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Manchester City 2 Chelsea 1 matchcentre

Statistics from the match played between the two on Wednesday, 21st March 2012

Barclays Premier League Date: Wednesday, 21st March 2012 Kick off: 19:45 Venue: Eastlands
Click for Manchester City squad list Man. City
Aguero 78 (pen)
Nasri 85
 2 - 1 Chelsea
Cahill 60
 Click for Chelsea squad list
Match Finished
Starting line-ups
25 Joe Hart
5 Pablo Zabaleta
2 Micah Richards
22 Gael Clichy
28 Kolo Toure
34 Nigel de Jong (Tevez 66)
42 Yaya Toure
19 Samir Nasri
21 David Silva (Dzeko 76)
45 Mario Balotelli (Barry 45)
16 Sergio Aguero
Substitutes
18 Gareth Barry (Balotelli 45)
7 James Milner
15 Stefan Savic
32 Carlos Tevez (de Jong 66)
30 Costel Pantilimon
13 Aleksandar Kolarov
10 Edin Dzeko (Silva 76)
Starting line-ups
1 Petr Cech
24 Gary Cahill
4 David Luiz
3 Ashley Cole
2 Branislav Ivanovic (Bosingwa 20)
8 Frank Lampard
7 Nascimento Ramires
12 John Obi Mikel
16 Raul Meireles (Essien 58)
9 Fernando Torres (Drogba 73)
10 Juan Mata
Substitutes
17 Jose Bosingwa (Ivanovic 20)
23 Daniel Sturridge
22 Ross Turnbull
15 Florent Malouda
21 Salomon Kalou
5 Michael Essien (Meireles 58)
11 Didier Drogba (Torres 73)
60.4% Possession 39.6%
15 Goal Attempts 4
5 On Target 2
9 Off Target 2
1 Hit Woodwork 0
11 Corners 4
10 Fouls 9
Referee Attendance
Mike Dean 46,324
Man. City cards shown
86 mins Samir Nasri Leaving the field of play without permission
Chelsea cards shown
44 mins Juan Mata Unsporting behaviour
58 mins Frank Lampard Unsporting behaviour
Time   Comments
- mc-whistle Match ends, Manchester City 2, Chelsea 1.
64   Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90+5 mc-whistle Second Half ends, Manchester City 2, Chelsea 1.
90+4   Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
90+4   Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
90+1   Attempt missed. Didier Drogba (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Juan Mata.
89   Attempt blocked. Edin Dzeko (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Agüero.
86 mc-yellow Samir Nasri (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
85 mc-goal Goal! Manchester City 2, Chelsea 1. Samir Nasri (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Carlos Tévez with a through ball.
84   Attempt blocked. Carlos Tévez (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
83   Foul by Gareth Barry (Manchester City).
83   Frank Lampard (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82   Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by José Bosingwa.
-   Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
79   Attempt saved. Samir Nasri (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carlos Tévez.
79   Attempt blocked. Michael Essien (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Frank Lampard.
79   Attempt blocked. Frank Lampard (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Didier Drogba.
78 mc-goal Goal! Manchester City 1, Chelsea 1. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
77   Penalty conceded by Michael Essien (Chelsea) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
77   Attempt blocked. Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
77   Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Ashley Cole.
77   Attempt blocked. Edin Dzeko (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Carlos Tévez.
76   Substitution, Manchester City. Edin Dzeko replaces David Silva.
75   Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Joe Hart.
75   Attempt saved. Juan Mata (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Didier Drogba.
74   Micah Richards (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
74   Foul by Didier Drogba (Chelsea).
73   Substitution, Chelsea. Didier Drogba replaces Fernando Torres.
71   Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
71   Foul by David Luiz (Chelsea).
71   Foul by Kolo Touré (Manchester City).
71   Petr Cech (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70   Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by David Luiz.
67   Attempt saved. Gaël Clichy (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carlos Tévez.
66   Substitution, Manchester City. Carlos Tévez replaces Nigel de Jong.
64   Hand ball by Juan Mata (Chelsea).
62   Foul by Gaël Clichy (Manchester City).
62   Ramires (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
60 mc-goal Goal! Manchester City 0, Chelsea 1. Gary Cahill (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
60   Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Gaël Clichy.
59   Attempt missed. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
58   Substitution, Chelsea. Michael Essien replaces Raul Meireles.
58 mc-yellow Frank Lampard (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
58   Yaya Touré (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
58   Foul by Frank Lampard (Chelsea).
57   Yaya Touré (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
57   Foul by John Obi Mikel (Chelsea).
55   Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Yaya Touré following a corner.
55   Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Frank Lampard.
55   Attempt blocked. David Silva (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Pablo Zabaleta with a cross.
50   Attempt missed. Samir Nasri (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Yaya Touré.
48   Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Petr Cech.
-   First Half begins.
47   Attempt blocked. Samir Nasri (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
-   Second Half begins Manchester City 0, Chelsea 0.
45   Substitution, Manchester City. Gareth Barry replaces Mario Balotelli.
45+1 mc-whistle First Half ends, Manchester City 0, Chelsea 0.
44 mc-yellow Juan Mata (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
44   Yaya Touré (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44   Foul by Juan Mata (Chelsea).
43   Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Pablo Zabaleta with a cross.
39   Micah Richards (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39   Foul by Fernando Torres (Chelsea).
38   Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38   Foul by José Bosingwa (Chelsea).
36   Hand ball by Mario Balotelli (Manchester City).
34   Foul by Gaël Clichy (Manchester City).
34   Fernando Torres (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31   Foul by Micah Richards (Manchester City).
31   Fernando Torres (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
31   Hand ball by Mario Balotelli (Manchester City).
30   Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Juan Mata.
29   Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Petr Cech.
29   Attempt saved. Mario Balotelli (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
29   Foul by Micah Richards (Manchester City).
29   Juan Mata (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
27   Attempt missed. Samir Nasri (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Yaya Touré.
25   Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Gaël Clichy.
23   Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by John Obi Mikel.
22   Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Pablo Zabaleta.
20   Substitution, Chelsea. José Bosingwa replaces Branislav Ivanovic because of an injury.
15   Attempt blocked. Raul Meireles (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fernando Torres.
12   Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by David Luiz.
8   Samir Nasri (Manchester City) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Yaya Touré.
8   Attempt missed. Juan Mata (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Fernando Torres.
7   Juan Mata (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
7   Foul by Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City).
5   Attempt missed. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Pablo Zabaleta.
2   Foul by Yaya Touré (Manchester City).
2   David Luiz (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
2   Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Gary Cahill.
2   Attempt blocked. Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
2   Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by David Luiz.
-   First Half begins.
-   Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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