FFO Prem, Cardiff City vs. Manchester City (Fri Apr 11) Cardiff City | Manchester City 4-3-1-2 P | 5-1-1-1-2 C Matt Rose | Nick Lovell | R_Allsop GK | GK Ederson I_Fresneda DF | DF Marquinhos T_Lockyer DF | DF J_Stones J_Vestergaard DF | DF D_Rensch J_Justin DF | DF M_Thiaw M_Brozovic MF | DF Ruben_Dias M_Caqueret MF | DM Am_Onana T_Lemar MF | MF B_Silva M_Gotze AM | AM J_Bellingham A_Silva FW | FW A_Gordon I_Thiago FW | FW H_Kane | J_Alnwick SUB | SUB S_Soares N_Osborne SUB | SUB L_Magnino J_Taylor SUB | SUB L_Aigner R_Koren SUB | SUB S_Sohm J_Brekalo SUB | SUB N_Goodman Min. 1 :(mnc) J_Bellingham holds the ball up and waits for support ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to A_Gordon ... A_Gordon cracks a laser towards goal! ... R_Allsop tips it round the post ... Good save ... Corner not given!! Min. 2 :(mnc) D_Rensch has the ball on the wing ... He knocks the ball past the defender! ... He has some space now! ... D_Rensch with the deft touch! ... He hits the ball towards goal! ... He watches the ball, volleys it with superb technique ... GOAL!!!! ... And what a goal!! ... The subs are on the pitch filming the celebrations on their smartphones! ... That will be a viral clip! ... Manchester City have taken the lead! ... Cardiff City 0-1 Manchester City ... Min. 4 :(car) J_Justin looks around for some movement ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He hits the ball to I_Thiago ... A vicious shot by I_Thiago! ... Ederson parries it ... CORNER! ... M_Caqueret drives it into the box! ... Ederson makes the catch! Min. 4 :(mnc) J_Bellingham plays a quick one-two with his team mate ... He runs towards goal now ... M_Brozovic rushes in with a poor tackle!! ... That's a foul!! Min. 4 :(mnc) J_Bellingham boots it towards J_Stones ... J_Stones blasts it at the goal! ... R_Allsop parries it Min. 5 :(car) I_Fresneda lobs it over D_Rensch ... Ruben_Dias robs him of the ball Min. 6 :(car) J_Justin controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball into the middle! ... T_Lockyer gets onto the end of the pass! ... Ruben_Dias dives in with both feet!! ... Play On!! Min. 8 :(mnc) J_Stones takes advantage of a mistake by I_Fresneda ... It's a lucky break ... But he stands on the ball and falls over!! ... T_Lockyer picks up the loose ball and clears the danger Min. 9 :(mnc) A_Gordon pushes it past the defender ... From long range A_Gordon bends the ball towards goal! ... It's going over! ... It dips dramatically!! ... GOAL!! ... Cardiff City 0-2 Manchester City ... Min. 10 :(mnc) Tactical Change by Manchester City ... Am_Onana will now play as a MF Min. 11 :(mnc) D_Rensch brings the ball into the opposing area ... J_Bellingham makes himself available ... J_Bellingham strikes a wicked curler! ... But it goes just over Min. 12 :(mnc) The defender underhits the back pass! ... J_Bellingham is through! ... What a mistake by T_Lockyer! ... J_Bellingham with the side footed shot! ... R_Allsop saves, but he fumbles ... But he gathers at the second attempt! Min. 13 :(mnc) H_Kane sidesteps I_Fresneda ... That was too easy ... What a shot from H_Kane! ... It could go anywhere ... OOOOHHHHH!! ... It grazes the post and goes wide Min. 19 :(mnc) M_Thiaw holds the ball up ... He knocks a through ball to B_Silva ... B_Silva looks to see where R_Allsop is! ... He shoots! ... Terrific shot ... It takes a bounce of the defender ... The deflection takes it just wide ... That's unlucky! Min. 20 :(mnc) H_Kane off the woodwork! ... Ruben_Dias picks up the deflection ... Ruben_Dias goes for the top corner! ... But he got that all wrong Min. 23 :(mnc) B_Silva with the dribble ... I_Thiago is easily beaten ... T_Lockyer is called for the holding foul ... Looked like a fair jump ... The referee got it wrong ... The Referee calls him over ... YELLOW CARD! ... He can't complain about that Min. 23 :(mnc) Ruben_Dias passes the ball to J_Stones ... J_Stones sees R_Allsop off his line! ... Terrific shot ... It takes a bounce of the defender ... The deflection takes it just wide ... That's unlucky! Min. 24 :(mnc) Marquinhos looks up for support ... He spots his team mate making a run now ... He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! ... J_Bellingham receives the pass and heads towards the goal ... R_Allsop with a late tackle ... Well to be fair he was looking for the foul ... He gets away with that one ... It's just a warning ... FREE KICK! ... They are lining up to take this one! ... Looks like a set piece from the training ground coming up! ... H_Kane hits it hard with some tremendous top spin ... R_Allsop beats the ball away Min. 27 :(mnc) A_Gordon sidesteps