English Premier League

Man City vs Burnley 2021-22 English Premier League

  • 12': Bernardo Silva
  • 70': Kevin De Bruyne
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2 - 0

Silva, De Bruyne strike as Man City labour to routine win over Burnley

Manchester City were made to work for it but overcame Burnley 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium 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
+13 Manchester City 6 18 0
+8 Tottenham Hotspur 5 13 0
+8 Liverpool 5 13 0
+5 Arsenal 5 13 0
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Statistics

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

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

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

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