Match Report
| Manchester City | Manchester City |  |  | Brentford | Brentford | ||||||||||||||||
| Juan Perez gomez | Juan Perez gomez | Tom Rogers | Tom Rogers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ruel Hurst | R. Hurst |  | 63 | G |  | 1 | | G | 60 | | Paul Clapham | P. Clapham | |||||||||
| Nicky Greening | N. Greening | | 65 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 59 | | Frank Joseph | F. Joseph | |||||||||
| Eric Gargo | E. Gargo |  | 58 | D | | 3 | | D | 55 | | Carl Goodwin | C. Goodwin | |||||||||
| Spencer Eadie | S. Eadie | | 55 | D | | 4 | | D | 52 | | Warren Benali | W. Benali | |||||||||
| Alan Drake | A. Drake | | 55 | D | | 5 | | M | 76 | | Ross Priestley | R. Priestley | |||||||||
| Leandro Nocera | L. Nocera |  | 72 | M | | 6 | | M | 62 | | Harry Mike | H. Mike | |||||||||
| Bjorn-Tore Leonhardsen | B. Leonhardsen |  | 68 | M | | 7 | | M | 59 | | Jon Cooper | J. Cooper | |||||||||
| Mike Woodcock | M. Woodcock | | 57 | M | | 8 | | M | 58 | | Alberto Pearce | A. Pearce | |||||||||
| Colin Law | C. Law |  | 31 | M | | 9 | | A | 60 |  | Tim Heering | T. Heering | |||||||||
| Marcus Carragher | M. Carragher | | 60 | A | | 10 | | A | 57 | | Stuart Neville | S. Neville | |||||||||
| Tony Hapgood | T. Hapgood | | 56 | A | | 11 | | A | 56 | | Gilles Laver | G. Laver | |||||||||
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Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at The Etihad Stadium where Manchester City play host to Brentford. A crowd of 9,583 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Manchester City are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Brentford appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Manchester City are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Brentford appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
0.00
0-0Manchester City kick off the first half!
2.43
0-1Warren Benali surges forward with the ball. Warren Benali chips the ball to his team mate, Stuart Neville. Stuart Neville plays a perfect one-two with Tim Heering and rushes in on goal... Stuart Neville shows great control and tries a shot on goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
6.27
0-1Bjorn-Tore Leonhardsen chips the ball to his team mate, Tony Hapgood. Tony Hapgood knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
8.44
0-1Frank Joseph surges forward with the ball. Frank Joseph controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Tim Heering. Tim Heering finds some space and shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
9.27
Jon Cooper chips the ball to his team mate, Stuart Neville. Stuart Neville knocks the ball forward to Tim Heering. Tim Heering tries a spectacular strike. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
15.12
0-2Manchester City are easily keeping Brentford at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
16.03
0-2Bjorn-Tore Leonhardsen kicks a strong pass forward to Tony Hapgood. Tony Hapgood chips the ball to his team mate, Marcus Carragher. Marcus Carragher cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but Paul Clapham is on top of it.
22.23
Bjorn-Tore Leonhardsen threads the ball through to Tony Hapgood. Tony Hapgood knocks in a cross ball towards Marcus Carragher. Marcus Carragher is unmarked! He powers a header at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
26.10
Mike Woodcock chips the ball to his team mate, Tony Hapgood. Tony Hapgood goes all the way! Tony Hapgood makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
30.44
Frank Joseph passes the ball forward to Harry Mike. Harry Mike knocks the ball forward to Gilles Laver. Gilles Laver kicks a strong pass forward to Tim Heering. Tim Heering makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
33.58
Mike Woodcock makes a probing pass to Tony Hapgood. Tony Hapgood shoots from long range but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
36.52
Carl Goodwin makes a simple pass to Ross Priestley. Ross Priestley threads the ball through to Gilles Laver. Gilles Laver knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Ruel Hurst who gathers it comfortably.
42.51
1-3Bjorn-Tore Leonhardsen clumsily knocks into Alberto Pearce. Bjorn-Tore Leonhardsen is warned by the referee! Alberto Pearce hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
44.45
1-3Jon Cooper clumsily knocks into Leandro Nocera. Jon Cooper is shown the yellow card! Leandro Nocera runs off the knock.
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
Brentford start the second half!
49.55
Colin Law catches Harry Mike on the ankles. The referee calls over Colin Law and warns him to calm down! Harry Mike hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
51.52
Leandro Nocera kicks a strong pass forward to Tony Hapgood. Tony Hapgood knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Paul Clapham who gathers it comfortably.
53.15
Harry Mike knocks the ball forward to Stuart Neville. Stuart Neville controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
59.28
Jon Cooper controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Tim Heering. Tim Heering plays a perfect one-two with Gilles Laver and rushes in on goal... Tim Heering makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it flies wide!
60.53
Jon Cooper passes the ball forward to Stuart Neville. Stuart Neville plays a perfect one-two with Tim Heering and rushes in on goal... Stuart Neville rockets a shot on goal. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
66.51
Spencer Eadie knocks the ball forward to Mike Woodcock. Mike Woodcock brings the ball forward. Mike Woodcock makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Marcus Carragher. Marcus Carragher tries a spectacular strike but somehow Paul Clapham manages to keep it out.
67.53
Warren Benali makes a beautiful solo run. Warren Benali takes it forward alone. Warren Benali knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Ruel Hurst who gathers it comfortably.
73.48
1-4Spencer Eadie makes a simple pass to Colin Law. Colin Law controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Marcus Carragher. Marcus Carragher kicks a strong pass forward to Tony Hapgood but the referee indicates it's offside!
77.19
Bjorn-Tore Leonhardsen knocks the ball to his team mate, Tony Hapgood. Tony Hapgood shoots from outside the area but it flies wide!
79.43
Colin Law catches Ross Priestley on the ankles. The referee calls over Colin Law again and warns him to calm down! Ross Priestley hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
81.02
Jon Cooper surges forward with the ball. Jon Cooper goes all the way! Jon Cooper makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
87.26
Leandro Nocera makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Tony Hapgood. Tony Hapgood tries a spectacular long range effort but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
4
Shots on Target
3
4
Shots off Target
4
4
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
3
1
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
55.8%
44.2%
Play Area
23.4%
48.1%
28.6%
Scorers
| Marcus Carragher 22 | Stuart Neville 2, 61 Tim Heering 9, 30 |