Match Report
| Manchester City | Manchester City |  |  | Leeds United | Leeds United | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | manager | Computer Player | Computer Player | |||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Ince | E. Ince |  | 73 | G |  | 1 | | G | 66 | | Seth Croft | S. Croft | |||||||||
| Bill Greening | B. Greening | | 57 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 73 | | Ralph Ferdinand | R. Ferdinand | |||||||||
| Moritz Littbarski | M. Littbarski |  | 53 | D | | 3 | | D | 64 | | Uwe Vogel | U. Vogel | |||||||||
| Martin Caballero | M. Caballero |  | 53 | D | | 4 | | D | 57 | | Marcus Eustace | M. Eustace | |||||||||
| James Pallister | J. Pallister | | 52 | D | | 5 | | D | 56 | | Titus Greaves | T. Greaves | |||||||||
| Bill Clegg | B. Clegg | | 51 | D | | 6 | | M | 58 | | Des Seaman | D. Seaman | |||||||||
| Brian Ferdinand | B. Ferdinand | | 77 | M | | 7 | | M | 58 |  | Neil Telfer | N. Telfer | |||||||||
| Julian Benali | J. Benali | | 67 | M | | 8 | | M | 57 | | Alan Windass | A. Windass | |||||||||
| Chris Anderton | C. Anderton | | 60 | M | | 9 | | M | 55 | | Jacob White | J. White | |||||||||
| Daniel Mercer | D. Mercer | | 70 | A | | 10 | | A | 78 | | Eddie Midgley | E. Midgley | |||||||||
| James Philips | J. Philips | | 61 | A | | 11 | | A | 63 | | John Merson | J. Merson | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at The Etihad Stadium where Manchester City play host to Leeds United. A crowd of 8,626 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Manchester City are playing in a 5-3-2 formation while Leeds United appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
Manchester City are playing in a 5-3-2 formation while Leeds United appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0Leeds United kick off!
9.47
0-0Uwe Vogel flicks the ball to his team mate, Alan Windass. Alan Windass makes a beautiful solo run. Alan Windass shoots from long range but it is miles over!
14.45
0-0Neil Telfer passes the ball forward to Eddie Midgley. Eddie Midgley knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
16.56
0-0John Merson catches Moritz Littbarski on the ankles. The referee calls over John Merson and warns him to calm down! Moritz Littbarski runs off the knock.
18.24
0-0James Pallister advances with the ball. James Pallister sees space and advances. James Pallister lofts in a cross ball towards James Philips. James Philips heads the ball goalwards. The ball is well placed but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
21.37
Brian Ferdinand decides to run forward with the ball. Brian Ferdinand knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Titus Greaves.
27.17
John Merson hacks James Pallister from behind! John Merson is given another warning by the referee! James Pallister runs off the knock.
30.34
0-0Manchester City are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Leeds United's defence.
33.11
Alan Windass passes the ball forward to John Merson. John Merson whips in a cross ball towards Eddie Midgley. Eddie Midgley powers a header at goal but it flies wide!
38.31
Moritz Littbarski comes in with a late challenge on John Merson. The referee calls over Moritz Littbarski and warns him to calm down! John Merson runs off the knock.
39.41
Julian Benali comes in with a late challenge on Neil Telfer. Julian Benali is given a warning by the referee! Neil Telfer stretches but gets up unharmed.
40.16
Moritz Littbarski barges into John Merson. Moritz Littbarski is given another warning by the referee! John Merson stretches but gets up unharmed.
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
Manchester City start the second half!
47.33
0-1Alan Windass makes a probing pass to John Merson. John Merson shoots from outside the area. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
53.41
0-1Des Seaman comes in with a late challenge on Chris Anderton. The referee calls over Des Seaman and warns him to calm down! Chris Anderton gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
55.43
Eddie Midgley clumsily knocks into James Pallister. The referee calls over Eddie Midgley and warns him to calm down! James Pallister stretches but gets up unharmed.
66.11
0-1Chris Anderton brings the ball forward. Chris Anderton makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Daniel Mercer but he's offside!
77.27
Alan Windass makes a probing pass to John Merson. John Merson knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Moritz Littbarski.
78.08
Julian Benali threads the ball through to Daniel Mercer. Daniel Mercer sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. It's miles wide!
83.24
Jacob White chips the ball to his team mate, Eddie Midgley. Eddie Midgley shoots from long range but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
85.37
Uwe Vogel passes the ball forward to Neil Telfer. Neil Telfer makes a simple pass to John Merson. John Merson goes all the way! John Merson rockets a shot on goal. It's there!! Eddie Ince has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
Match Statistics
Match Statistics
Goals
Shots on Target
Shots off Target
Offsides
Fouls
Yellow Cards
Red Cards
Possession
Play Area
Scorers
| John Merson 47, 85 |