Manchester City vs Swansea City
Match pulse
MNCAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| MNC | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| SWA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Who won: Man City 1-0
Manchester City beat Swansea City 1-0 on Saturday, October 27, 2012 at Etihad Stadium. Goals for Man City: Carlos Tevez (61').
Play by play
- 102'
<b>And that's the final action of a marathon match</b> - City weren't convincing, and Swansea can feel a bit hard done by, but the champions have won 1-0
- 102'
Seconds to go. City break with Balotelli, who lashes over the top
- 101'
Ki, Graham and Dyer combine and it's cleared. The City fans want their players to stop sitting so deep. They push out a bit, and Clichy finds a crossing position. And wastes it, by floating the ball into Hart's hands
- 100'
100 minutes in. Two to go. One goal the City lead
- 99'
Tevez picks up a misdirected pass and sets off on another meandering run by the edge of the box. He gets the shot all wrong, though, and it poses no danger to the Swans
- 99'
Good run by Balotelli, ended on the byline by a splendidly no-nonsense Davies challenge. City have a corner
- 98'
Then Ki gives the ball away and Yay Toure fails to profit. We still have four minutes or so to play
- 97'
... but he blazes it high into the stand
- 97'
Davies again crosses for Swansea from the left. Rangel picks up possession on the other side of the area. The ball breaks to Ki on the edge of the area...
- 95'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Here comes Lescott, and there goes Aguero
- 94'
One more change for City... Joleon Lescott is getting ready to come on
- 93'
Still about ten minutes to play... Routledge tries to take on Kolo Toure down the left, but the defender shows him exactly who's boss in that situation
- 93'
Dyer engineers a good crossing position on the Swansea right - and then crosses the ball into the stand. What a waste
- 92'
There will be 12 minutes of injury time, the fourth official says
- 91'
Keepball from City until Barry finds Aguero... and finds him offside
- 90'
In the meantime, Swansea are having a good spell of possession. Rangel fires in another cross, and the home side get it away and break...
- 90'
We'll soon be finding out how much injury time there will be - I'd imagine about ten minutes
- 89'
Swansea can be pleased with the way they have played, even if they don't end up getting anything out of the match
- 88'
Rangel fires a dangerous cross in. Danny Graham can't get there, but you could argue that others should have been attacking that one too
- 87'
Davies gets forward and fires in a dangerous cross for Swansea, which City - not entirely comfortably - get away
- 86'
Four minutes or so of normal time to go - but there will be a very considerable amount of injury time
- 85'
City content to play it short. Ki defends well for Swansea, but Mancini's team have the ball again
- 84'
Clichy is challenged - and fouled - by Nathan Dyer down the City left. Free-kick, and a yellow card for Dyer
- 83'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Kolo Toure is brought on in place of Richards, and he immediately heads a long Swansea throw clear
- 82'
Mario Balotelli is having a word with Richards as he is stretchered off. Huge applause from the City supporters for their defender
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