Manchester City 4-3 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 19 December 2009
Result
Manchester City 4-3 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 19 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-2
Manchester City 4-3 Sunderland: match report
Manchester City defeated Sunderland 4-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 December 2009. The half-time score was 3-2.
R. Santa Cruz opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Manchester City's goals came from R. Santa Cruz (4'), C. Tevez (12', penalty), Craig Bellamy (35') and R. Santa Cruz (69'). Sunderland scored through John Mensah (16'), Jordan Henderson (24') and K. Jones (62').
Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 8th on 26 points from 16 and Sunderland 10th on 21 points from 17. Manchester City went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Sunderland 13th with 44.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-3-2-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sunderland.
Key events
- 4'Goal · R. Santa Cruz
- 12'Penalty goal · C. Tevez
- 16'Goal · John Mensah
- 24'Goal · Jordan Henderson
- 35'Goal · Craig Bellamy
- 62'Goal · K. Jones
- 64'Yellow card · Shay Given
- 68'Yellow card · Pablo Zabaleta
- 69'Goal · R. Santa Cruz
- 78'Yellow card · Nyron Nosworthy
- 88'Yellow card · L. Cattermole
- 90'Red card · Michael Turner
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Shay Given, Wayne Bridge, Joleon Lescott, Kolo Touré, Micah Richards, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nigel de Jong, Gareth Barry, Stephen Ireland, Emmanuel Adebayor
Sunderland line-up (4-3-2-1)
Marton Fulop, George McCartney, Michael Turner, Nyron Nosworthy, John Mensah, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, Andy Reid, Lee Cattermole, Darren Bent, Fraizer Campbell