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0¹ GOAL!! An imaginative NMECHA played a wonderful ball down the left to RODRIGO MUNIZ who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-0 Middlesbrough) 7¹ An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of STEFFEN by PEDRO PORRO. 8¹ A fine ball from VERETOUT on the right was collected by ABRAHAM who mishit his shot over. 12¹ SÉRGIO GÓMEZ nodded the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box. 15¹ HACKNEY made space on the right and touched the ball to BRAITHWAITE who fired the ball wide. 16¹ A free-kick from HACKNEY floated just beyond the far post. 24¹ GOAL!! Showing lots of skill ABRAHAM dribbled past NMECHA and knocked the ball past the Middlesbrough 'keeper. (1-1) 32¹ BRAITHWAITE shot wide. 42¹ A poor strike from HOWSON bounced agonisingly wide. 43¹ ESTÈVE headed just beyond the far post. 2² A twenty-five yard drive from ABRAHAM caused the Middlesbrough 'keeper little difficulty. 4² A pin-point pass bobbled toward ABRAHAM and his right foot shot floated narrowly over. 7² GOAL!! A quick-witted BRAITHWAITE pounced on a loose ball on the left and made no mistake. (2-1 Middlesbrough) 10² PEDRO GONÇALVES's shot beat the Middlesbrough 'keeper but rebounded off the Middlesbrough upright. 11² NMECHA played the ball to RODRIGO MUNIZ who forced it wide. 14² A strike from ABRAHAM held little difficulty for the 'keeper. 20² A penalty box meleé resulted in PEDRO GONÇALVES driving a low shot wide. 21² A corner found RODRIGO MUNIZ who forced an effort over the bar. 26² GOAL!! A weak shot from ABRAHAM seemed to hold little difficulty for STEFFEN but the ball somehow bobbled into the net. (2-2) 33² NMECHA was put clear by HACKNEY and he stepped inside the Manchester City 'keeper but thrust his shot wide. 37² A brilliant strike from YUNUS was dealt with by a fine parry from SMITH. 43² BARLASER beat a number of Manchester City players and drove a golden opportunity over.

Middlesbrough   League position: 12 Home league form: WLWW Overall league form: WWLWWLWL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Zack STEFFEN 7  1 6½ Jamie SMITH Emil KRAFTH 6½ 2 8  PEDRO Antonio PORRO Milos KERKEZ 6  3 6½ Lisandro MARTÍNEZ Hayden HACKNEY 8  4 7  Jordan VERETOUT Maxime ESTÈVE 6½ 5 6½ DIEGO CARLOS Santos Patrick McNAIR 7  6 6½ Shea CHARLES YUNUS Akgün 6½ 7 7  Riyad MAHREZ(c) Lukas NMECHA 5½ 8 6  PEDRO António GONÇALVES (p)RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho 7  9 7½ Tammy ABRAHAM(p) (c,f)Jonny HOWSON 6  10 7½ Tommy DOYLE(f) Martin BRAITHWAITE 6  11 5½ SÉRGIO GÓMEZ Martin Manager Isaiah JONES    12    Demarai GRAY Liam ROBERTS    13    Finley BURNS Dan BARLASER 7  14    Benjamin MENDY Matthew HOPPE    15 7  Layvin KURZAWA Dael FRY    16    Josh WILSON-ESBRAND

Manchester City   League position: 16 Away league form: LLLL Overall league form: XLLLLWLL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Middlesbrough 2 Manchester City 2 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 32,121, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Keith Hill 7½) Rodrigo Muniz 0¹, Braithwaite 7² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Abraham 24¹, Abraham 26² KerkezóBarlaser 26² VeretoutóKurzawa 8²         6 1 7 11 1 1 4 9 9 6 13 15 2 6 48% 52% ¶ Man of the match: Hayden Hackney ¶