FMFA Division One, Manchester City vs. Brighton (Sun Jun 21) Manchester City | Brighton 3-2-1-2-2 E | 5-4-1 C Todd Fortune | Caretaker Will Schoolar | G_Grando GK | GK J_Trafford Pedro_Porro DM | DF D_Munoz L_Mai DF | DF L_Shaw T_Chalobah DF | DF A_Benarous O_Zinchenko DF | DF Y_Bisseck J_Birch DM | DF M_Cucurella T_Reijnders AM | MF Y_Pino Joelinton MF | MF J_Ward-Prowse Coutinho AM | MF Z_Butterworth J_Felix FW | MF S_Berge T_Barry FW | FW O_Marmoush | A_Areola SUB | SUB M_Rodak C_Coady SUB | SUB A_Webster A_Ali_Mohamed SUB | SUB M_Doucoure T_Partey SUB | SUB W_Ndidi Patson_Daka SUB | SUB J_Bowen Min. 1 :(bha) O_Marmoush with the dribble ... He uses his pace to get free ... T_Barry body checks his opponent!! ... That’s a careless challenge!! ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll have to watch himself now Min. 3 :(bha) Y_Bisseck looks around for support ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to Y_Pino ... Driven towards goal by Y_Pino ! ... The fans get off there seats! ... But it sails over !! Min. 4 :(mnc) J_Birch looks around for support ... He knocks the ball across to T_Barry ... But Y_Bisseck slides in Min. 5 :(mnc) T_Barry runs at the defender ... The ball rebounds off O_Marmoush back to him! ... That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward! ... T_Barry tries to catch the keeper out! ... J_Trafford with the save ... He holds onto it as well! Min. 6 :(bha) Y_Pino sprints down the flank ... He threads the ball in to A_Benarous ... L_Mai reads the situation well and wins the ball ... But it goes out ... CORNER! ... D_Munoz plays it towards the near post! ... G_Grando fists it away! Min. 8 :(bha) Y_Bisseck finds S_Berge with a perfectly weighted pass ... S_Berge hits the shot! ... It swerves a lot! ... GOAL !! ... He jumps up and punches the air ... That’s given Brighton the advantage! ... Manchester City 0-1 Brighton ... Min. 9 :(mnc) J_Felix beats his marker ... That was a quick burst of pace to set him free ... J_Felix hits the shot with the inside of the left foot! ... He has failed to hit the target! ... He looks horrified by that miss! ... He puts his face in his hands! Min. 10 :(bha) O_Marmoush knocks the ball past the lunge of T_Chalobah ... Excellent sliding challenge from Pedro_Porro Min. 13 :(bha) Y_Pino kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate in space! ... He plays the ball in to him! ... O_Marmoush gets on the end of the pass ... J_Felix reads the play well Min. 14 :(bha) M_Cucurella knocks it forward ... O_Zinchenko slips ... O_Marmoush gets to it! ... O_Marmoush has his eyes on the goal! ... He shoots! ... G_Grando with an amazing dive to the bottom left ... How he got to that one I don't know ! Min. 15 :(bha) Z_Butterworth runs at the defender ... The ball rebounds off J_Birch back to him! ... That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward! ... Z_Butterworth pounds a rocket on goal ! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... G_Grando tips it over !! ... Great goalkeeping there! ... CORNER! ... J_Ward-Prowse floats the ball in! ... It comes to L_Shaw ... He fires it towards to goal ... But G_Grando just gets his fingers to that one Min. 16 :(mnc) Coutinho wins possession ... He plays the ball across to J_Felix ... J_Felix rises above the defence to head the ball ! ... J_Trafford claws it off the line ... The Referee consults his assistant ... GOAL !! ... Equaliser, the crowd goes wild! ... Manchester City 1-1 Brighton ... Min. 19 :(mnc) J_Felix is taking a throw in ... He sees a team mate loosing his marker ... He throws it to Coutinho ... Excellent sliding challenge from D_Munoz ... He could have easily caught the defender is he hadn't been careful Min. 20 :(mnc) Joelinton runs down the flank ... He plays the ball in to J_Felix ... J_Felix controls the ball well! ... He hits the shot towards goal! ... J_Trafford won't get to that! ... GOAL !! ... Pick that one out!! ... That’s given Manchester City the lead! ... Manchester City 2-1 Brighton ... Min. 23 :(bha) D_Munoz takes advantage of a mistake by L_Mai ... That mistake could prove costly ... D_Munoz with a graceful, looping effort ! ... Looks like it should be G_Grando's ... Oh he's let it go through his legs ... But drifts inches wide !! ... G_Grando looks embarrassed! ... He was relieved to see it go wide! ... Goal kick given, amazing decision there! Min. 24 :(bha) O_Marmoush beats his marker ... He muscled him off the ball ... O_Marmoush flicks the header toward the far post! ... GOAL !! ... G_Grando looks dejected ... That’s got Brighton back level! ... Manchester City 2-2 Brighton ... Min. 27 :(bha) Y_Pino has it now ... He takes on Joelinton ... He gets past him! ... He puts in Z_Butterworth! ... Z_Butterworth looks to see where G_Grando is! ... He rifles in the shot! ... Looks like it