English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 21, 2015
Newcastle United LLWDD 0
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Manchester City LLDDW 5
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Etihad Stadium · 45,602 att.

Match Report

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Man City hammer Newcastle for five to trim gap at top to five

Manchester City warmed up for Tuesday's visit of Barcelona in style by crushing Newcastle 5-0 on a perfect day for the Barclays Premier League champions.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
1
43.1
Possession
56.9
8
SHOTS
16
1
ON GOAL
9
0.1
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
391
Accurate Passes
534
448
Passes
604
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
18
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.4
49
Long Balls
36
23
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
1
15
Effective Tackles
21
21
Tackles
28
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
22
17
Clearances
22

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-4-2

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 20Eliaquim MangalaCD-L
  3. 4Vincent KompanyCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 5Pablo ZabaletaRB
  6. 42Yaya TouréCM-L
  7. 25FernandinhoCM-R
  8. 21David SilvaLM
  9. 8Samir NasriRM
  10. 16Sergio AgüeroCF-L
  11. 10Edin DzekoCF-R

NEW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Tim KrulG
  2. 2Fabricio ColocciniCD-L
  3. 6Michael WilliamsonCD-R
  4. 19Massadio HaidaraLB
  5. 22Daryl JanmaatRB
  6. 7Moussa SissokoAM
  7. 8Vurnon AnitaLM
  8. 14Jack ColbackRM
  9. 9Papiss CisséF
  10. 17Ayoze PérezAM-L
  11. 11Yoan GouffranAM-R

Timeline

  1. 1' Vurnon Anita (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 2' Goal! Manchester City 1, Newcastle United 0. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 12' Goal! Manchester City 2, Newcastle United 0. Samir Nasri (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  4. 21' Goal! Manchester City 3, Newcastle United 0. Edin Dzeko (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Silva with a through ball.
  5. 29' Jack Colback (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 37' Vincent Kompany (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 39' Yaya Touré (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 45' Substitution, Newcastle United. Mehdi Abeid replaces Vurnon Anita.
  9. 51' Goal! Manchester City 4, Newcastle United 0. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Samir Nasri.
  10. 53' Goal! Manchester City 5, Newcastle United 0. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergio Agüero.
  11. 59' Substitution, Manchester City. Jesús Navas replaces David Silva.
  12. 60' Substitution, Manchester City. Wilfried Bony replaces Sergio Agüero.
  13. 70' Substitution, Manchester City. Frank Lampard replaces Samir Nasri.
  14. 71' Substitution, Newcastle United. Ryan Taylor replaces Daryl Janmaat because of an injury.
  15. 83' Edin Dzeko (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  16. 86' Substitution, Newcastle United. Gabriel Obertan replaces Yoan Gouffran.

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