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Sunday August 31, 2008 Finished Stadium of Light

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Sunderland

Manchester City

  • Ireland 42’
  • Wright-Phillips 49’, 53’
  1. SWP thrills on City return

    SWP thrills on City return

    Shaun Wright-Phillips paid off the first instalment of his transfer fee with a double to ease Manchester City to a 3-0 victory at Sunderland More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sunderland
    • Manchester City
    • '90 The full-time whistle blows with City winning 3-0!
    • '86 Healy fires a powerful shot straight at Hart who saves well
    • '84 Healy fires wide of the target as the Black Cats search for an consolation goal
    • '78 Sunderland have a free-kick but Richardson's deep ball is cleared at the far post.
    • '72 Ireland fires well over the upright after recieving Ball's pass
    • '63 And Gordon pulls off a great reaction save!
    • '62 Jo goes down too easily on the right-wing and the referee waves play on
    • '60 Reid makes a late challenge on Kompany
    • '55 Healy goes in the book for a sliding challenge
    • '54 This game is turning out to be a dream return to City for Wright-Phillips
    • '53 And Wright-Phillips scores again after controlling a long pass from Ball from the halfway line, and finished calmly past Gordon for 3-0!
    • '52 But the City defence clears well with Dunne performing well at the back.
    • '51 The Black Cats go forward through Richardson and gain a throw-in 20 yards-out from goal
    • '49 And it hit the wall but Jo was quickly on it before sliding in an accurate ball for Wright-Phillips to tap home!
    • '49 Malbranque brings down Hamann as City get a free-kick around 20 yards from goal
    • '48 Wright-Phillips dribbles past a couple of defenders but is forced wide and his shot lacked power as Gordon saves easily
    • '47 Ball goes on a run down the left-wing and puts in a decent ball but new signing Jo completely miskicks his shot.
    • '46 And we're underway in the second-half.
    • '45 And the referee blows for half-time with City one up.
    • '45 two minutes added on
    • '42 City go on the attack and Ireland scores with a side-footed shot right into the corner!
    • '41 Diouf somehow missed the target with an header from six-yards out!
    • '40 Ball hits a long-range pass but once again the Sunderland defence stands firm.
    • '38 Wright-Phillips starts a counter-attack after a Sunderland move breaks down but Hamann is tackled in the centre circle.
    • '36 Richardson got in behind the City defence but Joe Hart came out and made a good stop
    • 34 Ball cuts in from the left and passes to Ireland but he miscontrols and Sunderland clear
    • '33 Diouf goes forward and goes over easily from Dunne's challenge, the referee sees that and awards the throw to City
    • 31 Kompany goes in the book after fouling Malbranque
    • '30 Booking for Richards after a late challenge on Cisse
    • '28 Nyron Nosworthy concedes a foul as City regain possession near the box
    • '27 Roy Keane's team are starting to get more possession now in the centre of the park
    • '26 Pascal Chimbonda goes up for a corner but concedes a foul after jumping into Richards.
    • '25 A good pass by Stephen Ireland finds Wright-Phillips on the edge of the box but his first touch is poor and Sunderland clear.
    • '23 Corner for City but Wright-Phillips wastes it missing out everyone as the ball goes out for a goal-kick.
    • '21 Vincent Kompany hits a powerful shot but Bardsley blocks well
    • '19 But City defend well and clear
    • '18 Micah Richards and Djibril Cisse collide and the free-kick goes to the home side
    • '16 But Leadbitter wastes the set piece from the edge of the area firing well over!
    • '13 Corluka concedes a free-kick as he mis-timed a tackle on Phil Bardsley on the left-wing
    • '12 Dietmar Hamann is back in the team and puts an end to a Sunderland attack with a sliding challenge.
    • '10 Andy Reid fires a shot well over the bar from long-range
    • '8 Good cross by Corluka but the Black Cats clear away well.
    • '6 Shaun Wright-Phillips is playing well linking up with the forwards
    • '5 And Pascal Chimbonda goes on a great run down the left-wing but his cross misses everyone in the box.
    • '1 And the Black Cats have made the better start here keeping possession well in midfield.
    • 1 And we're underway here at the Stadium of Light
    • - Hello and welcome along to The Stadium of Light as Roy Keane's Sunderland side face Mark Hughes' Man City.