should be G_Grando's ... Oh he's let it go through his legs ... But drifts inches wide !! ... G_Grando looks embarrassed! ... He was relieved to see it go wide! ... Goal kick given, amazing decision there! Min. 34 :(mnc) Joelinton with a first time pass ... T_Reijnders runs onto it! ... T_Reijnders throws himself at the ball ! ... He manages to reach the ball ... Saved by J_Trafford Min. 34 :(bha) A_Benarous with electric pace ... He eases past the defender ... Pedro_Porro pulls on his opponent’s shirt!! ... The Referee has stopped play ... Well spotted by The Referee! ... He's lucky it wasn't more ... It’s just a warning Min. 35 :(bha) O_Marmoush is first to the ball ... Fine tackle by T_Chalobah ... He prevents the corner as well Min. 39 :(bha) O_Marmoush skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to D_Munoz ... L_Mai attacks him with a large hello kitty. Where was he hiding that? ... Oh well the referee says play On!! Min. 42 :(bha) Y_Pino plays it to his team mate for a one-two ... D_Munoz decides to go for goal instead! ... D_Munoz looks to see where G_Grando is! ... He rifles in the shot! ... G_Grando fists it away ... That was a good save! Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on Min. 49 :(bha) S_Berge takes a throw in ... He throws the ball into O_Marmoush ... O_Marmoush chases it through, he must score ! ... G_Grando can't get to it! ... GOAL !! ... Look at the delight on his face!! ... Lets see if Brighton can hang onto that lead! ... Manchester City 2-3 Brighton ... ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Manchester City 2-3 Brighton Min. 49 :(mnc) Joelinton turns past the defender ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to Coutinho ... L_Shaw anticipates the pass and cuts it out Min. 50 :(bha) O_Marmoush finds his way through ... He has tremendous pace ... O_Zinchenko takes the ball ... OOOHHHH!! ... He almost loses it straight away ... But he hits it clear! Min. 51 :(mnc) Coutinho kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate making a run! ... He swings the ball in ... J_Birch gets on the end of the pass ... He is in space! ... O_Marmoush with an ugly foul ... The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!! ... It's a yellow, and rightly so ... YELLOW CARD!! ... FREE KICK! ... Just outside the box! ... T_Reijnders plays it short to Coutinho ... Coutinho sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender ! ... The shot deflects wide into the crowd!! ... CORNER! ... Joelinton plays it towards the near post! ... T_Barry gets on the end of it ... It hits off a defender! ... J_Trafford is wrong footed! ... It drifts just wide! ... CORNER! ... Swung in by J_Felix ... J_Trafford easily catches it! Min. 55 :(bha) A_Webster replaces M_Cucurella to play as a DF Min. 55 :(bha) M_Doucoure will replace D_Munoz and play DF Min. 55 :(bha) Y_Bisseck beats his marker ... It looked like he pushed his marker ... "Play On!" Waves The Referee ... Y_Bisseck unleashes a pile driver ! ... But he miskicks and puts it well off target ... The Manchester City fans taunt him about that effort Min. 57 :(mnc) Coutinho sprints down the flank ... He plays the ball across to T_Barry ... But Y_Bisseck spotted the danger and cleans up the play Min. 57 :(bha) S_Berge brings it under control ... He takes on J_Birch ... He gets past him! ... He puts in Y_Pino! ... Y_Pino attempts a low drive! ... It's beaten G_Grando ... It goes wide !! Min. 60 :(mnc) J_Felix finds his way through ... He has tremendous pace ... A left-footer by J_Felix ! ... J_Trafford with an amazing dive to the bottom left ... How he got to that one I don't know ! Min. 60 :(bha) J_Ward-Prowse takes advantage of a mistake by O_Zinchenko ... The cross hits J_Ward-Prowse on the butt and rebounds towards goal ! ... But G_Grando punches it away ... He commands his area so well Min. 66 :(bha) O_Marmoush swings at Coutinho ... He could be off here! ... The referee reaches to his pocket! ... He jots down his name! ... RED CARD!! ... I think he was unlucky there, deserve a booking only! Min. 70 :(mnc) C_Coady replaces L_Mai and will play DF Min. 72 :(mnc) T_Partey is being brought on ... Joelinton is leaving the pitch ... He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing ... Looks like his replacement will play MF Min. 74 :(bha) A_Webster takes possession ... He looks up ... He's in acres of space ... T_Chalobah gathers up the loose ball Min. 75 :(mnc) Patson_Daka comes on for J_Felix and will play FW to the delight of the fans Min. 76 :(bha) J_Ward-Prowse changes direction inside ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to L_Shaw ... L_Shaw with a scorcher of a shot ! ... He has failed to hit the target! ... He looks horrified by that miss! ... He should have buried that! Min. 78 :(mnc) Pedro_Porro runs at A_Webster ... The