FMFA, Manchester City vs. Brentford (Sun Mar 12) Manchester City | Brentford 4-4-2 N | 4-3-3 C VACANT | Neil Stockley | G_Grando GK | GK M_ter_Stegen O_Zinchenko DF | DF J_Tarkowski N_Semedo DF | DF T_Koopmeiners R_Yates DF | DF N_Phillips D_Sidibe DF | DF T_Castagne S_McTominay MF | MF M_Cornet N_Holland MF | MF A_Lokonga C_Pulisic MF | MF G_Lo_Celso W_Ndidi MF | FW J_Vardy R_Firmino FW | FW C_Wilson A_Griezmann FW | FW Neymar | A_Areola SUB | SUB D_Raya Pipa SUB | SUB R_Henry V_Chiriches SUB | SUB F_Alves M_Ozil SUB | SUB H_Ongenda L_Stindl SUB | SUB D_van_de_Beek Referee: Darren_England (South_Yorkshire) Min. 8 :(mnc) N_Holland with a neat pass into A_Griezmann ... A_Griezmann drives the shot in! ... GOAL !! ... It looks like he enjoyed that one!! ... He grabs the corner flag and pretends to sing! ... That’s given Manchester City the advantage! ... Manchester City 1-0 Brentford ... Min. 8 :(bre) The assistant manager is out on the touchline shouting orders ... It seems Brentford will now be playing E Min. 8 :(bre) M_Cornet is taking a throw in ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He throws it to C_Wilson ... S_McTominay makes the challenge and clears the ball Min. 9 :(mnc) W_Ndidi runs at goal ... He spots the run of R_Firmino ... He's played him in ... N_Phillips slides in hard! ... And knocks the ball out for a throw! Min. 10 :(mnc) O_Zinchenko is taking a throw in ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He throws it to R_Firmino ... R_Firmino hits the shot with the outside of the left foot! ... But M_ter_Stegen pulls out a save of the game Min. 12 :(mnc) N_Holland retreats under pressure ... He hoofs the ball up field ... A_Griezmann gets on the end of it ... A_Griezmann hits a curling shot! ... M_ter_Stegen fists it away ... That was a good save! Min. 15 :(mnc) S_McTominay has the ball ... He knocks the ball past T_Koopmeiners ... He puts in A_Griezmann! ... A_Griezmann is clean through! ... The linesman has his flag raised ... But Darren_England waves play on ... He just has to beat M_ter_Stegen ... He nutmegs M_ter_Stegen ... It hits the upright!! ... GOAL !! ... Manchester City 2-0 Brentford ... Min. 16 :(bre) H_Ongenda is going to be brought on ... J_Vardy is leaving the pitch ... He hasn't had the best of games today ... Looks like his replacement will play AM Min. 16 :(bre) Brentford made the switch to a L strategy Min. 28 :(mnc) A_Griezmann runs at T_Castagne ... The defender slips and falls over ... G_Lo_Celso fouls badly ... Darren_England will want to speak to him Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on Min. 45 :(mnc) M_Ozil will replace W_Ndidi and play MF Min. 45 :(mnc) Pipa replaces D_Sidibe to play as a DF Min. 49 :(bre) Neymar finds himself in a good position ... Neymar with the diving header ! ... He had to be brave there ... G_Grando with a fantastic save ... His captain pats him on the back for that one ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Manchester City 2-0 Brentford Min. 52 :(mnc) M_Ozil steps over the ball ... He nutmegs T_Castagne ... That a lovely piece of trickery ... M_Ozil chases it through, he must score ! ... But it whistles just past the post Min. 53 :(bre) Neymar finds H_Ongenda on the edge of the box ... N_Holland goes in with the block tackle ... He comes out of it with the ball ... Great tackle! Min. 57 :(mnc) Pipa gets the ball on the wing ... He cuts inside T_Castagne! ... He has some space now! ... N_Phillips gathers up the loose ball Min. 67 :(bre) H_Ongenda lobs the ball over the defence ... Neymar latches on to it ... Neymar with the crafty shot! ... G_Grando makes a comfortable save ... He makes it look so easy Min. 78 :(mnc) M_Ozil is taking a throw in ... He takes a couple of strides back ... He throws the ball to A_Griezmann ... A_Griezmann strikes a wicked curler ! ... M_ter_Stegen with the diving save ... He must have spotted the TV cameras! Min. 79 :(bre) C_Wilson beats Pipa ... C_Wilson hits the shot! ... It swerves a lot! ... G_Grando heads it away ... He was showing off there! Min. 82 :(bre) C_Wilson gets the ball on the wing ... He slides the ball past O_Zinchenko! ... He has some space now! ... Wonderful sliding challenge by R_Yates Min. 83 :(bre) Neymar beats N_Semedo ... He muscled him off the ball ... M_Ozil with a nasty foul ... There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on Min. 91 :(mnc) Pipa backtracks with the ball ... He hoofs the ball up field ... O_Zinchenko gets on the end of it ... A delicate chip from O_Zinchenko ! ... It hammers off the bar onto the line ... The referee talks to his assistant ... He waves play on ... Goal not given there! ... That looked like the wrong decision ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Etihad Stadium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manchester City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : A_Griezmann (Man of the Match) Scorers : A_Griezmann (8,15) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brentford Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : Neymar Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manchester City | Brentford Attempts on Goal : 7 | 3 Off target : 2 | 0 On target : 5 | 3 Possession : 63 | 37 Corners : 0 | 0 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 0 | 0 Subs Used : 2 | 1 Fouls : 4 | 5 Key Tackles : 3 | 2 Key Passes : 7 | 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Manchester City 2 - 0 Brentford ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Manchester City Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G_Grando GK 35 1 1 1 23 | 95 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 O_Zinchenko DF 1 30 14 8 27 | 95 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 N_Semedo DF 1 29 13 3 24 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Yates DF 1 29 11 3 22 | 95 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 D_Sidibe DF 1 29 10 3 23 | 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 8 S_McTominay MF 1 10 30 6 27 | 95 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 28 0 N_Holland MF 2 3 29 12 23 | 95 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 38 0 C_Pulisic MF 1 2 29 12 24 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W_Ndidi MF 1 13 29 3 25 | 45 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 18 8 R_Firmino FW 1 4 8 30 24 | 95 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 A_Griezmann FW 2 2 4 29 23 | 95 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 52 A_Areola GK 30 1 1 1 27 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pipa DF 1 28 10 3 26 | 50 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 V_Chiriches DF 1 28 9 4 27 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Ozil MF 2 4 29 12 25 | 50 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 L_Stindl FW 1 6 16 28 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Brentford Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M_ter_Stegen GK 32 3 2 1 26 | 95 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -12 0 0 0 J_Tarkowski DF 1 30 6 3 26 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T_Koopmeiners DF 1 29 11 3 27 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N_Phillips DF 1 29 6 3 26 | 95 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 T_Castagne DF 1 30 13 8 21 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Cornet MF 1 10 29 10 24 | 95 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 A_Lokonga MF 1 6 29 4 25 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G_Lo_Celso MF 1 8 30 5 23 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Vardy FW 1 2 6 29 26 | 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Wilson FW 1 3 5 29 22 | 95 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Neymar FW 2 4 3 30 23 | 95 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 D_Raya GK 29 2 2 1 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Henry DF 1 28 10 3 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F_Alves DF 1 28 5 2 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H_Ongenda AM 1 3 29 12 21 | 79 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 D_van_de_Beek MF 1 4 29 11 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1678615375 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35