  • Team Stats

    Sunderland Stats Manchester City
    49% Possession 50%
    12 Shots 13
    2 Shots on target 4
    1 Saves 2
    3 Corners 3
    11 Fouls 20
    2 Offsides 2
    4 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 23
    337 Accurate passes 375
    69 Bad passes 42

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Sunderland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      5 Nyron Nosworthy 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 22 1 4
      2 Phillip Bardsley 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 46 12 6
      21 Pascal Chimbonda 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 44 2 1
      15 Danny Collins 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31 11 0
      18 Grant Leadbitter 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 28 1 0
      20 Andy Reid 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 58 18 1
      8 Steed Malbranque 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 36 0 4
      10 Kieran Richardson 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 27 11 3
      9 Djibril Cisse 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 9 3 0
      11 El Hadji Diouf 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 20 4 0
      14 Daryl Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
      44 Anthony Stokes 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 0
      13 Darren Ward 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 David Healy 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 0
      12 Liam Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Danny Higginbotham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Dwight Yorke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Manchester City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Joe Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 0
      22 Richard Dunne 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 39 4 1
      33 Vincent Kompany 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 38 3 3
      3 Michael Ball 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 30 13 4
      5 Vedran Corluka 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 44 0 2
      2 Micah Richards 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 0 1
      6 Michael Johnson 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 38 5 1
      21 Dietmar Hamann 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 56 0 3
      8 Shaun Wright-Phillips 2 3 2 1 5 2 0 20 3 1
      7 Stephen Ireland 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 30 7 2
      14 João Alves de Assis Silva 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 17 3 2
      19 Gelson Fernandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1
      11 Blumer Elano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      16 Kasper Schmeichel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Daniel Sturridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Javier Garrido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Tal Ben Haim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 2
      24 Ched Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • '53 And Wright-Phillips scores again after controlling a long pass from Ball from the halfway line, and finished calmly past Gordon for 3-0!
    • '49 And it hit the wall but Jo was quickly on it before sliding in an accurate ball for Wright-Phillips to tap home!
    • '42 City go on the attack and Ireland scores with a side-footed shot right into the corner!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Chris Foy

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Roy Keane

    Starting line-up

    • C. Gordon
    • P. Bardsley Yellow Card
    • D. Collins
    • N. Nosworthy
    • P. Chimbonda Yellow Card
    • S. Malbranque
    • A. Reid
    • G. Leadbitter Substitution Out (59′)
    • K. Richardson Yellow Card
    • E. Diouf Substitution Out (59′)
    • D. Cissé Substitution Out (59′)

    Subs

    • D. Higginbotham
    • D. Yorke
    • D. Healy Substitution In59′ Yellow Card
    • D. Ward
    • L. Miller
    • D. Murphy Substitution In59′
    • A. Stokes Substitution In59′

    Injured

    • T. Tainio

    Suspended

    • M. Chopra

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Starting line-up

    • J. Hart
    • V. Corluka
    • M. Richards Yellow Card Substitution Out (46′)
    • R. Dunne
    • M. Ball
    • V. Kompany Yellow Card
    • D. Hamann
    • M. Johnson Substitution Out (81′)
    • S. Wright-Phillips Goals×2 Substitution Out (82′)
    • S. Ireland Goal
    • .. Jo

    Subs

    • J. Garrido
    • K. Schmeichel
    • T. Ben Haim Substitution In46′
    • B. Elano Substitution In82′
    • G. Fernandes Substitution In81′
    • D. Sturridge
    • C. Evans

    Injured

    • D. Vassell
    • V. Bojinov
    • M. Benjani

    Suspended

    None