Manchester City v Burnley, 21 October 2017

Score3-0 to Manchester City
RefereeRoger East
CompetitionPremier League
VenueEtihad Stadium
Attendance54,118

View Manchester City v Burnley head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm Burnley had now only won one of the last 17 meetings in all competitions (lost 11).

3 Manchester City

0 Burnley

Goals:

Sergio Agüero penalty 30 P
Nicolás Otamendi 73 G
Leroy Sané 75 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ederson
Defender Nicolás Otamendi
Defender Kyle Walker
Defender/Midfielder Fernandinho
Defender/Midfielder John Stones
Midfielder David Silva
Midfielder Fabian Delph
Midfielder/Forward Bernardo Silva
Midfielder/Forward Kevin De Bruyne
Midfielder/Forward Leroy Sané
Forward Sergio Agüero

Starting lineup:

Nick Pope Goalkeeper
Matt Lowton Defender
Ben Mee Defender
James Tarkowski Defender
Robbie Brady Defender/Midfielder
Jack Cork Defender/Midfielder
Scott Arfield Midfielder
Steven Defour Midfielder
Jeff Hendrick Midfielder
Stephen Ward Midfielder
Chris Wood Forward

Substitutions:

Gabriel Jesus for Sergio Agüero 76
Yaya Touré for Fernandinho 78
Ilkay Gündogan for Kevin De Bruyne 80

Substitutions:

Ashley Barnes for Chris Wood 20
Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson for Jeff Hendrick 71
Ashley R Westwood for Steven Defour 84

Cards:

Leroy Sané 29 Y
Fernandinho 44 Y

Cards:

James Tarkowski 29 Y
Jack Cork 52 Y
Ashley Barnes 57 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo
Defender Danilo
Defender/Midfielder Eliaquim Mangala
Midfielder Ilkay Gündogan
Midfielder Yaya Touré
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling
Forward Gabriel Jesus

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard
Defender Phil Bardsley
Defender Kevin Long
Defender Charlie Taylor
Defender/Midfielder Ashley R Westwood
Midfielder/Forward Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson
Forward Ashley Barnes

Comments:

League position: 1st Manchester City equalled their club record of 11 consecutive wins in all competitions. Sergio Agüero’s penalty was his 177th goal for Manchester City in all competitions to equal Eric Brooks' all-time club goalscoring record which had stood since 1939. This was now City's joint-best points return after the first nine games of a Premier League season (also 25 in 2011-12). The only team who had more points at this stage of a season were Chelsea (27) in 2005-06. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said: “In May, five points clear in first place will be significant, now it is not. If people come here thinking that in the twentieth minute we’re going to win 5-0 that’s not going to happen. We created more chances. We have to be stable and control the game and that’s what we did. It was so important for him [Sergio Agüero] to equal the record and soon he will break it and of course I will be happy to be in that moment with him.”

Comments:

League position: 9th This was Burnley's first defeat in their last seven games in the Premier League. The Clarets had failed to score in only two of their preceding 12 games in the Premier League. They lost a Premier League game by a margin of three goals or more for the first time since a 4-0 loss at West Bromwich Albion on 21 November 2016. Burnley manager Sean Dyche said: "They are a fine side and I can’t say it [the penalty] affected the outcome. But although there is contact, I feel it is minimal. To get that high off the floor with your hands above your head is a skill in itself. If I kicked my kid in the garden he wouldn’t fall like that. There has to be a bit of almost what I’d call honour in the game. That’s out of the window because it’s not there."

3 Manchester City

Goals:

Sergio Agüero penalty 30 P
Nicolás Otamendi 73 G
Leroy Sané 75 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ederson
Defender Nicolás Otamendi
Defender Kyle Walker
Defender/Midfielder Fernandinho
Defender/Midfielder John Stones
Midfielder David Silva
Midfielder Fabian Delph
Midfielder/Forward Bernardo Silva
Midfielder/Forward Kevin De Bruyne
Midfielder/Forward Leroy Sané
Forward Sergio Agüero

Substitutions:

Gabriel Jesus for Sergio Agüero 76
Yaya Touré for Fernandinho 78
Ilkay Gündogan for Kevin De Bruyne 80

Cards:

Leroy Sané 29 Y
Fernandinho 44 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo
Defender Danilo
Defender/Midfielder Eliaquim Mangala
Midfielder Ilkay Gündogan
Midfielder Yaya Touré
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling
Forward Gabriel Jesus

Comments:

League position: 1st Manchester City equalled their club record of 11 consecutive wins in all competitions. Sergio Agüero’s penalty was his 177th goal for Manchester City in all competitions to equal Eric Brooks' all-time club goalscoring record which had stood since 1939. This was now City's joint-best points return after the first nine games of a Premier League season (also 25 in 2011-12). The only team who had more points at this stage of a season were Chelsea (27) in 2005-06. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said: “In May, five points clear in first place will be significant, now it is not. If people come here thinking that in the twentieth minute we’re going to win 5-0 that’s not going to happen. We created more chances. We have to be stable and control the game and that’s what we did. It was so important for him [Sergio Agüero] to equal the record and soon he will break it and of course I will be happy to be in that moment with him.”

0 Burnley

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Nick Pope Goalkeeper
Matt Lowton Defender
Ben Mee Defender
James Tarkowski Defender
Robbie Brady Defender/Midfielder
Jack Cork Defender/Midfielder
Scott Arfield Midfielder
Steven Defour Midfielder
Jeff Hendrick Midfielder
Stephen Ward Midfielder
Chris Wood Forward

Substitutions:

Ashley Barnes for Chris Wood 20
Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson for Jeff Hendrick 71
Ashley R Westwood for Steven Defour 84

Cards:

James Tarkowski 29 Y
Jack Cork 52 Y
Ashley Barnes 57 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard
Defender Phil Bardsley
Defender Kevin Long
Defender Charlie Taylor
Defender/Midfielder Ashley R Westwood
Midfielder/Forward Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson
Forward Ashley Barnes

Comments:

League position: 9th This was Burnley's first defeat in their last seven games in the Premier League. The Clarets had failed to score in only two of their preceding 12 games in the Premier League. They lost a Premier League game by a margin of three goals or more for the first time since a 4-0 loss at West Bromwich Albion on 21 November 2016. Burnley manager Sean Dyche said: "They are a fine side and I can’t say it [the penalty] affected the outcome. But although there is contact, I feel it is minimal. To get that high off the floor with your hands above your head is a skill in itself. If I kicked my kid in the garden he wouldn’t fall like that. There has to be a bit of almost what I’d call honour in the game. That’s out of the window because it’s not there."