Start TeamManchester City:
Pantilimon; Zabaleta, Kompany, Savic, Clichy; Milner, De Jong, Y.Toure; Nasri, Aguero, Tevez.
Chelsea:
Cech; Ivanovic, Luiz, Terry, Cole; Lampard, Mike,l Ramires; Mata, Hazard, Torres.
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0’ TEVEZ START THE BALL
2’ DAVID LUIZ MAKE AFOUL A FREE KICK FROM MAN CITY LEFT ANGLE FROM THE GOAL SIDE
appearance the head coach of England team is in the ground watch the game
15’ what a chance for man city and the wasted here by samir nasri
17’ cech save a corner
22’ man city they waste another chance to go front when aguero smash a header and goin wide
24’ frank lampard make a shot and pantilimon catches the ball so easy.32’ yellow card Remires for playing a foul to samir nasri
35’ what a beuty one two for chelsebut ends in the arm of PANTILIMON
36’ ANOTHER CORNER FOR MAN CITY AND SAVED BY CECH
40’ goooooooaalllll for Chelsea by frenando Tores
now Chelsea 1 – Man city 0
42’ its a RED CARD FOR IVANOVIC what a shame for him now Chelsea remain with ten man in the Pitch
45’ another yellow card for Chelsea side now its Lampard
45’ another yellow card for Chelsea side now its Lampard
3’ additional time its over and Chelsea going front by one Goal
HALFTIME
While Manchester City are also on the hunt for new talent, and the breaking news this afternoon is that they have agreed a fee with Everton for Jack Rodwell.
Plenty of good stuff on Soccernet this Sunday. Firstly, Alex Ferguson has stepped up Man Utd's pursuit of Robin Van Perise.
SECOND HALF
CHELSEA 1 - MAN CITY 0
46’ We are back, and with a change as Gael Clichy replaces Savic.
47’ Great burst from Torres as he pokes the ball past Clichy and is only thwarted by Kolarov at the last.
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49’ Torres is in the mood here, as he charges at City again and draws a block from Kompany. Yellow for City's skipper.
52’ GOAL Yaya Toure slots it home.
53’ Man City 1-1 Chelsea John Terry's attempted clearance from a corner fell to Toure on the edge of the box and he fired a low drive past Petr Cech. Game on
53’ Man City 1-1 Chelsea John Terry's attempted clearance from a corner fell to Toure on the edge of the box and he fired a low drive past Petr Cech. Game on
59’ GOAL Tevez with a stunner! What a strike! He took the ball from Nasri, cut inside and laced a shot into the top corner past a motionless Cech. Man City 2-1 Chelsea.
61’ Zabaleta clips Hazard who goes down a little easily again. Cole takes the free kick quickly and wastes possession.
62’ yellow card Now Cole is booked for a petulant kick on Tevez.
63’ Ramires fires a shot in on goal but it was always right down Pantilimon's throat.
65’ GOAL Game over I would suggest - Nasri pokes home Kolarov's cross and that is 3-1 City.
66’ Bit of a disservice to Nasri saying he poked that one home, it was a very good finish to what was a strongly hit cross from Kolarov. City are running riot now.
67’ A City corner drops on the edge of the box to Nasri but he slices his half volley wide.
68’ Hazard dwells on the ball a little and Zabaleta slides in to win back possession.
71’ A Chelsea change: Hazard makes way and Ryan Bertrand comes on.
73’City utterly dominant now, keeping the ball and spraying it around.
74’ Now Sturridge comes on for Mata
76’ Very nearly a chance for Kolarov to make it four as Tevez rolled a delicate pass into the area but Cech was alive to it and sank on the ball.
77’ Nasri off, to be replaced by David Silva.
78’ Lampard clatters into Milner as Chelsea's frustrations boil over a little.
79’ GOAL Bertrand pulls one back after Pantilimon spills Sturridge's low shot.
80’ Double yellows for Pantilimon and Bertrand too as the battle over the ball once it had hit the net. The goalkeeper at fault for not holding onto Sturridge's effort, certainly. A sniff for chelsea.
82’ Hopefully that will set up a grandstand finish but with Chelsea tiring, and a man down, City should be able to hold on - barring any more goalkeeping errors.
83’ Chelsea are giving it a go though, as they win a corner and send men forward. Could well be another goal in this game.
84’ Bertrand has been busy since he came on, slipping Cole inside the area just then but Zabaleta stood firm.
86’An errant touch from Torres as Ramires raided down the right. Good spirit from Chelsea in the last ten minutes.
88’evez trots off after a very good shift. He looks fit and hungry. Edin Dzeko replaces him.
89’ Very nearly a fourth for City as Chelsea commit men forward. Milner crosses and Silva's header is saved on the line by Cech.
90’ A sitter missed by Aguero! A lovely move as Toure ran free then fed Milner, he squares it to Aguero but the striker scuffs wide from eight yards out.
91’ Four added minutes as Dzeko is played through but he dawdles a bit and Terry dives in to steal the ball.
92’ Chelsea win a corner as Kolarov conceded possession needlessly.
93’ Chelsea's corner is claimed by Pantilimon and then he releases Silva with City men breaking forward. Ramires blocks off Silva and should really be carded, but he's already on a yellow so the ref decides a ticking off will do.
94’ FULL TIME - An entertaining game and a deserved win for City. The game changed on Ivanovic's sending off, which was harsh to say the least. Tevez and Toure looked very good indeed, while Mata and Hazard failed to fire for the Blues. City will beat the team to beat in the Premier League on this evidence. As curtain raisers for the season go, this was a good 'un.
FULLTIME SCORE
CHELSEA 2 – MAN CITY 3
