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Commentary
A brilliant shot from MANDZUKIC was dealt with by a good stop from BRKIC.
A bad challenge on PAPASTATHOPOULOS by PAULINHO results in a booking.
A pin-point pass was collected by CARVAJAL and his looping shot raced narrowly over.
11¹TOWNSEND rushed through the Rochdale defence but shot straight at the Rochdale 'keeper.
24¹A shot from PAULINHO was smothered by the 'keeper.
26¹GOAL!! An outswinging corner was nodded clear only for LEWANDOWSKI to thump the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Manchester City)
31¹A shot from LEWANDOWSKI was booted off the line by PAPASTATHOPOULOS.
31¹A lovely effort from ALEX TEIXEIRA scraped the woodwork.
35¹A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming Manchester City 'keeper.
39¹GOAL!! A scuffed SAKHO shot was collected by LEWANDOWSKI who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (2-0 Manchester City)
40¹LARSSON sent off.
43¹GOAL!! The creative MANDZUKIC neatly nodded on a cross for COLEMAN to fire the ball in. (3-0 Manchester City)
MANDZUKIC fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
TOWNSEND headed over the bar.
24²ALNWICK stopped a lovely shot from GIOVANI.
25²SIGURÐSSON beat two Manchester City players and drove a golden opportunity over the bar.
26²GIOVANI whacked a left foot shot inches over from just outside the area.
28²A weak shot from GARAY bounced agonisingly wide.
31²SHISHKIN shot wide.
35²SOLDADO was put clear by TOWNSEND and he raced past BRKIC but struck his shot just wide.
39²GOAL!! A patient Rochdale side were rewarded with a lovely strike from REINARTZ. (3-1 Manchester City)
40²GOAL!! A great ball from RAUL MEIRELES left PAULINHO in the clear, he made BRKIC commit himself before nudging the ball to SOLDADO to score. (4-1 Manchester City)

 
Manchester City
 
League position: 16
Home league form: LLWL
Overall league form: LLLLWWLL
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Jak ALNWICK1Zeljko BRKIC
Daniel CARVAJAL2Roman SHISHKIN
Gaël CLICHY3Emanuel POGATETZ(c)
RAUL José MEIRELES4Gylfi Þór SIGURÐSSON
(c)Mamadou SAKHO5Stefan REINARTZ
Ezequiel GARAY6Sokratis PAPASTATHOPOULOS
Seamus COLEMAN7Sebastian LARSSON
Andros TOWNSEND8ALEX TEIXEIRA
(p)Mario MANDZUKIC9Shane LONG(p)
(f)PAULINHO10GIOVANI dos Santos(f)
Robert LEWANDOWSKI11Jimmy BRIAND
Dan TatamManager
MIGUEL Luís VELOSO  12  Dwight TIENDALLI
Miralem PJANIC  13  Matías SILVESTRE
Roberto SOLDADO14  Jean-Armel KANA-BIYIK
KAKÁ  15  Royston DRENTHE
Yohan CABAYE  16  Mikel SAN JOSE
 
Rochdale
 
League position: 17
Away league form: WLOO
Overall league form: WWXWLLOW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Manchester City 4 Rochdale 1
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 38,972, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Iain Williamson 7½)

Lewandowski 26¹, Lewandowski 39¹, Coleman 43¹, Soldado 40²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Reinartz 39²
MandzukicóSoldado 30² 
 Larsson 40¹
Paulinho 0¹ 
136
45
312
93
159
2412
52
56%44%
Man of the match: Seamus Coleman