FFO Premier League, Manchester City vs. Brighton (Wed Apr 17) Manchester City | Brighton 5-2-1-2 A | 4-4-2 D Nick Lovell | - | Ederson GK | GK R_Sanchez Ruben_Dias DF | DF Yeray J_Stones DF | DF A_Florenzi Marquinhos DF | DF H_Bellerin D_Rensch DF | DF J_Angelino N_Otamendi DF | MF M_Kovacic N_Rovella MF | MF Rodri B_Silva AM | MF J_Henderson J_Bellingham FW | MF Y_Bissouma P_Foden FW | FW S_Haller S_Sohm MF | FW M_Reus | A_Nubel SUB | SUB S_Mignolet B_Gibson SUB | SUB J_Bednarek L_Magnino SUB | SUB J_Muller T_Eaves SUB | SUB J_Henry J_Murphy SUB | SUB L_Alberto Min. 2 :(mnc) J_Bellingham beats Yeray ... It looked like he pushed his marker ... "Play On!" Waves The Referee ... J_Bellingham hits a great shot! ... But R_Sanchez with the difficult save Min. 4 :(bri) J_Henderson has it now ... He takes on Ruben_Dias ... He gets past him! ... He puts in Y_Bissouma! ... Marquinhos with a nasty foul ... The Referee will want to speak to him ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll be off if he does that again Min. 6 :(mnc) S_Sohm turns past Rodri ... He has some space now! ... H_Bellerin takes the player out!! ... The ref turns away!! Min. 15 :(mnc) A defence splitting pass from Marquinhos to S_Sohm ... H_Bellerin read the danger and stops the pass Min. 20 :(mnc) D_Rensch takes a throw in ... He throws the ball into S_Sohm ... S_Sohm has time and space! ... He shoots towards goal! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... GOAL!! ... Right into the top corner! ... That's given Manchester City the lead! ... Manchester City 1-0 Brighton ... Min. 20 :(mnc) Tactical Change by Manchester City ... N_Rovella will now play as a DM Min. 20 :(mnc) Tactical Change by Manchester City ... B_Silva will now play as a MF Min. 20 :(mnc) J_Stones jinks past J_Henderson ... J_Angelino is late with that one ... There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge ... He got away with just a warning ... FREE KICK! ... The Referee signals that it is indirect ... P_Foden shapes to shoot ... He plays it to B_Silva instead ... B_Silva fires the shot in! ... OOOOHHHHH!! ... Unbelievable!! ... It's gone wide Min. 21 :(mnc) P_Foden beats H_Bellerin with absolute ease! ... P_Foden with a graceful, looping effort! ... It's just over! ... 9 times out of 10 he would have scored that! Min. 23 :(mnc) N_Otamendi heads the ball back to N_Rovella ... N_Rovella fires a shot at goal! ... R_Sanchez makes the save ... He hits the ball upfield! Min. 27 :(mnc) P_Foden finds J_Bellingham in acres of space ... J_Bellingham carves a shot towards goal! ... It goes wide! ... He made that look harder than it was!! Min. 27 :(bri) M_Kovacic with a 40-yard pass to J_Henderson ... S_Sohm with the tackle ... The Referee will want to speak to him ... The Referee calls him over ... What's it going to be? ... YELLOW CARD! ... He'll need to be careful from now on! Min. 30 :(bri) Y_Bissouma hoofs it upfield to find S_Haller ... N_Rovella slides in hard! ... And knocks the ball out for a throw! Min. 33 :(mnc) J_Bellingham with the dribble ... This is a great chance ... J_Bellingham tries the lob from 30 yards! ... GOAL!! ... R_Sanchez will be disappointed he did not save that! ... Manchester City 2-0 Brighton ... Min. 34 :(mnc) Tactical Change by Manchester City ... Manchester City have changed their playing style to P Min. 34 :(mnc) Tactical Change by Manchester City ... N_Rovella will now play as a MF Min. 34 :(mnc) Tactical Change by Manchester City ... J_Bellingham will now play as a AM Min. 35 :(mnc) Ruben_Dias finds his way through ... His quick turn fooled Y_Bissouma ... Well intercepted by H_Bellerin Min. 36 :(mnc) B_Silva with a slide rule pass to J_Bellingham ... Yeray with the block Min. 36 :(mnc) J_Bellingham kills the ball dead ... A_Florenzi with an ugly foul ... It's a yellow, and rightly so ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 37 :(mnc) B_Silva finds P_Foden with a ball over the defence ... Y_Bissouma is forced to retreat ... He knocks it back! ... R_Sanchez misses it! ... It creeps just wide! ... CORNER! ... B_Silva lofts the ball in! ... H_Bellerin wins the ball ... He belts it away Min. 40 :(bri) Rodri looks to play the ball out wide ... He plays the ball across to M_Reus ... But N_Otamendi spotted the danger and cleans up the play Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 3 minutes of injury time. Min. 45 :(bri) Substitution by Brighton ... COMING ON: L_Alberto ... COMING OFF: M_Reus Min. 45 :(bri) Substitution by Brighton ... COMING ON: J_Bednarek ... COMING OFF: J_Angelino Min. 48 :(bri) J_Henderson runs at the defence ... He nutmegs D_Rensch ... He showed his class there ... Blocked by N_Otamendi ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Manchester City 2-0 Brighton Min. 55 :(mnc) J_Bellingham plays it forward to S_Sohm ... Yeray wins the ball with a clear tackle Min. 59 :(mnc) P_Foden nutmegs Y_Bissouma, he continues to run forward ... P_Foden launches himself head first to connect with the low cross! ... But R_Sanchez parries the ball ... It's picked up by the defender, much to the relief of the crowd Min. 59 :(mnc) J_Stones takes on J_Bednarek ... He runs past him ... H_Bellerin with a terrible tackle ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll need to be careful from now on Min. 64 :(mnc) N_Rovella looks for options ... He knocks the ball across to Ruben_Dias ... A glorious effort by Ruben_Dias! ... It takes a deflection! ... But sails wide! ... CORNER! ... J_Bellingham plays it into the danger area! ... The danger is dealt with by J_Bednarek Min. 66 :(mnc) Marquinhos crosses into the box, finding J_Stones ... J_Stones hits a curling shot! ... GOAL!! ... R_Sanchez was caught out there ... Manchester City 3-0 Brighton ... Min. 70 :(mnc) J_Bellingham finds his way through ... His quick turn fooled Yeray ... Y_Bissouma with a nasty foul ... That looked malicious ... The Referee calls him over ... YELLOW CARD! Min. 76 :(mnc) J_Bellingham takes advantage of a bad back pass from A_Florenzi ... Yeray with the high feet Min. 85 :(bri) L_Alberto runs forward ... He nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully ... He only has going for goal in mind! ... Marquinhos makes the challenge and clears the ball Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 6 minutes of injury time. Min. 89 :(mnc) S_Sohm sidesteps his marker ... That was too easy ... J_Bednarek pulls on his shirt ... He wins the ball ... The defender got away with the foul there! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Etihad Stadium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manchester City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : Marquinhos (Man of the Match) Scorers : S_Sohm (20), J_Bellingham (33), J_Stones (66) Sent Off : N/A Booked : Marquinhos (4), S_Sohm (27) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brighton Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : J_Bednarek Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : A_Florenzi (36), H_Bellerin (59), Y_Bissouma (70) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manchester City | Brighton Attempts on Goal : 10 | 0 Off target : 4 | 0 On target : 6 | 0 Possession : 62 | 38 Corners : 2 | 0 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 2 | 3 Subs Used : 0 | 2 Fouls : 5 | 10 Key Tackles : 4 | 9 Key Passes : 9 | 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Manchester City 3 - 0 Brighton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Manchester City Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ederson GK 26 1 1 1 22 | 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Ruben_Dias DF 1 22 18 14 27 | 99 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 J_Stones DF 1 22 19 14 26 | 99 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 Marquinhos DF 1 23 18 15 25 | 99 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 27 -5 D_Rensch DF 1 20 17 13 28 | 99 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 N_Otamendi DF 1 17 13 3 29 | 99 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 25 10 N_Rovella MF 1 17 21 7 25 | 99 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 29 17 29 B_Silva MF 1 4 23 18 24 | 99 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 J_Bellingham AM 1 17 22 20 28 | 99 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 26 P_Foden FW 1 6 21 20 28 | 99 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 S_Sohm MF 1 5 16 13 21 | 99 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -5 -5 25 A_Nubel GK 18 1 1 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B_Gibson DF 1 11 8 5 29 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L_Magnino DF 1 15 12 10 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T_Eaves FW 1 2 7 11 29 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Murphy MF 1 2 10 7 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Brighton Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R_Sanchez GK 24 1 1 1 22 | 99 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -18 0 0 0 Yeray DF 1 21 12 9 33 | 99 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 A_Florenzi DF 1 21 15 10 27 | 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -5 -5 -5 H_Bellerin DF 1 21 15 9 21 | 99 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 45 -15 -15 J_Angelino DF 1 20 14 7 22 | 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Kovacic MF 1 5 21 15 22 | 99 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 Rodri MF 1 15 21 7 21 | 99 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -10 -3 -10 J_Henderson MF 1 6 20 14 30 | 99 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 Y_Bissouma MF 1 15 20 10 31 | 99 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 3 -5 S_Haller FW 1 6 12 21 27 | 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Reus FW 1 4 20 17 24 | 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Mignolet GK 16 1 1 1 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Bednarek DF 1 20 14 11 23 | 54 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 J_Muller DF 1 16 12 7 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Henry MF 1 3 14 12 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L_Alberto FW 1 1 9 17 31 | 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1713373118 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40