English Premier League

Sunderland vs Manchester City, 2015-2016 Barclays Premier League

· English Premier League
Sunderland
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    0 - 1
    Manchester City
    • 16': Sergio Agüero

    Sergio Aguero on target as Manchester City edge sorry Sunderland

    Sergio Aguero served up a reminder that there is life before Pep Guardiola as Manchester City maintained their Premier League title challenge.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 1': Foul by Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland).
    • 1': Jesús Navas (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 2': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Lamine Koné.
    • 6': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Bacary Sagna.
    • 7': Attempt blocked. Fabio Borini (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick van Aanholt.
    • 8': Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City).
    • 8': Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 10': Foul by Jermain Defoe (Sunderland).
    • 10': Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Foul by Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City).
    • 12': John O'Shea (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 15': Foul by Martín Demichelis (Manchester City).
    • 15': Jeremain Lens (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 16': Attempt blocked. Jesús Navas (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yaya Touré.
    • 16': Goal! Sunderland 0, Manchester City 1. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
    • 18': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.
    • 24': Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
    • 24': Yann M'Vila (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 25': Offside, Sunderland. Fabio Borini tries a through ball, but Billy Jones is caught offside.
    • 27': Attempt blocked. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
    • 27': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Yann M'Vila.
    • 28': Attempt missed. Fernandinho (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Silva with a cross following a corner.
    • 29': Foul by Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City).
    • 29': Jan Kirchhoff (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 31': Foul by Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City).
    • 31': Jan Kirchhoff (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Fabio Borini (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 33': Foul by Jesús Navas (Manchester City).
    • 34': Attempt missed. Lamine Koné (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jeremain Lens with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 34': Foul by Jermain Defoe (Sunderland).
    • 34': Martín Demichelis (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Delay in match Martín Demichelis (Manchester City) because of an injury.
    • 36': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 37': Foul by Martín Demichelis (Manchester City).
    • 37': Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 39': Offside, Manchester City. Jesús Navas tries a through ball, but Sergio Agüero is caught offside.
    • 40': Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
    • 40': Yann M'Vila (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Attempt missed. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
    • 44': Attempt saved. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jeremain Lens.
    • 44': Billy Jones (Sunderland) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box.
    • 45': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Bacary Sagna.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Sunderland 0, Manchester City 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Sunderland 0, Manchester City 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Sunderland 0, Manchester City 1.
    • 45': Substitution, Manchester City. Fernando replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
    • 45': Substitution, Sunderland. Wahbi Khazri replaces Jeremain Lens.
    • 47': Offside, Sunderland. Jermain Defoe tries a through ball, but Patrick van Aanholt is caught offside.
    • 49': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.
    • 53': Fabio Borini (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 53': Foul by Jesús Navas (Manchester City).
    • 57': Foul by David Silva (Manchester City).
    • 57': Yann M'Vila (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 59': David Silva (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 59': Foul by Billy Jones (Sunderland).
    • 59': Billy Jones (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 60': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Patrick van Aanholt.
    • 61': Attempt saved. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fernandinho.
    • 62': Attempt missed. Lee Cattermole (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 65': Offside, Sunderland. Jan Kirchhoff tries a through ball, but Jermain Defoe is caught offside.
    • 67': Delay in match Lamine Koné (Sunderland) because of an injury.
    • 68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 72': Fernandinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 72': Foul by Wahbi Khazri (Sunderland).
    • 73': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Jan Kirchhoff.
    • 74': Delay in match Jesús Navas (Manchester City) because of an injury.
    • 75': Substitution, Sunderland. Adam Johnson replaces Lee Cattermole.
    • 75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 76': Substitution, Manchester City. Raheem Sterling replaces Jesús Navas because of an injury.
    • 78': Attempt saved. Billy Jones (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jan Kirchhoff.
    • 78': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Joe Hart.
    • 78': Attempt missed. John O'Shea (Sunderland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Lamine Koné with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
    • 79': Foul by Raheem Sterling (Manchester City).
    • 79': Yann M'Vila (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 79': Substitution, Manchester City. Aleksandar Kolarov replaces Yaya Touré.
    • 80': Adam Johnson (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 80': Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City).
    • 80': Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 81': Attempt blocked. Wahbi Khazri (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 82': Bacary Sagna (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Foul by Wahbi Khazri (Sunderland).
    • 82': Substitution, Sunderland. Dame N'Doye replaces Fabio Borini.
    • 83': Offside, Sunderland. Jan Kirchhoff tries a through ball, but Wahbi Khazri is caught offside.
    • 87': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Fernando.
    • 87': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Fernando.
    • 87': Attempt blocked. Dame N'Doye (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 88': Foul by Sergio Agüero (Manchester City).
    • 88': Yann M'Vila (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Yann M'Vila (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Sergio Agüero (Manchester City).
    • 90'+1': Yann M'Vila (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+2': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Bacary Sagna.
    • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Jan Kirchhoff (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dame N'Doye with a headed pass.
    • 90'+4': Fernandinho (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+5': Offside, Manchester City. David Silva tries a through ball, but Aleksandar Kolarov is caught offside.
    • 90'+5': Bacary Sagna (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Sunderland 0, Manchester City 1.

    Statistics

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    15 Fouls 6
    4 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 4
    4 Corner Kicks 8
    3 Saves 1
    50.4 Possession 49.6
    7 SHOTS 11
    2 ON GOAL 3
    0.3 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    323 Accurate Passes 291
    431 Passes 411
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.7
    2 Accurate Crosses 3
    10 Crosses 26
    0.2 Cross % 0.1
    58 Long Balls 68
    18 Accurate Long Balls 22
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.3
    2 Blocked Shots 3
    13 Effective Tackles 21
    21 Tackles 33
    0.6 Tackle % 0.6
    0 Interceptions 0
    36 Effective Clearances 34
    45 Clearances 39

    Game Information

    Competition: English Premier League

    Venue: Stadium of Light
    Location: Sunderland, England
    Attendance: 38,852

    Premier League Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Arsenal 11 +15 26
    2 Chelsea 11 +10 20
    3 Manchester City 10 +12 19
    4 Sunderland 11 +4 19
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    SUN Sunderland (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    25 Vito Mannone (GK)
    16 John O'Shea
    23 Lamine Koné
    27 Jan Kirchhoff
    3 Patrick van Aanholt
    2 Billy Jones Yellow Card
    6 Lee Cattermole
    21 Yann M'vila
    9 Fabio Borini
    17 Jeremain Lens
    18 Jermain Defoe
    Sunderland Substitutes:
    Wes Brown, Dame N'Doye, DeAndre Yedlin, Jordan Pickford, Duncan Watmore, Adam Johnson, Wahbi Khazri.

    MNC Manchester City (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Joe Hart (GK)
    26 Martín Demichelis
    30 Nicolás Otamendi Yellow Card
    22 Gaël Clichy
    3 Bacary Sagna Yellow Card
    42 Yaya Touré
    25 Fernandinho Yellow Card
    21 David Silva
    15 Jesús Navas
    10 Sergio Agüero
    72 Kelechi Iheanacho
    Manchester City Substitutes:
    Pablo Zabaleta, Wilfredo Caballero, Bersant Celina, Fernando, Raheem Sterling, Brandon Barker, Aleksandar Kolarov.

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