J_Justin ... He showed great skill there ... But T_Lockyer wins the tackle Min. 31 :(mnc) D_Rensch with a neat pass into H_Kane ... I_Fresneda fouls ... That was disgusting ... The Referee calls him over ... YELLOW CARD! Min. 32 :(mnc) R_Allsop miskicks! ... J_Stones is through! ... J_Stones hits the ball on the bounce! ... But R_Allsop makes a fine save Min. 35 :(car) J_Vestergaard flights the ball to A_Silva ... A_Silva has time and space! ... He tries the lob! ... It takes a deflection! ... But goes wide! ... CORNER! ... The corner is swung in by M_Gotze! ... T_Lemar gets something on it! ... What agility from Ederson Min. 35 :(mnc) Ruben_Dias beats A_Silva ... That was a quick burst of pace to set him free ... A_Silva with an ugly foul ... There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge ... He's warned for that one ... Anymore like that and he'll receive a booking Min. 36 :(car) J_Justin with the towering header to I_Thiago ... J_Bellingham reads him well and hoofs it clear Min. 37 :(car) M_Caqueret unselfishly heads the ball back to J_Justin ... Wonderful sliding challenge by M_Thiaw Min. 38 :(car) M_Caqueret plays it to his team mate for a one-two ... A_Silva decides to go for goal instead! ... Ruben_Dias knocks the ball back to Ederson ... Ohhhh no!! ... It's gone past Ederson! ... And just creeps wide!! ... CORNER! ... I_Thiago with an outswinging corner into the box ... The ball comes to M_Brozovic ... He gets the shot away ... But he somehow misses ... The Manchester City fans laugh at him Min. 39 :(car) I_Thiago dribbles past J_Stones ... I_Thiago has time and space! ... He shoots towards goal! ... GOAL!! ... What a finish! ... The Cardiff City fans sing his praises! ... Cardiff City 1-2 Manchester City ... Min. 40 :(car) T_Lemar sidesteps his marker ... That was too easy ... J_Bellingham gets the foot in to win the ball Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time Min. 43 :(car) T_Lemar finds the run of M_Gotze ... M_Gotze with the attempt at goal! ... But he's put it wide ... How did he manage to miss that one?!?!? Min. 43 :(mnc) J_Bellingham beats J_Justin ... He showed great skill there ... J_Bellingham goes for goal! ... He's dragged it wide!! ... He looks horrified by that miss! ... He puts his face in his hands! Min. 44 :(mnc) R_Allsop with a terrible kick! ... Marquinhos takes control of the ball! ... T_Lemar with a nasty foul ... The Referee wants a quiet word Min. 44 :(mnc) D_Rensch beats I_Fresneda ... It looked like he pushed his marker ... "Play On!" Waves The Referee ... I_Fresneda recovers to win the ball back. He's a real bundle of energy Min. 45 :(car) M_Brozovic with the dribble ... M_Brozovic with a hard drive! What a hit son! What a hit! ... But Ederson makes a fine save ... Wow!! That was close! ... He had to be at his best to reach that one! Min. 45 :(mnc) J_Bellingham jumps over I_Thiago's challenge ... T_Lemar bundles the player over!! ... That's a foul!! ... It's a yellow, and rightly so ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 45 :(mnc) Am_Onana flicks it past I_Fresneda ... He runs forward ... J_Justin wins control of the ball with his hand!! ... Play On!! Min. 46 :(car) I_Thiago knocks it past the defender and runs onto it ... He showed great skill and pace there ... I_Thiago throws himself at the ball! ... He manages to reach the ball ... It's going over! ... It dips dramatically!! ... And Ederson reacts well to tip it over ... CORNER! ... T_Lemar floats the ball in! ... Ederson comes towards the ball ... And he claims it with ease! Min. 46 :(mnc) R_Allsop miskicks! ... H_Kane takes control of the ball! ... H_Kane with a terrific drive! ... It sails over! ... He should have hit the target at least!! ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Cardiff City 1-2 Manchester City Min. 46 :(car) M_Gotze moves out wide ... He plays the ball through to I_Fresneda ... A left-footer by I_Fresneda! ... Ederson with a fantastic save ... His captain pats him on the back for that one Min. 48 :(mnc) Am_Onana reads the run of J_Bellingham ... J_Bellingham has his eyes on the goal! ... He fires the ball goalward! ... But R_Allsop punches it away ... That's gone out for a goal kick ... It was clear to everyone that R_Allsop got a touch Min. 52 :(car) M_Brozovic slides it through the middle to M_Gotze ... M_Gotze aims for the top right corner! ... But he puts it over ... He can't be happy with that effort Min. 53 :(mnc) Marquinhos makes the tackle ... Marquinhos with the cheeky shot! ... The net bulges! ... GOAL!! ... He kisses the badge! ... He shows his love for the club!! ... The fans