| 2¹ | A bad foul gets ZAPPACOSTA a yellow card. |
| 11¹ | A free-kick from GÜNDOGAN flew wide. |
| 11¹ | The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from KILMAN. |
| 14¹ | An inswinging corner was fired into the arms of the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper by DEPAY. |
| 16¹ | TROSSARD shot wide. |
| 18¹ | A cross from JOÃO MOUTINHO left TROSSARD in lots of space but he scuffed his shot. |
| 22¹ | An exceptional effort from WATKINS scraped the top of the crossbar. |
| 31¹ | A shot from TROSSARD was headed off the line by MITCHELL. |
| 41¹ | A penalty box scramble resulted in MARCOS ALONSO cracking the ball over. |
| 42¹ | DEPAY galloped through the Blackburn Rovers defence but shot straight at the 'keeper. |
| 2² | WATKINS brought the ball round MARCOS ALONSO and rattled a tame shot over the bar. |
| 4² | A corner found GORDON who nodded the ball over the bar. |
| 4² | A good ball from WATKINS on the right was collected by GIBBS-WHITE who scuffed his shot just beyond the far post. |
| 7² | GOAL!! A terrible goal-kick was intercepted by GÜNDOGAN who setup DEPAY with an easy chance. (1-0 Manchester City)| 8² | NKUNKU cautioned by the ref. | | 10² | GOAL!! A Blackburn Rovers counter-attack allowed MBEUMO to setup ROGERS with an easy goal. (1-1)| 12² | A drive from GÜNDOGAN seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball clear. | | 13² | DEPAY ran onto a wonderful ball from GÜNDOGAN but fired his shot wide. | | 15² | BRANDT played the ball to KILMAN who nodded it just beyond the near post. | | 16² | RODRIGO MORA fluffed an easy chance. | | 36² | The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper dived to his left to block an accurate drive from Manchester City's MARCOS ALONSO. | | 36² | GOAL!! A short corner was floated out to GORDON who hit the ball into the top corner. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers) | | |