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Commentary
DOYLE made space on the left and knocked the ball to WOOD who fired the ball over.
ORIGI poked an easy chance past the near post.
12¹TAVERNIER's shot was well held by STRAKOSHA.
15¹Uncertainty in the Manchester City defence enabled CORREA to blast an effort just beyond the far post.
16¹GABRIEL JESUS blasted a looping shot just beyond the near post from close range.
19¹A corner bobbled toward FRASER who fired the ball wide.
21¹DOYLE beat four Middlesbrough players and blasted a great chance wide.
22¹The motionless 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from CORREA fell just over.
28¹GOAL!! A refined set-piece enabled GABRIEL JESUS to drill the ball into the net. (1-0 Manchester City)
37¹An exceptional strike from WOOD was dealt with by a good parry from the 'keeper.
The Manchester City 'keeper saved a curling effort from ORIGI.
GOAL!! NMECHA hit a curling twenty-five yard shot past the bemused Middlesbrough 'keeper. (2-0 Manchester City)
GOAL!! A deep cross from PEDRO PORRO on the left was headed home by ORIGI after a great leap. (2-1 Manchester City)
LASCELLES shot over.
13²A great effort from HERRERA scraped the outside of the post.
29²An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of the Manchester City 'keeper by AINA.
31²A free-kick from TAVERNIER floated over.
32²HERRERA floated the ball to FRASER who flicked it wide.
36²A cross from TAVERNIER left PEDRO PORRO in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
38²PERIN dived to his left to block a fierce drive from Manchester City's WOOD.
42²A weak strike from NMECHA bounced agonisingly wide.
47²SÜLE scuffed an easy chance.

 
Manchester City
 
League position: 13
Home league form: XXLW
Overall league form: LLLXXXWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Thomas STRAKOSHA1Mattia PERIN
Niklas SÜLE2PEDRO Antonio PORRO
Pervis ESTUPIÑAN3Ola AINA
Yangel HERRERA4Jonny HOWSON
Jamaal LASCELLES5Craig DAWSON(c)
SÉRGIO GÓMEZ Martin6Nathan WOOD
Tommy DOYLE7Ángel CORREA
Lukas NMECHA8Marcus TAVERNIER
(c,p)Chris WOOD9Divock ORIGI(p)
(f)Ryan FRASER10Matt CROOKS(f)
GABRIEL Fernando JESUS11Matthew HOPPE
Manager
Josh WILSON-ESBRAND  12  Nathaniel CLYNE
Igor AKINFEEV  13  Zack STEFFEN
CARLOS Roberto FORBS  14  Aden FLINT
Jayden BRAAF  15  Ryan GILES
Serge AURIER16  Ashley FLETCHER
 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 12
Away league form: WLWL
Overall league form: LOWWLLWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Manchester City 2 Middlesbrough 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 33,815, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Mark Halsey 6)

Gabriel Jesus 28¹, Nmecha 3²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Origi 3²
DoyleóAurier 29² 
  
  
02
27
11
44
104
148
23
55%45%
Man of the match: Pervis Estupiñan