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Commentary

1¹ MORATA's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Manchester City crossbar. 2¹ DI MARÍA fired the ball through a crowd of players but DONNARUMMA was a match for it as he dived to his right. 10¹ A lovely pass from FODEN was hit goalbound by MESSI only for the Accrington Stan. 'keeper to claw away. 15¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in MESSI driving a low shot over. 23¹ ROWE hit a deadly shot just beyond the far post from twenty yards out. 28¹ GOAL!! Uncertainty between RÚBEN DIAS and the 'keeper allowed DI MARÍA to fire the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Accrington Stan.) 29¹ A corner fell to HAALAND who nodded an effort wide. 31¹ A free-kick from MESSI went over. 34¹ VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR waltzed past LIVRAMENTO and stabbed a weak shot past the post. 39¹ GOAL!! A shot from VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR rolled through a crowd of players and trickled past the unsighted 'keeper. (1-1) 45¹ The hapless Accrington Stan. 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from GILMOUR dropped just over. 3² A cross from FODEN left MESSI in plenty of space but he rushed his shot. 7² MESSI floated the ball to RODRI who touched it wide. 10² A fine ball from BELLINGHAM on the left fell to ROWE who mishit his shot inches wide. 20² A tame shot from DI MARÍA rolled agonisingly wide. 26² GOAL!! A cross from the left was headed down by ROWE for MORATA to score. (2-1 Accrington Stan.) 28² A shot from ROWE held no problem for DONNARUMMA. 30² RÚBEN DIAS ran onto a great ball from BELLINGHAM but pulled his effort wide. 35² VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR headed over. 38² ROWE rushed an easy chance. 40² ROWE stabbed an easy chance past the lefthand post. 41² HAALAND was put clear by RÚBEN DIAS and he beat the Accrington Stan. 'keeper but rammed his shot inches wide.

Accrington Stan.   League position: 17 Home league form: LLLW Overall league form: LLLXLLWW Formation: 4-1-3-2

Line-ups JOSÉ Pedro SÁ 6½ 1 7½ Gianluigi DONNARUMMA (c)Tino LIVRAMENTO 6½ 2 7½ Bukayo SAKA Lucas DIGNE 7  3 7  Phil FODEN Billy GILMOUR 6½ 4 6½ Antonio RÜDIGER(c) Niklas SÜLE 7  5 7  RÚBEN Santos DIAS Stefan POSCH 6  6 7  RODRI Brennan JOHNSON 7½ 7 7½ Lionel MESSI Ángel DI MARÍA 7  8 7  Jeremie FRIMPONG(f) Álvaro MORATA 7½ 9 7  Erling HAALAND Jobe BELLINGHAM 6½ 10 7½ Jude BELLINGHAM(p) (p,f)Jon ROWE 6  11 7  VINÍCIUS José JÚNIOR Manager Lee Avramovic Raúl JIMÉNEZ    12    TOMÁS Lemos ARAÚJO RUI Tiago SILVA    13    James TRAFFORD Lloyd KELLY    14    Victor OSIMHEN Kamory DOUMBIA    15    Max DOWMAN Keane LEWIS-POTTER    16    TONI

Manchester City   League position: 2 Away league form: WWXL Overall league form: WWWWXWXX Formation: 3-4-3

Statistics

Accrington Stan. 2 Manchester City 1 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 19,032, Stadium: Fraser Eagle, Referee: Chris Foy 7½) di María 28¹, Morata 26² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Vinícius Júnior 39¹             4 7 21 7 4 7 6 2 6 14 12 16 4 1 47% 53% ¶ Man of the match: Gianluigi Donnarumma ¶