English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 23, 2017
Crystal Palace WLLLW 0
–
Manchester City WWWWW 5
1st2ndT
CRY000
MNC145
Etihad Stadium · 53,526 att.

Match Report

Raheem Sterling strikes twice, Sergio Aguero closes on record in City win

Sergio Aguero moved within a goal of Manchester City's all-time record as Pep Guardiola's men thrashed bottom side Crystal Palace 5-0.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
0
28.1
Possession
71.9
5
SHOTS
25
0
ON GOAL
9
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
205
Accurate Passes
656
281
Passes
724
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
7
11
Crosses
24
0.2
Cross %
0.3
57
Long Balls
34
24
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
9
9
Effective Tackles
3
16
Tackles
6
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
30
Effective Clearances
6
30
Clearances
6

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 22Benjamin MendyLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 21David SilvaLM
  8. 17Kevin De BruyneRM
  9. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingLF
  11. 19Leroy SanéRF

CRY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 12Mamadou SakhoCD-L
  3. 6Scott DannCD-R
  4. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  5. 24Timothy Fosu-MensahRB
  6. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekAM
  7. 7Yohan CabayeLM
  8. 4Luka MilivojevicRM
  9. 17Christian BentekeF
  10. 15Jeff SchluppAM-L
  11. 10Andros TownsendAM-R

Timeline

  1. 25' Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Substitution, Manchester City. Danilo replaces Benjamin Mendy because of an injury.
  3. 44' Goal! Manchester City 1, Crystal Palace 0. Leroy Sané (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Silva.
  4. 51' Goal! Manchester City 2, Crystal Palace 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leroy Sané.
  5. 56' Danilo (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 57' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jason Puncheon replaces Yohan Cabaye.
  7. 59' Goal! Manchester City 3, Crystal Palace 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Agüero.
  8. 61' Substitution, Manchester City. Bernardo Silva replaces Raheem Sterling.
  9. 70' Substitution, Manchester City. Fabian Delph replaces John Stones.
  10. 72' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Bakary Sako replaces Christian Benteke because of an injury.
  11. 75' Leroy Sané (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 76' Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 79' Goal! Manchester City 4, Crystal Palace 0. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leroy Sané with a cross.
  14. 89' Goal! Manchester City 5, Crystal Palace 0. Fabian Delph (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by David Silva.

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