Manchester City 5-1 Norwich City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 3 December 2011

Result

Manchester City 5-1 Norwich City

Premier League · Saturday 3 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 5-1 Norwich City: match report

Manchester City defeated Norwich City 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 December 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sergio Agüero opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Manchester City's goals came from Sergio Agüero (32'), Samir Nasri (51'), Yaya Touré (68'), Mario Balotelli (88') and Adam Johnson (90+1'). Norwich City scored through Steve Morison (81').

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Norwich City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 35 points from 13 and Norwich City 10th on 16 points from 13. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Norwich City 12th with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 1 draw and 0 for Norwich City.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Norwich City's W-L-L-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Andrew SurmanNorwich City
  • 32'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 1-0
  • 51'Goal · Samir NasriManchester City · 2-0
  • 68'Goal · Yaya TouréManchester City · 3-0
  • 81'Goal · Steve MorisonNorwich City · 3-1
  • 88'Goal · Mario BalotelliManchester City · 4-1
  • 90+1'Goal · Adam JohnsonManchester City · 5-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Manchester City 1, draws 1, Norwich City 0.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Shay Given, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Wayne Bridge, Nigel de Jong, Gareth Barry, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Stephen Ireland, Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Alberto Tevez