Sunderland v Manchester City, 31 August 2008

Score3-0 to Manchester City
RefereeChris Foy
CompetitionPremier League
VenueStadium of Light
Attendance39,622

View Sunderland v Manchester City head to head

0 Sunderland

3 Manchester City

Goals:

Goals:

Stephen Ireland 45 G
Shaun Wright-Phillips 50 G
Shaun Wright-Phillips 58 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Craig Gordon
Defender/Right back Phil Bardsley
Defender/Right back Pascal Chimbonda
Defender Danny Collins
Defender/Midfielder Nyron Nosworthy
Midfielder Steed Malbranque
Midfielder Grant Leadbitter
Midfielder Kieran Richardson
Midfielder/Forward Andy Reid
Forward Djibril Cisse
Forward El Hadji Diouf

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Joe Hart
Defender Micah Richards
Defender Vedran Corluka
Defender/Centre back Richard Dunne
Defender/Centre back Vincent Kompany
Defender/Midfielder Michael Ball
Midfielder Michael Johnson
Midfielder Dietmar Hamann
Midfielder Stephen Ireland
Midfielder/Forward Shaun Wright-Phillips
Forward Jo

Substitutions:

David Healy for El Hadji Diouf 60
Daryl Murphy for Grant Leadbitter 60
Anthony Stokes for Djibril Cisse 60

Substitutions:

Tal Ben Haim for Micah Richards 46
Gelson Fernandes for Michael Johnson 81
Elano for Shaun Wright-Phillips 85

Cards:

Phil Bardsley 60 Y
David Healy 66 Y
Kieran Richardson 74 Y
Pascal Chimbonda 77 Y

Cards:

Micah Richards 31 Y
Vincent Kompany 33 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Darren Ward
Defender Danny Higginbotham
Midfielder Liam Miller
Forward David Healy
Forward Anthony Stokes
Forward Daryl Murphy
Forward Dwight Yorke

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel
Defender Tal Ben Haim
Defender Javier Garrido
Midfielder Gelson Fernandes
Midfielder Elano
Forward Danny Sturridge
Forward Ched Evans

Comments:

League position: 18th

Comments:

League position: 3rd