Manchester City played host to Southampton, as the Champions of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 looked to reclaim their Premier League title.
The match started off rather poorly for City as within the opening fifteen minutes, the team went on to see http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-c33030 Aguero get stretchered off after taking a knock to the knee.
Then in the 16th minute, the home side went on to win a penalty kick which http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Silva-c10601 stepped up to take. However, inexplicably the midfielder sent a very tame effort straight at the keeper, who saved with ease.
City eventually managed to make the breakthrough in the 40th minute, as Tevez found the back of the net for the team. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Samir-Nasri-c32360 sent the Argentine on with a chipped pass and Tevez went on to slot the ball into the back of the net.
Just when it looked like things would sail smoothly for City, Southampton struck against the team in the second half.
Lambert, who had just come onto the pitch, gathered a loose ball on the edge of the box and expertly curled it past http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699 and into the back of the net. As a result, the score card read one all in the 59th minute.
In the 68th minute, Southampton delivered another shock to the champions as they took the lead in the game.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Davis-c34191 who had also just come on seconds ago, went on to connect with a cross in the box and sent a low strike sailing into the net, well out of Hart’s reach.
As the match progressed, City started to push Southampton and tried to assert their dominance on the game, soon after they finally managed to score the equalizing goal in the game.
Kompany struck a shot at goal following a corner in the 72nd minute, but his effort bounced towards Yaya Toure, instead of heading towards the goal. The midfielder then passed the ball to Dzeko, who curled the ball into the back of the net from
point blank range.
Ten minutes from time, City finally went on to claim the game and secured all three points from the match.
Clichy crossed the ball into the Southampton area in the 80th minute and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-c10193 Fox headed the ball across the goal. Nasri was the quickest to react and went on to gather the ball, before smashing it into the goal.
As a result, City went on to win their first game of the season by three goals to two, which is the same score line, with which they ended the previous season.
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