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Manchester City
FT
3–0
HT 2–0
Sunderland
Premier League Sat 6 Dec, 15:00London Etihad Stadium, Manchester Andy Madley 52,436 attendance

Timeline

  1. 31' Rúben Dias assist Rayan Cherki
  2. 35' Josko Gvardiol assist Phil Foden
  3. 37' Josko Gvardiol Yellow Card
  4. 56' Brian Brobbey for Wilson Isidor
  5. 56' Chemsdine Talbi for Bertrand Traoré
  6. 65' Phil Foden assist Rayan Cherki
  7. 69' Omar Marmoush for Erling Haaland
  8. 69' Tijjani Reijnders for Phil Foden
  9. 70' Nathan Aké for Josko Gvardiol
  10. 72' Simon Adingra for Noah Sadiki
  11. 73' Romaine Mundle for Granit Xhaka
  12. 82' Sávio for Rayan Cherki
  13. 82' Rico Lewis for Bernardo Silva
  14. 88' Luke O'Nien for Trai Hume
  15. 90'+5' Luke O'Nien Red Card

Match stats

63.9% Possession 36.1%
18 Shots 8
6 On target 1
9 Fouls 10
1 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 1
0 Offsides 3
1 Saves 2
559 Accurate passes 277

Lineups

Manchester City 4-3-2-1
25 Donnarumma
33 O'Reilly 24 Gvardiol 3 Dias 27 Nunes
47 Foden 14 González 20 Silva
11 Doku 9 Haaland
10 Cherki
Sunderland 5-4-1
22 Roefs
32 Hume 15 Alderete 5 Ballard 6 Geertruida 20 Mukiele
28 Le Fée 27 Sadiki 34 Xhaka 25 Traoré
18 Isidor
Manchester City 4-3-2-1
  1. 25 Gianluigi Donnarumma G
  2. 24 Josko Gvardiol ▼ CD-L
  3. 3 Rúben Dias CD-R
  4. 33 Nico O'Reilly LB
  5. 27 Matheus Nunes RB
  6. 14 Nico González CM
  7. 47 Phil Foden ▼ CM-L
  8. 20 Bernardo Silva ▼ CM-R
  9. 9 Erling Haaland ▼ F
  10. 11 Jérémy Doku CF-L
  11. 10 Rayan Cherki ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 6 Nathan Aké ▲ SUB
  2. 82 Rico Lewis ▲ SUB
  3. 7 Omar Marmoush ▲ SUB
  4. 26 Sávio ▲ SUB
  5. 4 Tijjani Reijnders ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 1 James Trafford SUB
  2. 52 Oscar Bobb SUB
  3. 21 Rayan Aït-Nouri SUB
  4. 45 Abdukodir Khusanov SUB
Sunderland 5-4-1
  1. 22 Robin Roefs G
  2. 5 Danny Ballard CD
  3. 15 Omar Alderete CD-L
  4. 6 Lutsharel Geertruida CD-R
  5. 32 Trai Hume ▼ LB
  6. 20 Nordi Mukiele RB
  7. 27 Noah Sadiki ▼ CM-L
  8. 34 Granit Xhaka ▼ CM-R
  9. 28 Enzo Le Fée LM
  10. 25 Bertrand Traoré ▼ RM
  11. 18 Wilson Isidor ▼ F

Came on

  1. 24 Simon Adingra ▲ SUB
  2. 7 Chemsdine Talbi ▲ SUB
  3. 14 Romaine Mundle ▲ SUB
  4. 9 Brian Brobbey ▲ SUB
  5. 13 Luke O'Nien ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 4 Daniel Neil SUB
  2. 1 Anthony Patterson SUB
  3. 11 Chris Rigg SUB
  4. 12 Eliezer Mayenda SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Manchester City 3, Sunderland 0.
  2. 90'+6' Second Half ends, Manchester City 3, Sunderland 0.
  3. 90'+5' Luke O'Nien (Sunderland) is shown the red card.
  4. 90'+4' VAR Decision: Card upgraded Luke O'Nien (Sunderland).
  5. 90'+3' Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  6. 90'+3' Foul by Luke O'Nien (Sunderland).
  7. 90'+1' Attempt blocked. Rúben Dias (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Savinho with a cross.
  8. 90' Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  9. 90' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Robin Roefs.
  10. 90' Attempt saved. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Robin Roefs (Sunderland). Assisted by Nico González.
  11. 88' Attempt blocked. Omar Alderete (Sunderland) header from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Chemsdine Talbi with a cross.
  12. 88' Substitution, Sunderland. Luke O'Nien replaces Trai Hume.
89 earlier entries
  1. 88' Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
  2. 86' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Nordi Mukiele.
  3. 82' Foul by Savinho (Manchester City).
  4. 82' Enzo Le Fée (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  5. 82' Substitution, Manchester City. Rico Lewis replaces Bernardo Silva.
  6. 82' Substitution, Manchester City. Savinho replaces Rayan Cherki.
  7. 80' Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  8. 80' Foul by Omar Alderete (Sunderland).
  9. 79' Attempt missed. Romaine Mundle (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Lutsharel Geertruida.
  10. 78' Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  11. 78' Foul by Simon Adingra (Sunderland).
  12. 78' Foul by Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City).
  13. 78' Enzo Le Fée (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  14. 76' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Robin Roefs.
  15. 76' Attempt saved. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Robin Roefs (Sunderland). Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
  16. 75' Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
  17. 74' Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a cross following a fast break.
  18. 73' Substitution, Sunderland. Romaine Mundle replaces Granit Xhaka.
  19. 72' Substitution, Sunderland. Simon Adingra replaces Noah Sadiki.
  20. 70' Substitution, Manchester City. Nathan Aké replaces Josko Gvardiol.
  21. 69' Substitution, Manchester City. Tijjani Reijnders replaces Phil Foden.
  22. 69' Substitution, Manchester City. Omar Marmoush replaces Erling Haaland.
  23. 68' Attempt missed. Noah Sadiki (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  24. 65' Goal! Manchester City 3, Sunderland 0. Phil Foden (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a cross following a fast break.
  25. 64' Foul by Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City).
  26. 64' Enzo Le Fée (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  27. 63' Foul by Bernardo Silva (Manchester City).
  28. 63' Enzo Le Fée (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  29. 63' Attempt blocked. Nico González (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
  30. 59' Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Josko Gvardiol.
  31. 59' Attempt blocked. Granit Xhaka (Sunderland) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Chemsdine Talbi.
  32. 59' Attempt blocked. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
  33. 56' Substitution, Sunderland. Chemsdine Talbi replaces Bertrand Traoré.
  34. 56' Substitution, Sunderland. Brian Brobbey replaces Wilson Isidor.
  35. 55' Granit Xhaka (Sunderland) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the right side of the box following a corner.
  36. 54' Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Erling Haaland.
  37. 53' Attempt saved. Wilson Isidor (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City).
  38. 52' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Noah Sadiki.
  39. 52' Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  40. 52' Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  41. 52' Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
  42. 50' Attempt missed. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
  43. 49' Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  44. 49' Foul by Bertrand Traoré (Sunderland).
  45. 48' Offside, Sunderland. Enzo Le Fée is caught offside.
  46. 45' Second Half begins Manchester City 2, Sunderland 0.
  47. 45'+4' First Half ends, Manchester City 2, Sunderland 0.
  48. 45'+2' Trai Hume (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  49. 45'+2' Foul by Rúben Dias (Manchester City).
  50. 45'+1' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Lutsharel Geertruida.
  51. 45'+1' Attempt blocked. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Phil Foden.
  52. 45' Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  53. 45' Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  54. 45' Foul by Lutsharel Geertruida (Sunderland).
  55. 39' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  56. 37' Delay in match because of an injury Nordi Mukiele (Sunderland).
  57. 37' Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  58. 37' Nordi Mukiele (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  59. 37' Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City).
  60. 35' Goal! Manchester City 2, Sunderland 0. Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Phil Foden with a cross following a corner.
  61. 34' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Trai Hume.
  62. 31' Goal! Manchester City 1, Sunderland 0. Rúben Dias (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
  63. 29' Foul by Nico González (Manchester City).
  64. 29' Bertrand Traoré (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  65. 23' Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
  66. 23' Attempt blocked. Wilson Isidor (Sunderland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nordi Mukiele with a through ball.
  67. 20' Noah Sadiki (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  68. 20' Foul by Nico González (Manchester City).
  69. 19' Attempt missed. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rúben Dias.
  70. 18' Attempt missed. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Jérémy Doku with a through ball.
  71. 16' Attempt missed. Enzo Le Fée (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Bertrand Traoré.
  72. 15' Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  73. 15' Foul by Nordi Mukiele (Sunderland).
  74. 14' Foul by Nico González (Manchester City).
  75. 14' Bertrand Traoré (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  76. 13' Attempt missed. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
  77. 12' Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  78. 12' Foul by Lutsharel Geertruida (Sunderland).
  79. 11' Attempt missed. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
  80. 10' Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  81. 10' Foul by Omar Alderete (Sunderland).
  82. 7' Offside, Sunderland. Wilson Isidor is caught offside.
  83. 6' Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  84. 6' Foul by Granit Xhaka (Sunderland).
  85. 4' Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  86. 4' Foul by Nordi Mukiele (Sunderland).
  87. 1' Offside, Sunderland. Wilson Isidor is caught offside.
  88. First Half begins.
  89. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Manchester City W W L L W

  • W Liverpool 3-0 Premier League
  • L at Newcastle United 2-1 Premier League
  • L Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 UEFA Champions League
  • W Leeds United 3-2 Premier League
  • W at Fulham 5-4 Premier League

Sunderland D W L D D

  • D Everton 1-1 Premier League
  • D Arsenal 2-2 Premier League
  • L at Fulham 1-0 Premier League
  • W AFC Bournemouth 3-2 Premier League
  • D at Liverpool 1-1 Premier League

Head to head

MNC leads series 5-0

  • 5 Mar 2017 Sunderland 0–2 Manchester City 2016/2017 English Premier League
  • 13 Aug 2016 Manchester City 2–1 Sunderland 2016/2017 English Premier League
  • 2 Feb 2016 Sunderland 0–1 Manchester City 2015-2016 Barclays Premier League
  • 26 Dec 2015 Manchester City 4–1 Sunderland 2015-2016 Barclays Premier League
  • 22 Sep 2015 Sunderland 1–4 Manchester City 2015-16 English Capital One Cup

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