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A shot from IRELAND was booted off the line by AZPILICUETA.
GOAL!! BENZEMA brought the ball forward, glanced up and fired a shot into the Reading net. (1-0 Manchester City)
BENZEMA headed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
11¹GOAL!! A delightful ball from SAKHO left PIRLO in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before squaring the ball to BENZEMA to score. (2-0 Manchester City)
15¹HIGUAÍN pulled away from JOAQUÍN but lashed the ball into the arms of the Reading 'keeper.
19¹HIGUAÍN booked for a late tackle on HONDA.
21¹RAFINHA's shot beat IRAIZOZ but rebounded off the Manchester City upright.
27¹A corner fell to EMANUELSON who nodded an effort inches wide.
29¹ADEBAYOR stormed through the Manchester City defence but shot straight at the Manchester City 'keeper.
32¹The 'keeper was able to palm clear a poor shot from KOKE.
33¹GOAL!! After BENZEMA was pulled to the ground DEADMAN waved play-on and LEWANDOWSKI went on to easily score. (3-0 Manchester City)
35¹A shot from ADEBAYOR was smothered by the 'keeper.
43¹GOAL!! A deep cross by HONDA was met by RAFINHA who rushed in to score. (3-1 Manchester City)
The hapless Reading 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from RAFINHA fell just over.
HIGUAÍN headed just beyond the near post.
ADEBAYOR was put clear by BURN and he dummied IRAIZOZ but drilled his shot over.
16²JOAQUÍN stabbed an easy chance past the far post.
17²A tame shot from ADEBAYOR rolled agonisingly wide.
18²ADEBAYOR's header was well saved by IRAIZOZ.
19²A right foot effort from ADEBAYOR was pushed over by the Manchester City 'keeper.
23²A free-kick from EMANUELSON went wide.
25²ADEBAYOR made space on the right and touched the ball to RAFINHA who rasped the ball wide.
31²A shot from PIRLO held little difficulty for the Reading 'keeper.
34²GOAL!! A cross from COLEMAN was touched away by GALLAS only for LEWANDOWSKI to volley the ball back into the box for BENZEMA to force over the line. (4-1 Manchester City)
35²A shot from ADEBAYOR seemed a certain goal but IRAIZOZ managed to force the ball away.

 
Manchester City
 
League position: 1
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: WWWXXWLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Gorka IRAIZOZ1Shay GIVEN
Seamus COLEMAN2RAFINHA
Cesar AZPILICUETA3Yuto NAGATOMO
Andrea PIRLO4Keisuke HONDA
(c)Mamadou SAKHO5William GALLAS
Ezequiel GARAY6Dan BURN
Jesús NAVAS7JOAQUÍN Sánchez(c)
KOKE8Urby EMANUELSON
(p)Karim BENZEMA9Emmanuel ADEBAYOR(p)
(f)Gonzalo HIGUAÍN10Stephen IRELAND(f)
Robert LEWANDOWSKI11Bryan RUIZ
Dan TatamManager
Mario MANDZUKIC  12  Milos KRASIC
Miralem PJANIC  13  Florian FROMLOWITZ
John TERRY  14  SIMÃO Sabrosa
Daley BLIND  15FERNANDO NAVARRO Corbacho
Yohan CABAYE  16  BOJAN Krkic
 
Reading
 
League position: 12
Away league form: WXLL
Overall league form: WWXWLWLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Manchester City 4 Reading 1
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 72,359, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Darren Deadman 7½)

Benzema 4¹, Benzema 11¹, Lewandowski 33¹, Benzema 34²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Rafinha 43¹
 RuizóFernando Navarro 33²
  
Higuaín 19¹ 
46
118
33
78
36
1014
37
51%49%
Man of the match: Cesar Azpilicueta