FMFA Premier Division, Sunderland vs. Leicester City (Wed Oct 02) Sunderland | Leicester City 4-4-2 T | 5-4-1 P Tony Ayre | Will Schoolar | M_Neuer GK | GK H_Lloris P_Retsos DF | DF H_Maguire J_Tah DF | DF A_Laporte N_Sule DF | DF C_Templeton A_Grimaldo DF | DF D_Furlong S_Berge MF | DF J_Alba J_Ward-Prowse MF | MF G_Bale Paulinho MF | MF C_Pulisic L_Gooch MF | MF H_McKirdy M_Icardi FW | MF F_Bolkiah D_Mertens FW | FW A_Sanchez | M_Vorm SUB | SUB K_Schmeichel Maicon SUB | SUB C_Azpilicueta Gabriel SUB | SUB J_Vertonghen J_Sherman SUB | SUB Y_Bolasie A_Nelson SUB | SUB Son_Heung_Min Min. 1 :(lei) A_Sanchez with a well-controlled run ... A_Grimaldo with a perfectly timed tackle Min. 2 :(lei) A_Sanchez beats his marker ... It looked like he pushed his marker ... "Play On!" Waves The Referee ... A_Sanchez tries one from the edge of the box ! ... But it goes wide Min. 8 :(lei) C_Pulisic looks up for support for support ... He spots his team mate making a run now ... He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! ... A_Laporte receives the pass and heads towards the goal ... A_Laporte tries to chip the ball over the keeper ! ... M_Neuer saves it ... Good goalkeeping Min. 12 :(lei) A_Sanchez is hurt ... He's receiving some treatment now ... But he looks unable to continue Min. 12 :(lei) Up goes the substitution board - Son_Heung_Min on for A_Sanchez as a FW Min. 14 :(lei) F_Bolkiah nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully ... He only has going for the goal in mind! ... F_Bolkiah rifles it at the goal ! ... M_Neuer dives towards his top let hand corner ... He's pushed that one just around the goal ... Super Stop ! ... CORNER! ... The corner is swung in by D_Furlong! ... M_Neuer reads it well, and claims it! Min. 16 :(lei) G_Bale is closed down ... He plays a quick pass ... A_Laporte latches onto the ball ... S_Berge pulls on his opponent’s shirt!! ... The Referee has stopped play ... Well spotted by The Referee! ... The Referee calls him over ... The Referee is taking his time with him! ... YELLOW CARD!! ... INDIRECT FREE KICK! ... F_Bolkiah knocks it forward ... Son_Heung_Min gets on the end of it ... Son_Heung_Min sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender ! ... M_Neuer with a fantastic point blank save ... When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league Min. 17 :(lei) Son_Heung_Min beats A_Grimaldo ... He showed great skill there ... Son_Heung_Min curls the ball in on goal ! ... But he's missed it! ... He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo Min. 19 :(lei) J_Alba unselfishly heads the ball back to Son_Heung_Min ... A vicious shot by Son_Heung_Min ! ... M_Neuer won't get to that! ... GOAL !! ... Pick that one out!! ... And Leicester City are leading in the game now ... Sunderland 0-1 Leicester City ... Min. 20 :(lei) It seems Leicester City are making a tactical change to C Min. 23 :(lei) Son_Heung_Min times his run well ... Son_Heung_Min with the punt towards goal! ... But M_Neuer makes a superb stop down low. Min. 25 :(lei) C_Pulisic with the towering header to G_Bale ... Excellent sliding challenge from A_Grimaldo ... He could have easily caught the defender is he hadn't been careful Min. 27 :(lei) Son_Heung_Min leaves M_Icardi standing ... Son_Heung_Min with only one thing on his mind! ... He hits the ball towards goal! ... It floats over M_Neuer ... Its heading goal ward! ... But floats just over ... That was a great effort Min. 30 :(lei) Son_Heung_Min takes advantage of a mistake by A_Grimaldo ... Can he make them pay? ... A cracking drive from Son_Heung_Min ! ... M_Neuer blocks the shot with his legs ... And he gathers it! Min. 31 :(sun) P_Retsos is too quick for the defence ... Fine tackle by A_Laporte ... He prevents the corner as well Min. 34 :(sun) L_Gooch holds the ball up and waits for support ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to M_Icardi ... Son_Heung_Min with an ugly foul ... That looked malicious Min. 37 :(sun) S_Berge holds the ball up and waits for support ... He knocks the ball across to M_Icardi ... M_Icardi with a bomb of a shot ! ... H_Lloris blocks the shot with his legs ... And he gathers it! Min. 38 :(lei) H_McKirdy skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to Son_Heung_Min ... Son_Heung_Min has a go! ... But he puts it well wide ... The Sunderland fans taunt him! Min. 39 :(sun) L_Gooch picks up a loose ball ... H_Maguire fouls badly ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll need to be careful from now on Min. 40 :(lei) F_Bolkiah sidesteps P_Retsos ... F_Bolkiah bears down on goal! ... It hits the bar and goes over ... Well, sometimes they go in, sometimes they don't Min. 41 :(lei) Son_Heung_Min looks around for some movement ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to H_McKirdy ... H_McKirdy sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender ! ... But he puts it wide ... He found himself with no room to manoeuvre Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on Min. 43 :(sun) L_Gooch sprints down the flank ... He plays the ball in to D_Mertens ... D_Mertens fires a shot at goal ! ... H_Lloris gets a hand to it!! ... But he picks up the rebound ... Fantastic save by H_Lloris to tip it wide!! ... CORNER! ... L_Gooch floats the ball in! ... J_Alba wins the ball ... He belts it away Min. 44 :(lei) F_Bolkiah controls it well ... He nutmegs A_Grimaldo ... He puts in C_Pulisic! ... J_Ward-Prowse goes in with the block tackle ... He comes out of it with the ball ... Great tackle! Min. 45 :(lei) There's going to be a change ... C_Azpilicueta will come on for J_Alba and play DF Min. 47 :(lei) G_Bale turns past the defender ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to Son_Heung_Min ... S_Berge with an over the top challenge ... His 2nd yellow card, that's an early shower for him ! ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Sunderland 0-1 Leicester City Min. 48 :(lei) A_Laporte hits the ball through the heart of the defence ... Son_Heung_Min latches onto it! ... A delicate header from Son_Heung_Min ! ... It hits the bar!! ... But he beats the defender to the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH !! ... He's put it wide Min. 52 :(lei) H_McKirdy with a throw in ... He throws the ball across to G_Bale ... G_Bale tries to curl it into the bottom corner ! ... M_Neuer can't get to it! ... OH! It has gone just over the bar! ... M_Neuer makes a cocky smile ... Did he know that was going over? Min. 53 :(lei) The defender slips and falls over! ... F_Bolkiah is through! ... F_Bolkiah with the attempt at goal! ... M_Neuer was lucky there Min. 54 :(lei) C_Pulisic back heels to find Son_Heung_Min in space ... Son_Heung_Min tries to curl it into the bottom corner ! ... It hits the post ... But it hits off M_Neuer's back!! ... GOAL !! ... Very unlucky for ! ... Sunderland 0-2 Leicester City ... Min. 55 :(lei) Leicester City restructured their strategy to D Min. 55 :(lei) G_Bale knocks it forward ... P_Retsos slips ... Son_Heung_Min gets to it! ... Son_Heung_Min blasts it at the goal ! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... But it thumps off the woodwork !! ... And goes safely clear! ... M_Neuer never had a chance! Min. 56 :(sun) Paulinho looks around for some movement ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He hits the ball to D_Mertens ... H_Maguire wins the ball Min. 58 :(lei) Son_Heung_Min runs forward ... He nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully ... He only has going for the goal in mind! ... P_Retsos is called for the holding foul ... He was pushing down on his man ... The Referee calls him over ... The Referee is taking his time with him! ... YELLOW CARD!! ... That looked like a dive! ... PENALTY !! ... The Referee was tricked there! ... G_Bale is the man who takes it ... M_Neuer dives ... GOAL!! ... The keeper had no chance there! ... Sunderland 0-3 Leicester City... Min. 61 :(sun) J_Ward-Prowse looks up for support for support ... He spots his team mate making a run now ... He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! ... J_Tah receives the pass and heads towards the goal ... H_Maguire steals the ball of off him Min. 67 :(lei) D_Furlong beats one ... Knocks it past a second ... And finds C_Pulisic ... J_Tah with an ugly foul ... That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment Min. 70 :(lei) Y_Bolasie comes on for H_McKirdy and takes up a MF role Min. 79 :(lei) C_Pulisic runs at the defender ... The defender slips and falls over ... Blocked by N_Sule Min. 81 :(lei) Y_Bolasie with a probing pass to G_Bale ... G_Bale aiming for the bottom corner ! ... M_Neuer parries it, he follows it up ... And M_Neuer recovers to save!! Min. 84 :(sun) J_Ward-Prowse drives it forward to M_Icardi ... C_Azpilicueta makes the challenge and clears the ball ... But it drifts out of play ... CORNER! ... Paulinho plays it into the danger area! ... The danger is dealt with by C_Azpilicueta Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on Min. 88 :(lei) Son_Heung_Min is first to the ball ... A_Grimaldo with the dive ... There's no room in the game for that! ... That will be a booking ... YELLOW CARD!! ... FREE KICK! ... Son_Heung_Min drives it under the wall ... But M_Neuer just gets his fingers to that one ... The Referee has given a goal kick ... He's not having the best of days ! Min. 92 :(lei) H_Maguire crosses in from the wing, he finds Y_Bolasie in the box ... But A_Grimaldo wins the ball from behind ... The crowd appeal but The Referee has none of it. ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Stadium of Light Attendance : 59,265 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunderland Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : J_Ward-Prowse Scorers : N/A Sent Off : S_Berge (47) Booked : P_Retsos (58), A_Grimaldo (88) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leicester City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : Son_Heung_Min (Man of the Match) Scorers : Son_Heung_Min (19,54), G_Bale (58 pen) Sent Off : N/A Booked : H_Maguire (39) Injured : A_Sanchez (12) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunderland | Leicester City Attempts on Goal : 2 | 20 Off target : 0 | 9 On target : 2 | 11 Possession : 23 | 77 Corners : 2 | 1 Red Cards : 1 | 0 Yellow Cards : 2 | 1 Subs Used : 0 | 3 Fouls : 11 | 5 Key Tackles : 5 | 4 Key Passes : 5 | 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Sunderland 0 - 3 Leicester City ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Sunderland Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M_Neuer GK 29 2 3 3 24 | 95 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P_Retsos DF 1 27 13 2 24 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 -3 -3 J_Tah DF 2 25 3 3 24 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N_Sule DF 1 25 9 3 27 | 95 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 A_Grimaldo DF 2 25 2 3 24 | 95 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 36 -3 -3 S_Berge MF 1 6 27 3 25 | 47 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 -7 3 -7 J_Ward-Prowse MF 2 4 27 3 23 | 95 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 20 0 Paulinho MF 2 3 26 2 24 | 95 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 L_Gooch MF 2 3 25 3 23 | 95 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 M_Icardi FW 1 2 4 26 24 | 95 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 D_Mertens FW 1 2 4 25 22 | 95 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 M_Vorm GK 24 2 3 4 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maicon DF 2 24 2 3 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gabriel DF 3 23 4 2 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Sherman MF 2 1 25 5 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Nelson FW 2 2 3 24 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Leicester City Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- H_Lloris GK 27 2 3 3 28 | 95 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 H_Maguire DF 2 24 11 2 23 | 95 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 7 -3 A_Laporte DF 1 24 11 5 29 | 95 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 18 11 C_Templeton DF 2 24 4 2 19 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Furlong DF 2 23 4 2 23 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Alba DF 1 25 10 3 24 | 45 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 36 8 G_Bale MF 2 12 25 11 25 | 95 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 30 27 C_Pulisic MF 1 2 24 11 24 | 95 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 H_McKirdy MF 2 10 23 3 23 | 73 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 F_Bolkiah MF 1 2 23 4 22 | 95 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 A_Sanchez FW 2 3 8 25 24 | 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 K_Schmeichel GK 25 2 3 3 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Azpilicueta DF 3 25 12 2 23 | 50 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 J_Vertonghen DF 2 24 3 3 27 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Y_Bolasie MF 2 2 25 13 28 | 22 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 Son_Heung_Min FW 1 3 4 24 28 | 83 0 0 1 0 11 2 0 0 0 0 10 63 1570046346 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35