defender slips and falls over ... Pedro_Porro fires off a left-footed shot ! ... J_Trafford gets up well to catch that one Min. 81 :(mnc) Patson_Daka with the dribble ... This is a great chance ... L_Shaw plays the back pass ... J_Trafford can't get to it!! ... It goes just wide!! ... Look at the relief on his face!! ... CORNER! ... T_Reijnders chips the ball in towards the far post! ... Pedro_Porro with the shot! ... It takes a deflection! ... But sails wide! ... CORNER! ... Swung in by T_Reijnders ... It comes to T_Partey ... He fires it towards to goal ... It grazes the bar ... And goes over ... Oh so close there! Min. 87 :(mnc) T_Barry takes possession ... Knocks it past the defender ... He's through on goal ... T_Barry sends it flying towards goal! ... J_Trafford gets his body behind the ball and saves ... Text book goalkeeping! Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on Min. 89 :(mnc) Coutinho has the ball on the wing ... He knocks the ball past A_Webster! ... He has some space now! ... Coutinho leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!! ... He hits the side netting ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Etihad Stadium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manchester City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : J_Felix (Man of the Match) Scorers : J_Felix (16,20) Sent Off : N/A Booked : T_Barry (1) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brighton Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : S_Berge Scorers : S_Berge (8), O_Marmoush (24,49) Sent Off : O_Marmoush (66) Booked : Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manchester City | Brighton Attempts on Goal : 13 | 14 Off target : 6 | 6 On target : 7 | 8 Possession : 48 | 52 Corners : 4 | 2 Red Cards : 0 | 1 Yellow Cards : 1 | 1 Subs Used : 3 | 2 Fouls : 8 | 11 Key Tackles : 7 | 5 Key Passes : 9 | 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Manchester City 2 - 3 Brighton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 1 1 1 23 | 98 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -12 0 0 0 Pedro_Porro DM 1 24 16 9 24 | 98 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 0 4 L_Mai DF 1 24 16 2 23 | 74 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 T_Chalobah DF 1 24 14 8 29 | 98 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 O_Zinchenko DF 1 23 15 8 27 | 98 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 J_Birch DM 1 15 24 3 25 | 98 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 T_Reijnders AM 1 13 26 13 25 | 98 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Joelinton MF 1 12 26 12 27 | 76 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 Coutinho AM 2 4 25 15 25 | 98 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 58 2 J_Felix FW 1 10 14 27 20 | 79 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 13 10 50 T_Barry FW 1 8 15 26 28 | 98 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -3 -3 4 A_Areola GK 22 1 1 1 27 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Coady DF 1 22 6 4 26 | 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Ali_Mohamed DF 1 23 15 4 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T_Partey MF 1 14 22 8 32 | 22 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Patson_Daka FW 1 4 15 22 22 | 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Brighton Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J_Trafford GK 28 1 1 1 24 | 98 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Munoz DF 1 24 15 2 21 | 59 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 0 4 L_Shaw DF 2 22 17 4 28 | 98 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 26 0 4 A_Benarous DF 1 22 16 3 24 | 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Y_Bisseck DF 1 22 16 2 23 | 98 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 34 46 9 M_Cucurella DF 1 22 10 3 24 | 59 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 Y_Pino MF 1 3 25 13 24 | 98 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 48 10 J_Ward-Prowse MF 2 4 23 3 23 | 98 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 Z_Butterworth MF 1 15 23 15 23 | 98 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 S_Berge MF 1 6 24 3 25 | 98 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 38 23 O_Marmoush FW 1 9 15 27 27 | 70 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 -7 3 42 M_Rodak GK 26 2 2 1 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Webster DF 1 23 16 9 21 | 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Doucoure DF 1 23 14 3 24 | 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W_Ndidi MF 1 14 22 3 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Bowen FW 1 8 15 24 29 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1782072162 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35