Blackburn Rovers 0-4 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 1 October 2011
Result
Blackburn Rovers 0-4 Manchester City
Premier League · Saturday 1 October 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Blackburn Rovers 0-4 Manchester City: match report
Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Manchester City 0-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 October 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Adam Johnson opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Blackburn Rovers did not score. Manchester City scored through Adam Johnson (57'), Mario Balotelli (59'), Samir Nasri (73') and Stefan Savic (87').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 18th on 4 points from 6 and Manchester City 2nd on 16 points from 6. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 31 points, and Manchester City 1st with 89.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 4 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-W-D-L-L and Manchester City's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 57'Goal · Adam Johnson
- 59'Yellow card · Gaël Givet-Viaros
- 59'Goal · Mario Balotelli
- 69'Yellow card · Pablo Zabaleta
- 73'Goal · Samir Nasri
- 87'Goal · Stefan Savic
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Scott Dann, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Radosav Petrovic, Steven Nzonzi, Jason Lowe, Junior Hoilett, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, David Goodwillie
Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Micah Richards, Jérôme Boateng, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Adam Johnson, James Milner, David Silva, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera