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 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
+37 Arsenal 30 67 3
+32 Manchester City 29 60 5
+11 Manchester United 29 51 6
+5 Aston Villa 29 51 8
Full Table

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

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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