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0¹ DOUÉ scuffed an easy chance. 1¹ NMECHA ran onto a wonderful ball from DOYLE but pulled his effort wide of the lefthand post. 2¹ A free-kick from OKOLI raced wide. 3¹ A deadly shot from WOOD was pushed over by the 'keeper. 4¹ A wonderful save prevented ÁLVARO CARRERAS from scoring a good goal. 10¹ The bemused TRUBIN stared in disbelief as a backpass from DEBAST dropped just wide. 11¹ A shot from SÉRGIO GÓMEZ held little difficulty for TRUBIN. 17¹ GOAL!! A strike from OLISE which the Manchester City 'keeper managed to block seemed to have crossed the line and WALTON gave the goal. (1-0 Ipswich Town) 20¹ DOUÉ made space on the right and touched the ball to WIRTZ who touched the ball over. 21¹ WIRTZ was put clear by JOÃO NEVES and he stepped inside the 'keeper but rammed his shot over. 26¹ ÁLVARO CARRERAS headed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area. 28¹ SÉRGIO GÓMEZ shot over. 31¹ GOAL!! A great dummy from NMECHA allowed LASCELLES to lay a exceptional ball off to ESTUPIÑAN who struck the ball into the back of the net. (1-1) 37¹ GOAL!! A neat one-two left WOOD clear and he made no mistake by cleverly flicking the ball past the oncoming TRUBIN. (2-1 Manchester City) 43¹ ISAK brought the ball round HERRERA and rattled a poor shot into the crowd. 13² A thirty yard drive from DOUÉ caused the Manchester City 'keeper no problem. 15² A lovely effort from ÁLVARO CARRERAS scraped the upright. 17² A good ball from OKOLI on the right fell to SÉRGIO GÓMEZ who scuffed his effort just beyond the far post. 19² A refined cross from SÉRGIO GÓMEZ was tapped goalbound by MEUNIER only for TRUBIN to palm clear. 25² A mix up in the Manchester City defence enabled WIRTZ to hit an effort over the bar. 38² ÁLVARO CARRERAS stabbed a simple chance past the lefthand post. 42² A accurate pass fell to WIRTZ and his looping shot went narrowly wide.

Manchester City   League position: 3 Home league form: WWW- Overall league form: WWLWWWOW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Thomas STRAKOSHA 6  1 7  Anatoliy TRUBIN Thomas MEUNIER 6½ 2 8  Jurriën TIMBER Pervis ESTUPIÑAN 7½ 3 6½ ÁLVARO Fernández CARRERAS Yangel HERRERA 6½ 4 7½ JOÃO Pedro NEVES Caleb OKOLI 6½ 5 6½ Zeno DEBAST Jamaal LASCELLES 6½ 6 7  Nico SCHLOTTERBECK(c) Tommy DOYLE 6½ 7 6½ Alexander ISAK SÉRGIO GÓMEZ Martin 6½ 8 7  Désiré DOUÉ (c,p)Chris WOOD 6½ 9 7  Michael OLISE (f)Lukas NMECHA 5½ 10 7  Florian WIRTZ(f) GABRIEL Fernando JESUS 7  11 6½ Bukayo SAKA(p) Manager Kevin Reynolds Josh WILSON-ESBRAND    12    Adam WHARTON Igor AKINFEEV    13    Jonas URBIG Serge AURIER    14    Benjamin SESKO Orri ÓSKARSSON    15    Bradley BARCOLA Ryan FRASER    16    Ousmane DIOMANDÉ

Ipswich Town   League position: 2 Away league form: XWWW Overall league form: LXWWWWWW Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics

Manchester City 2 Ipswich Town 1 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 47,485, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Peter Walton 5½) Estupiñan 31¹, Wood 37¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Olise 17¹             2 2 5 10 0 4 6 6 7 11 13 17 4 4 44% 56% ¶ Man of the match: Jurriën Timber ¶