In off the Post

home | contact | links | FAQ

ONLINE GAMES

Games clubs | codes | info | results | rulebook | join

User: Password:

Features forum | search | HTO

next | previous | Manchester City | Valencia | index | setup 3

Commentary

12¹ A strike from VAN DER VAART held little difficulty for the Manchester City 'keeper. 18¹ TOURÉ booked. 21¹ A shot from DE JONG was smothered by the Valencia 'keeper. 24¹ GOAL!! VAN DER VAART made space for AGÜERO who, after an interchange of passes thirty yards out, struck the ball past the Manchester City 'keeper. (1-0 Valencia) 25¹ A corner fell to TÉVEZ who touched the ball over. 29¹ A useful ball from MARIN on the right was collected by PODOLSKI who mishit his effort over the bar. 31¹ GOAL!! A shot from HUNTELAAR raced through a ruck of players and bounced past the unsighted AMELIA. (2-0 Valencia) 38¹ TOURÉ shot wide. 40¹ GOAL!! A strike from HEITINGA was kicked off the line only for MARIN to nudge the ball home. (3-0 Valencia) 42¹ The hapless Manchester City 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from INLER fell just wide. 1² GOAL!! A delightful run from MARIN gave HUNTELAAR space on the left and AGÜERO rattled in his pin-point pass. (4-0 Valencia) 4² TÉVEZ dribbled round THIAGO and rattled a weak shot over the bar. 6² HUNTELAAR rushed a simple chance. 10² INLER worked the ball to TOURÉ, JOHNSON collected his pass and kicked the ball within easy reach of the Valencia 'keeper. 10² A cross from MARIN left AGÜERO in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. 12² MARIN blasted a right foot shot just beyond the near post from thirty yards out. 15² A accurate pass bobbled toward PODOLSKI and his right foot shot went narrowly wide. 22² TÉVEZ rifled a simple chance past the righthand post. 23² GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed DE JONG to play the ball to PETROV who drilled a deadly shot into the net. (4-1 Valencia) 26² A good effort from JOHNSON scraped the woodwork. 27² A drive from JOHNSON seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to force the ball away. 29² A poor strike from ANTONIO LÓPEZ trickled agonisingly wide.

Manchester City   League position: - Home league form: XLWW Overall league form: XWLLLWWX Formation: 4-4-2

Line-ups (c)Marco AMELIA 5  1 6  Igor AKINFEEV Micah RICHARDS 7½ 2 7½ Branislav IVANOVIC Joleon LESCOTT 7  3 6½ ANTONIO LÓPEZ Guerrero Gökhan INLER 7  4 7  Yaya TOURÉ Kolo TOURÉ 6½ 5 7  THIAGO Emiliano Vincent KOMPANY 6½ 6 7  John HEITINGA Adam JOHNSON 7½ 7 8  Marko MARIN SIMÃO Sabrosa 6½ 8 6  Rafael VAN DER VAART(c) (p)Carlos TÉVEZ 6½ 9 7½ Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR(p,f) (f)Nigel DE JONG 7  10 7  Sergio AGÜERO ALEXANDRE PATO 6  11 7  Lukas PODOLSKI Billy Robertson Manager Mark harrison Ryan McGIVERN    12    Andriy PYATOV DIDA    13    Serdar TASCI Tom HUDDLESTONE 7  14    Alexis SÁNCHEZ Martin PETROV 7  15    Javier PASTORE Stephen IRELAND    16    Marouane CHAMAKH

Valencia   League position: 15 Away league form: LLWL Overall league form: WLLLWLLX Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics

Manchester City 1 Valencia 4 (Half-time: 0-3, Attendance: 47,376, Stadium: City of Manchester, Referee: Claus Bo Larsen 6) Petrov 23² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Agüero 24¹, Huntelaar 31¹, Marin 40¹, Agüero 1² SimãoóPetrov 20², InleróHuddlestone 20²       Touré 18¹   6 12 14 5 15 11 6 5 5 10 11 15 5 1 44% 56% ¶ Man of the match: Marko Marin ¶