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GOAL!! JOÃO PEREIRA tried to play the ball out of the Cruz Azul penalty area but was tackled by HERRMANN who fired the ball to SOLDADO for an easy goal. (1-0 Manchester City)
FELLAINI worked the ball to PACO ALCÁCER, GIMÉNEZ collected his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of ARRIZABALAGA.
A header by HAMSÍK at the far post was easily collected by ARRIZABALAGA.
14¹A free-kick from SOLDADO went wide.
16¹HERRMANN's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
24¹The referee yellow cards JELAVIC for dangerous play against BADSTUBER.
32¹RODRÍGUEZ knocked the ball to SAGNA who fired it wide.
35¹A good effort from HERRMANN scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
42¹GOAL!! On the left wing GIMÉNEZ collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the box for PEREIRA to tuck it home. (1-1)
PACO ALCÁCER headed the ball wide from just outside the area.
GOAL!! The creative JELAVIC neatly headed on a cross for PACO ALCÁCER to thump the ball in. (2-1 Cruz Azul)
HERRMANN poked an easy chance past the far post.
11²VUCINIC hit a deadly shot just beyond the near post from twenty-five yards out.
14²GIMÉNEZ booked for gamesmanship.
16²HERRMANN was put clear by SOLDADO and he stepped inside the 'keeper but glanced his shot over the bar.
17²SOLDADO stormed through the Cruz Azul defence but shot straight at CORONA.
20²A weak shot from SAMUEL trickled agonisingly wide.
24²The hapless Manchester City 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from KÄLLSTRÖM dropped just over.
28²GOAL!! Some fine work by JELAVIC on the right, left PACO ALCÁCER yards clear, and he raced past ARRIZABALAGA and thundered the ball home. (3-1 Cruz Azul)
29²PACO ALCÁCER dribbled away from VERTONGHEN and flicked a tame shot wide.
37²A useful ball from SONG on the left fell to RODRÍGUEZ who scuffed his shot over the bar.
38²GIMÉNEZ made space on the left and dragged the ball to HUIQUI who clipped the ball wide.

 
Manchester City
 
League position: 19
Home league form: LXWW
Overall league form: XLWLLXLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Kepa ARRIZABALAGA1José CORONA(c)
Bacary SAGNA2JOÃO Pedro PEREIRA
Jan VERTONGHEN3Álvaro PEREIRA
Kim KÄLLSTRÖM4Marek HAMSÍK
Alexandre SONG5Joel HUIQUI
Holger BADSTUBER6Walter SAMUEL
(c)Maximiliano RODRÍGUEZ7Marouane FELLAINI
Patrick HERRMANN8Christian GIMÉNEZ
(p)Roberto SOLDADO9PACO ALCÁCER(p)
(f)Efe AMBROSE10Gerardo TORRADO(f)
Mirko VUCINIC11Nikica JELAVIC
Manager
Lucas OCAMPOS  12  SUSO
Nemanja VIDIC  13  Gorka IRAIZOZ
Sebastian MLADEN  14  Melvin BROWN
Craig McALLISTER15  Óscar DE MARCOS
Benjamin VOMÁCKA  16  Alejandro CASTRO
 
Cruz Azul
 
League position: 18
Away league form: XLWL
Overall league form: WXXLWLLX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Manchester City 1 Cruz Azul 3
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 36,167, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Gennaro Borriello 5½)

Soldado 0¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Pereira 42¹, Paco Alcácer 1², Paco Alcácer 28²
KällströmóMcAllister 29² 
  
 Jelavic 24¹, Giménez 14²
08
316
12
45
106
1411
22
50%50%
Man of the match: Holger Badstuber