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Date:Sunday February 24 2013
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Manchester City 2 - Chelsea 0
FA Barclays Premier League
The Etihad Stadium
24/2/13
Attendance: 47, 256
Referee: Andre Marriner
Manchester City |
2 - 0 |
Chelsea |
Y Touré 63′ Tévez 85′ |
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Venue: The Etihad Stadium |
Attendance: 47, 256 |
The Teams | ||||||||
01 Hart |
01 Cech |
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05 Zabaleta |
02 Ivanovic |
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22 Clichy |
03 Cole |
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28 K Touré |
04 David Luiz |
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33 Nastasic |
24 Cahill |
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07 Milner |
07 Ramires |
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14 Garcia |
08 Lampard |
68' |
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17 Rodwell |
54' |
10 Mata |
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21 Silva |
90' |
12 Mikel |
81' |
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42 Y Touré |
17 Hazard |
68' |
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16 Aguero |
90' |
29 Ba |
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Substitutes | ||||||||
30 Pantilimon |
22 Turnbull |
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06 Lescott |
90' |
26 Terry |
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13 Kolarov |
28 Azpilicueta |
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08 Nasri |
90' |
34 Bertrand |
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11 Sinclair |
11 Oscar |
68' |
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10 Dzeko |
13 Moses |
68' |
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32 Tévez |
54' |
09 Torres |
81' |
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Game Statistics | ||||||||
16 |
Goal Attempts |
4 |
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12 |
On Target |
1 |
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6 |
Corners |
6 |
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2 |
Offside |
1 |
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19 |
Fouls |
4 |
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3 |
Yellow Cards |
1 |
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52 |
% |
48 |
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Comments... | ||||||||
| Johnny On The Spot: Fighting spirit and then some. What a travesty it would have been had Manchester City not won this crucial game. Too often this season, not least in the corresponding fixture at Stamford Bridge, City have failed to transform superiority into a clear win but such was that superiority in every department today there was only ever going to be one winner...Roberto Mancini set his side up to flood midfield from the outset naming Aguero as solo striker for the latest must win encounter. City's first half dominance was absolute and a steady flow of carefully constructed attacks was only checked by the strange over-protection afforded to a stream of Chelsea turf plummeters by referee Marriner...Chelsea appeared very much there for the taking with only one long range Lampard rugby conversion registered on the City goal. Hopelessly stifled creatively, they were forced to look to their wings resulting in zero threat...The visitors first shot from open play came on 50 minutes. And a second followed rapidly when Marriner adjudged Hart to have brought down the sprawling and otherwise anonymous Ba in the City box. Oddly, England's Number One wasn't sanctioned and went on to superbly save Lampard's second effort of the game...City's intent and collective will to win finally saw them take the lead shortly afterwards in technically clinical fashion through the immense Yaya Touré who delivered yet again when it truly mattered in what resembled a five-a-side move...Chelsea nemesis Carlos Tévez, having been brought on close to the hour mark to open Chelsea up then wrapped up the three points with a trademark rocket blaster and the roars of "MANCINI" grew louder...Universally derided by scurrilous rag trouser sliming hacks and pundits, Mancio's tactics today were absolutely spot on. His side maintained the best defensive record in the league with a 12th clean sheet. His total control of midfield was symbolised by Benitez's withdrawl of Hazard, Mikel and Lampard who all failed abysmally in Manchester. In stark contrast to a woeful Chelsea performance, the City gaffer's men never gave up today and some serious shifts were put in right across the team. The movement and desire were there for all to see and bode well for the big run-in. On this evidence City are going to fight to the end. Stats Courtesy BBC Sport | ||||||||
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