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Date:Saturday March 3 2012
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Manchester CITY 2 - Bolton Wanderers 0
FA Barclays Premier League
The Etihad Stadium
3/3/12
Attendance: 47, 219
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Manchester CITY |
2 - 0 |
Bolton Wanderers |
Steinsson og 23 Balotelli 69 |
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Venue: The Etihad Stadium |
Attendance: 47, 219 |
The Teams | ||||||||
25. Hart |
1. Bogdan |
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5. Zabaleta |
19 |
2. Steinsson |
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4. Kompany |
12. Knight |
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6. Lescott |
31. Wheater |
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22. Clichy |
18. Ricketts |
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42. Y Toure |
16. Davies |
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18. Barry |
19. Reo-Coker |
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11. Johnson |
32. Ream |
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8. Pizarro |
61 |
21. Pratley |
87 |
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19. Nasri |
84 |
30. Miyaichi |
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45. Balotelli |
24. Ngog |
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Substitutes | ||||||||
30. Pantilimon GK |
22. Jaaskelainen GK |
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7. Milner |
84 |
4. Robinson |
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10. Dzeko |
61 |
6. Muamba |
87 |
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13. Kolarov |
7. Eagles |
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16. Aguero |
10. Petrov |
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21. Silva |
17. Klasnic |
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28. K Toure |
19 |
29. Sordell |
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Game Statistics | ||||||||
24 |
Goal Attempts |
7 |
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10 |
On Target |
5 |
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7 |
Corners |
4 |
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2 |
Offside |
0 |
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13 |
Fouls |
8 |
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69 |
% |
31 |
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Comments... | ||||||||
| Johnny On The Spot: City answered a week long tsunami of united interviews claiming The Blues were about to bottle their title charge with not even a shoulder shrug in a routine win over Bolton that should have registered double figures...The Citizens blitzed Bolton in the opening and closing stages of a wide open first half which was noteable for a barrage of City shots going anywhere but the back of the net and an unfortunate injury to the brilliantly rampaging Pablo Zabaleta. Roberto Mancini had set The Blues up in a squad rotated 4-2-3-1 formation with the charging Rhino Yaya Toure playing in behind the marauding Mario Balotelli who missed a catalogue of chances...David Pizarro, clearly sent out there with a licence to pass at will introduced a more direct approach to City's play which was reflected in 15 shots at goal inside the first 45 minutes, but the avalanche of goals just wouldn't come as Bolton's defenders lumbered about in panic...The second half became a by now routine Etihad defence against attack training session with Joe Hart again rested. Indeed, the England Number One may as well have gone off and joined the importantly spared Sergio Aguero and David Silva on the bench, such was City's total dominance...Super Mario ultimately made the gulf in class tell, connecting with a brilliant Adam Johnson backheel to secure City's 96th competitive goal of the season. But for referee Mark Clattenburg, who erratic as ever played his customary part in this game by turning down two stonewall penalties for fouls on Balotelli, the scoreline would have certainly been more emphatic. Still, it was gratifying to see that City did not ship any bookings again following a harrowing midwinter littered with soft cards... So all eyes on Tottenham Hotspur tomorrow who have Arsenal breathing down their necks for a third placed finish. All eyes too on the rags who have talked a good mind game all week. Again, they are up against a growing mountain of pro-City statistics. All of a sudden, a 5 point gap and thirteen goals sounds a tall order to overturn, doesn't it...... | ||||||||
Your Comments
Never really got into our stride in that one and still could have had a bucketful. Another three points, another clean sheet and two more for the goal difference. The Sky Blue juggernaut keeps on rolling. Well in City.
Bluedub
should have been a cricket score
Buzz Lightyear
Let's see what Spurs can produce tomorrow, that late Van Persie winner for Arsenic will make the game interesting....Spurs still have a nice little cushion, but I'd certainly prefer 3rd and no qualification games for the CL.....
Well done City, one game less.
Colin Is The King
Sorry, but not impressed with winning 2-0. With the number of chances we had it could and shoulod have been at least 8-0. Just hope squandering all those chances against Blackburn and Notlob won't come back to haunt us. To be fair, whilst there was only ever going to be one winner today, at least Bolton came and tried to play football. hats off to them, they're not great, but on today's evidence they deserve to stay up
fifthcolumnblue
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