It was Wigan Athletic who kicked off the proceedings at City of Manchester stadium against Manchester City. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Charles-c8808 N’Zogbia carried his team forward down the right hand side of the field but he only managed to squeeze a corner out of Yaya Toure as Wigan
was awarded their first corner kick of the match.
The set piece was taken by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steve-Sidwell-c34181 whose aerial cross found Hugo Rodallega’s head but the young target man’s header went over the cross bar and the game resumed with a Manchester City free kick.
Manchester City soon established themselves as the dominant force in the match. In the 3rd minute of the match, Mario Balotelli tested the Wigan Athletic goal keeper with a long ranged effort but Al-Habsi was up to the task as he palmed the ball
away for a Manchester City corner kick. David Silva took the corner kick but his wayward set piece was easily cleared away by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gary-Caldwell-c14440 in the Wigan defense.
Manchester City started with Carlos Tevez as the sole striker while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrick-Vieira-c29316 who matched up player such as N’Zogbia and Thomas Cleverley in the Wigan midfield.
At the back, City’s manager entrusted http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hugo-Rodallega-c16414.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Silva-c10602 ran the show for Manchester City in the first half of the match. The Spanish midfielder played on the left hand side of City’s offensive line up in the first half and linked up with Carlos Tevez and Yaya Toure to produce an effective attacking
role for City.
The Argentinean forward played in Silva in the 11th minute of the match but the Spanish midfielder’s return pass to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gareth-Barry-c14423 was given away due to a bad first touch by the Englishman. Wigan Athletic regained possession of the ball.
In the 14th minute, Manchester City almost got their equalizer as Tevez played in Silva once more but there was no one inside the Wigan penalty area to connect with the ex-Valencia winger’s grounded cross as Wigan was let off the hook once again.
After struggling to compete in the first 15 minutes of the match, Wigan Athletic slowly played their way back into contention at the City of Manchester stadium. The Latics were fired up due to a bad challenge on Thomas Cleverley by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Micah-Richards-c25259, a tackle
which was punished with a yellow card by the referee in the 17th minute of the match.
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