cheer him and chant his name!! ... Cardiff City 1-3 Manchester City ... Min. 54 :(car) T_Lemar sees a team mate making a run! ... He swings the ball in ... M_Caqueret gets on the end of the pass ... He is in space! ... J_Stones wins control of the ball with his hand!! ... Play On!! Min. 54 :(mnc) A_Gordon flicks it past I_Fresneda ... He runs forward ... A_Gordon with a stunning strike! ... R_Allsop parries it, he follows it up ... GOAL!! ... The defence had gone walk about! ... Cardiff City 1-4 Manchester City ... Min. 55 :(mnc) Ruben_Dias curls the ball out wide to J_Bellingham ... J_Bellingham with the header! ... But R_Allsop stops that one easily Min. 58 :(car) A_Silva turns past his marker ... He has some space now! ... A_Silva with his head down lets it go! ... Ederson makes a difficult save Min. 58 :(car) M_Caqueret with the dribble ... He skips through the tackle ... D_Rensch fouls badly Min. 59 :(mnc) J_Stones heads the ball back to D_Rensch ... D_Rensch hits the shot with the outside of the right foot! ... Gooooooooooooool! ... Gooooooooooooool! ... Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooool ... I want to cry! ... Dear God! ... Long live football! ... Gooooooooooal! ... Cardiff City 1-5 Manchester City ... Min. 60 :(car) Substitution by Cardiff City ... COMING ON: J_Taylor ... COMING OFF: M_Caqueret Min. 60 :(mnc) Substitution by Manchester City ... COMING ON: L_Aigner ... COMING OFF: Marquinhos Min. 60 :(mnc) Substitution by Manchester City ... COMING ON: S_Sohm ... COMING OFF: H_Kane Min. 60 :(mnc) A_Gordon holds the ball up and waits for support ... He knocks the ball across to J_Bellingham ... J_Bellingham with a graceful, looping effort! ... It goes wide! ... He made that look harder than it was!! Min. 61 :(mnc) Ruben_Dias is out on the right ... He moves the ball left to J_Bellingham ... Excellent sliding challenge from I_Thiago ... He had to time that one perfectly Min. 62 :(car) J_Vestergaard slows the ball down and waits for support ... He spots his team mate making a run now ... He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! ... His team mate plays the through ball for him! ... Well intercepted by L_Aigner Min. 67 :(car) M_Brozovic with the dribble ... He's through on goal ... M_Brozovic hits the shot with the inside of the right foot! ... Ederson was lucky there Min. 68 :(mnc) J_Bellingham with a precise ball to S_Sohm ... A powerful shot by S_Sohm! ... R_Allsop won't get to that! ... It clips the post! ... And goes wide! Min. 70 :(car) Substitution by Cardiff City ... COMING ON: R_Koren ... COMING OFF: M_Gotze Min. 73 :(car) M_Brozovic chips the ball forward to T_Lockyer ... T_Lockyer breaks clear! ... He just has Ederson to beat! ... He rounds Ederson ... He has been pushed wide! ... Surely he can't score from that angle! ... That shot never looked like going in Min. 73 :(mnc) S_Sohm finds J_Bellingham in acres of space ... J_Bellingham with the ball at his feet ... Is he going to have a crack? ... He is, you know... ... R_Allsop with a great save ... And he holds onto it as well! Min. 75 :(car) Substitution by Cardiff City ... COMING ON: J_Brekalo ... COMING OFF: A_Silva Min. 75 :(mnc) J_Stones feeds the ball through the middle ... B_Silva runs onto it ... He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender ... B_Silva drives the ball low! ... R_Allsop with a great save ... He holds onto it as well! Min. 80 :(mnc) S_Sohm jinks infield ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to A_Gordon ... A_Gordon drives the ball low! ... But he somehow misses ... He can't be happy with that effort Min. 82 :(car) M_Brozovic drives it across the face of the goal R_Koren ... Am_Onana rushes in with a poor tackle!! ... That's a foul!! ... The Referee wants a word ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 83 :(mnc) B_Silva sidesteps I_Fresneda ... He showed great skill there ... J_Justin with a perfectly timed tackle Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time. Min. 88 :(mnc) Am_Onana has found himself in space ... He looks up for his team mates ... He swings the ball in ... Ruben_Dias gets on the end of the pass ... He is in space! ... But J_Vestergaard puts the ball out of play Min. 90 :(mnc) B_Silva drives the ball across field ... It comes to J_Stones ... J_Stones attempts the shot! ... R_Allsop gets a hand to it!! ... But he slots in the rebound ... NO HE DOESN'T!! ... How on Earth did he put that wide? ... He was two yards out! Min. 92 :(car) I_Thiago with a 30-yard pass to J_Brekalo ... M_Thiaw tries to clear it ... He has miskicked it!! ... It goes wide! ... CORNER! ... R_Koren