It also happened: Manchester City vs Fulham 2-0 in the Premier League 12/05/2020
FT ‘Man City takes the three points
90 ‘Two minutes added
Just two minutes added to the 90 already played.
82 ‘Final substitution for Fulham
Robin Loftus-Cheek is knocked off the field and Tom Cairney comes out in the last ten minutes here at Etihad.
76 ‘Cavallero with a hard shot
Ederson is brought into the match and makes an awesome save after an impressive effort from Cavallero
71 ‘Fulham is second change
De Cordova-Reid is knocked off the field and Kamara comes to replace him, an offensive option as they look to try to get back into this game.
67 ‘First substitution in the match
Harrison Reid comes out and Lemina interferes in Fulham’s place in an attempt to return to the match.
64 ‘Manchester City is looking for a third
It seems just a matter of time before they get a third goal.
56 ‘A distinguished stage from Areola
De Bruyne is played live, Areola dashing and making an impressive save to deny the Belgium midfielder and keep Fulham in this match.
49 ‘Town outside the pub!
All of this comes after Fulham started the attack and City went in the second half.
46 ‘The second half is underway
No changes were made to either side.
HT ‘dominant and pioneering city
It was a truly dominant performance with two goals from Sterling and De Bruyne, but in truth, they should have more goals on the scoring sheet after Areola made some great saves.
44 ‘Sterling effort skewed
City get a corner kick that results in the Fulham takeover.
41 ‘Fulham created an opportunity
Get out of the goal kick.
31 ‘Wonderful rescue from Areola
A ball, raised over the summit, fell on Sterling, who tried to place it on the ball in the upper right-hand corner, but Areola saved an amazing save.
29 ‘An awesome pass of stones
The Brazilian is out of his streak and running out and the Stones are almost passing it on.
Fulham has earned a corner of nothing but doing nothing.
25 ‘De Bruyne scores a goal
He shot into the bottom right corner as Areola dived in the wrong direction and made it 2-0 to the home side.
24 ‘A penalty kick for Manchester City
Sterling was tripped inside the penalty area by Anderson after some fine work and a penalty kick was awarded.
21 ‘De Bruyne is down
It’s from about 35 yards, but played for short, and was crossed into the penalty area before coming out for a throw-in.
20 ‘corner for Manchester City
More constant pressure leads to a corner for the landlords. Mahrez sends him, and he reaches nothing.
15 ‘All Manchester City
Kevin De Bruyne appears to be at the center of most of the attacks.
12 ‘Areola made an impressive save
De Bruyne strikes a powerful shot on goal, veers from it and appears to be walking into the lower right corner but Areola’s superb save sends it into a corner.
10 ‘The cancello widens
Cancelo finds some space open for him, wields a great deal of skill and tries to bend a shot into the top corner with his left foot but sails wide and high.
7 ‘Fulham corner
Lookman passes the goal, takes a few paces, takes a deviation and wins a corner kick for Fulham.
4 ‘Nice goal across the ball
It’s a beautifully weighted pass by Kevin De Bruyne who plays for Sterling who plays one again but this time puts it perfectly into the lower left corner.
4 ‘A goal for Manchester City
Stirling degrees
3 ‘Sterling is wasting a big opportunity
It was six matches without a goal for the Pound, but he started going strong.
2 ‘Fulham, first attack
The ball comes out for the goal kick but Fulham works in a 5-2-3 manner which means sitting back.
1 ‘Kick-off is in progress
There are no fans in the stadium today because Manchester is still at Level 3.
Sergio Aguero is still indecent
Kyle Walker also missed his Premier League debut this season.
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Meanwhile, Fulham are desperate for points to try to avoid relegation after being named favorites this season.
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In a match that could have been more easily by a larger margin, the hosts were the dominant side with Fulham who struggled to attack throughout the match.
Raheem Sterling scored the first goal in the first five minutes of the match before Kevin De Bruyne added a second from the penalty spot before the end of the first half.
This means City will finish fourth in the league, ahead of other matches in the league this week.