English Premier League

Man City vs Burnley 2021-22 English Premier League

Manchester City
  • 12': Bernardo Silva
  • 70': Kevin De Bruyne
FT
2 - 0
Burnley

    Silva, De Bruyne score for City in 2-0 EPL win over Burnley

    — Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne scored as Manchester City claimed a hard-fought 2-0 win over Burnley in the English Premier League on Saturday.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 12': Goal! Manchester City 1, Burnley 0. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
    • 45'+3': Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 56': Substitution, Burnley. Ashley Barnes replaces Maxwel Cornet.
    • 70': Goal! Manchester City 2, Burnley 0. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
    • 72': Substitution, Burnley. Jóhann Gudmundsson replaces Jack Cork.
    • 72': Substitution, Manchester City. Rúben Dias replaces Aymeric Laporte.
    • 82': Substitution, Burnley. Jay Rodriguez replaces Chris Wood.
    • 84': Substitution, Manchester City. Fernandinho replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
    • 90'+1': Substitution, Manchester City. Cole Palmer replaces Bernardo Silva.

    Game Information

    Competition: English Premier League

    Venue: Etihad Stadium
    Location: Manchester, England
    Attendance: 52,711

    English Premier League Standings

    POS TEAM GP GD PTS
    +15 Arsenal 10 25 1
    +12 Manchester City 10 19 3
    +4 Liverpool 10 18 4
    +4 Sunderland 10 18 2
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    Statistics

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    5 Fouls 11
    0 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 0
    2 Corner Kicks 6
    4 Saves 2
    29.4 Possession 70.6
    7 SHOTS 15
    2 ON GOAL 6
    0.3 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    228 Accurate Passes 687
    318 Passes 768
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    2 Accurate Crosses 3
    12 Crosses 24
    0.2 Cross % 0.1
    77 Long Balls 60
    34 Accurate Long Balls 35
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
    1 Blocked Shots 4
    13 Effective Tackles 6
    17 Tackles 11
    0.8 Tackle % 0.5
    10 Interceptions 10
    22 Effective Clearances 9
    22 Clearances 9

    Line-Ups

    MNC Manchester City (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    13 Zack Steffen (GK)
    14 Aymeric Laporte Yellow Card
    5 John Stones
    6 Nathan Aké
    27 João Cancelo
    16 Rodri
    17 Kevin De Bruyne
    20 Bernardo Silva
    7 Raheem Sterling
    47 Phil Foden
    26 Riyad Mahrez
    Substitutes:
    Fernandinho, Cieran Slicker, Rúben Dias, Kyle Walker, Cole Palmer, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Scott Carson, Jack Grealish, Ilkay Gündogan.

    BUR Burnley (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Nick Pope (GK)
    5 James Tarkowski
    22 Nathan Collins
    23 Erik Pieters
    2 Matthew Lowton
    4 Jack Cork
    18 Ashley Westwood
    11 Dwight McNeil
    8 Josh Brownhill
    9 Chris Wood
    20 Maxwel Cornet
    Substitutes:
    Will Norris, Wayne Hennessey, Aaron Lennon, Ashley Barnes, Kevin Long, Jóhann Gudmundsson, Jay Rodríguez, Connor Roberts, Phil Bardsley.

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