swings the ball in hard and fast with some tremendous top spin! ... It comes to J_Justin ... He fires it towards to goal ... But Ederson just gets his fingers to that one ... CORNER! ... M_Brozovic swings it in! ... D_Rensch clears the corner with a header away from the near post Min. 93 :(mnc) Am_Onana with an incisive pass to D_Rensch ... J_Brekalo with an awful challenge ... INDIRECT FREE KICK! ... Am_Onana swings it in ... Ruben_Dias gets on the end of it ... Ruben_Dias hits the ball first time! ... R_Allsop saves, but he can't keep hold of it ... It goes wide! ... CORNER! ... J_Stones drives it into the box! ... T_Lockyer reads the ball well and clears Min. 93 :(mnc) A_Gordon with the mazy dribble ... He takes it past the defender ... What a fantastic interception by J_Justin ... He read that situation like a book! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Cardiff City Stadium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardiff City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : I_Thiago Scorers : I_Thiago (39) Sent Off : N/A Booked : T_Lockyer (23), I_Fresneda (31), T_Lemar (45) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manchester City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : A_Gordon (Man of the Match) Scorers : D_Rensch (2,59), A_Gordon (9,54), Marquinhos (53) Sent Off : N/A Booked : Am_Onana (82) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardiff City | Manchester City Attempts on Goal : 14 | 26 Off target : 5 | 11 On target : 9 | 15 Possession : 33 | 67 Corners : 6 | 1 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 3 | 1 Subs Used : 3 | 2 Fouls : 16 | 7 Key Tackles : 9 | 10 Key Passes : 13 | 19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Cardiff City 1 - 5 Manchester City ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Cardiff City Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R_Allsop GK 24 1 1 1 28 | 95 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 I_Fresneda DF 1 20 18 3 27 | 95 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13 -4 21 T_Lockyer DF 1 21 16 8 27 | 95 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 44 -4 15 J_Vestergaard DF 1 20 15 13 28 | 95 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 15 0 J_Justin DF 1 19 15 8 28 | 95 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 54 45 20 M_Brozovic MF 1 15 20 10 29 | 95 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 30 53 M_Caqueret MF 1 14 20 4 25 | 61 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 T_Lemar MF 1 4 20 18 22 | 95 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 -4 16 6 M_Gotze AM 1 6 20 15 26 | 71 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 24 A_Silva FW 1 7 13 23 28 | 76 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 I_Thiago FW 1 6 17 22 25 | 95 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 31 13 30 J_Alnwick GK 17 1 1 1 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N_Osborne DF 1 19 15 9 20 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Taylor MF 15 1 1 1 22 | 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Koren AM 1 8 17 16 21 | 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Brekalo FW 1 3 13 18 27 | 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 27 1 1 1 22 | 95 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 Marquinhos DF 1 24 19 16 25 | 61 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 30 J_Stones DF 1 23 20 15 26 | 95 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 14 34 50 D_Rensch DF 1 22 18 15 28 | 95 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 15 24 64 M_Thiaw DF 1 22 18 16 28 | 95 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 12 0 Ruben_Dias DF 1 23 19 15 27 | 95 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 42 33 25 Am_Onana MF 1 20 23 12 29 | 95 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 -4 10 -4 B_Silva MF 1 5 24 19 24 | 95 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 17 J_Bellingham AM 1 18 24 22 28 | 95 0 2 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 38 18 39 A_Gordon FW 1 4 21 21 26 | 95 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 9 53 H_Kane FW 1 7 19 24 27 | 61 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 S_Soares GK 22 1 1 1 23 | 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 L_Aigner DF 1 16 9 4 18 | 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 S_Sohm MF 1 5 16 13 21 | 34 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 14 N_Goodman FW 1 3 13 18 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1744390022 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40