English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 20, 2014
Crystal Palace WDLDD 0
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Manchester City WWWWW 3
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Etihad Stadium · 45,302 att.

Match Report

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David Silva double lifts Manchester City to win over Crystal Palace

David Silva struck twice as Manchester City made light of their absence of strikers to brush troubled Crystal Palace aside 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
8
0
Saves
1
27.5
Possession
72.5
6
SHOTS
15
1
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
179
Accurate Passes
658
273
Passes
740
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
5
18
Crosses
26
0.2
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
33
18
Accurate Long Balls
11
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
4
15
Effective Tackles
15
21
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
30
20
Clearances
30

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 20Eliaquim MangalaCD-L
  3. 26Martín DemichelisCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 5Pablo ZabaletaRB
  6. 21David SilvaAM
  7. 25FernandinhoLM
  8. 42Yaya TouréRM
  9. 7James MilnerF
  10. 8Samir NasriAM-L
  11. 15Jesús NavasAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 61Thierry AmbroseSUB
  2. 6FernandoSUB
  3. 38Dedryck BoyataSUB
  4. 18Frank LampardSUB
  5. 12Scott SinclairSUB
  6. 3Bacary SagnaSUB
  7. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB

CRY · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Julian SperoniG
  2. 4Brede HangelandCD-L
  3. 6Scott DannCD-R
  4. 15Mile JedinakDM
  5. 2Joel WardLB
  6. 34Martin KellyRB
  7. 28Joe LedleyCM-L
  8. 18James McArthurCM-R
  9. 7Yannick BolasieLM
  10. 42Jason PuncheonRM
  11. 10Fraizer CampbellF

Substitutes

  1. 25Barry BannanSUB
  2. 14Jerome ThomasSUB
  3. 3Adrian MariappaSUB
  4. 27Damien DelaneySUB
  5. 13Wayne HennesseySUB
  6. 11Wilfried ZahaSUB
  7. 16Dwight GayleSUB

Timeline

  1. 36' Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 41' Jason Puncheon (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 49' Goal! Manchester City 1, Crystal Palace 0. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pablo Zabaleta.
  4. 61' Goal! Manchester City 2, Crystal Palace 0. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov with a cross following a corner.
  5. 67' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Wilfried Zaha replaces Fraizer Campbell.
  6. 69' Substitution, Manchester City. Frank Lampard replaces David Silva.
  7. 79' James Milner (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 81' Goal! Manchester City 3, Crystal Palace 0. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by James Milner following a fast break.
  9. 82' Substitution, Manchester City. Fernando replaces James Milner.
  10. 84' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jerome Thomas replaces Jason Puncheon.
  11. 89' Substitution, Manchester City. Scott Sinclair replaces Samir Nasri.
  12. 90' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Barry Bannan replaces Joe Ledley.

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