Manchester City vs Swansea City
Match pulse
MNCAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| MNC | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| SWA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Who won: Man City 4-0
Manchester City beat Swansea City 4-0 on Monday, August 15, 2011 at Etihad Stadium. Goals for Man City: Edin Dzeko (57'), Sergio Agüero (68', 90'+1') and David Silva (71').
Play by play
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Swansea shouldn't be too disheartened, but this was a tough lesson.
Aguero steals the show, then, despite playing just 30 minutes. The summer signing scored two, one of which was a class effort, while he also notched an assist.
<b>Full-time. Manchester City 4 Swansea 0.</b>
- 90'
Two goals in 30 minutes for Aguero, then. Not bad. Keep this up and he will repay his £38 million fee in quick time.
- 90'
The Argentina international picks up the ball, about 25 yards out. Sets himself, then hits a classy dipping effort that drops into the far corner. Terrific.
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<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> Aguero makes it 4-0. Good lord, what a hit.
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Three minutes of added time will be played.
- 90'
Milner takes it. He drives low and Vorm gets his body behind it. Aguero looks on, horrified it didn't go in.
- 90'
Vorm saves again. Meanwhile, free-kick to City nice and central, 20 yards out...
- 89'
Clichy has a mistake in him. That much is true.
- 88'
City push the ball around smartly but the move fails to result in a goal as Toure swipes at thin air.
- 86'
It'll be easy to look at this scoreline and think Swansea will struggle this campaign, but they can take much heart from their display. They will pick up points in the games to come.
- 85'
Hart prevents a corner via some nifty footwork. GET HIM UP FRONT.
- 84'
A stat from OptaJoe via <i>Twitter</i>: 11 - Michel Vorm has already made more saves tonight than any player managed in a Premier League game last season (10). Blinder
- 83'
Sweet little backheel from Aguero almost feeds Dzeko. This boy will bring much entertainment to the Premier League this season.
- 82'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Lita comes on for Nathan Dyer. City bring on Milner for the excellent Silva.
- 81'
Revelation of the night: Aguero and Silva are very good players.
- 80'
Richards leaps to nod away the delivery. The attendance, meanwhile, is 46,802.
- 79'
Free-kick to Swansea in a promising area...
- 77'
Oh, it's a lovely save. Toure lashes the teed-off effort at goal. It was low and skimming. It got a deflection but Vorm was there, down low to stop. That's how you do it, De Gea (harsh?).
- 76'
Pass back. City have a free-kick just inside of Swansea's box. Indirect, though.
- 75'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Johnson is replaced by Savic as Mancini looks to batten down the hatches. Banter.
- 73'
Savic about to enter the fray, another summer signing.
- 72'
Some contention over whether the ball had run out of play when Aguero hooked it back into play. Replays iffy.
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