Manchester City v Blackburn Rovers
Line-ups
Who started; on the bench, who came on and for how long
Manchester City5-3-24-5-1Blackburn Rovers
Manchester City bench
- Elano26 min
- Javier Garrido12 min
Blackburn Rovers bench
- Benni McCarthy44 min
- Tugay Kerimoglu1 min
- Jason Roberts1 min
Goals
2–2- 27'1–0Darius VassellManchester City
- 28'1–1Roque Santa CruzBlackburn Rovers
- 30'2–1Own goalManchester City
- 84'2–2Roque Santa CruzBlackburn Rovers
Match numbers
7
Shots
82
Shots on target
53
Corners
310
Fouls
161
Yellow cards
10
Red cards
0Who played
| Manchester City | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Hart | 90 | – | ||
| Nedum Onuoha | 90 | – | ||
| Richard Dunne | 90 | – | ||
| Micah Richards | 90 | – | ||
| Michael Ball | 90 | – | ||
| Vedran Corluka | 90 | – | ||
| Gelson Fernandes | 90 | – | ||
| Martin Petrov | 90 | 2 | – | |
| Darius Vassell | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Stephen Ireland | 78 | – | ||
| Rolando Bianchi | 64 | – | ||
| Elano sub | 26 | – | ||
| Javier Garrido sub | 12 | – |
| Blackburn Rovers | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Friedel | 90 | – | ||
| Ryan Nelsen | 90 | – | ||
| Christopher Samba | 90 | – | ||
| Bruno Berner | 90 | – | ||
| Brett Emerton | 90 | – | ||
| Steven Reid | 90 | – | ||
| David Dunn | 90 | – | ||
| Morten Pedersen | 90 | – | ||
| David Bentley | 90 | 2 | – | |
| Roque Santa Cruz | 90 | 2 | – | |
| Zurab Khizanishvili | 46 | – | ||
| Benni McCarthy sub | 44 | – | ||
| Tugay Kerimoglu sub | 1 | – | ||
| Jason Roberts sub | 1 | – |