to claw away a tame shot from BRAITHWAITE. 17² A delightful save prevented DIEGO CARLOS from scoring a great goal. 23² A weak strike from LEA SILIKI trickled agonisingly wide. 25² GOAL!! A deep cross from YUNUS on the right was nodded home by BRAITHWAITE at the near post. (2-2) 30² ABRAHAM shot over. 33² ABRAHAM steamed through the Middlesbrough defence but shot straight at the 'keeper. 41² GOAL!! A great dummy from NMECHA allowed McNAIR to lay a low ball off to YUNUS who drilled the ball into the roof of the net. (3-2 Middlesbrough)

Middlesbrough   League position: 19 Home league form: WLWL Overall league form: LWLLLWXL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Zack STEFFEN 6  1 6½ Stefan ORTEGA Emil KRAFTH 5½ 2 7  PEDRO Antonio PORRO Milos KERKEZ 8  3 7½ Lisandro MARTÍNEZ James LEA SILIKI 7  4 6½ Curtis JONES Maxime ESTÈVE 8  5 7  DIEGO CARLOS Santos Patrick McNAIR 6  6 6  Shea CHARLES YUNUS Akgün 7  7 7½ Riyad MAHREZ(c) (c)Martin BRAITHWAITE 6½ 8 7  PEDRO António GONÇALVES (p)RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho 6  9 7  Tammy ABRAHAM(p) (f)Jonny HOWSON 7½ 10 6½ Jordan VERETOUT(f) Lukas NMECHA 7  11 6  Danny INGS Manager Matt CROOKS    12    SÉRGIO GÓMEZ Martin Daniel BACHMANN    13    Tommy DOYLE Dan BARLASER    14    Liam DELAP Dael FRY 6  15 6  Demarai GRAY Isaiah JONES    16    Finley BURNS

Manchester City   League position: 9 Away league form: WLLL Overall league form: LWWLWLWL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Middlesbrough 3 Manchester City 2 (Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 25,068, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Phil Dowd 7½) Howson 3², Braithwaite 25², Yunus 41² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Mahrez 38¹, Pedro Gonçalves 11² KrafthóFry 36² Pedro PorroóGray 42²     Yunus 33¹   1 2 5 5 6 4 10 11 5 4 15 15 5 8 46% 54% ¶ Man of the match: Milos Kerkez ¶