Sunderland 1-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 23 August 2005

Result

Sunderland 1-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Tuesday 23 August 2005, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Sunderland 1-2 Manchester City: match report

Sunderland lost to Manchester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 23 August 2005. The half-time score was 1-2.

Darius Vassell opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Anthony Le Tallec (41'). Manchester City scored through Darius Vassell (10') and Trevor Sinclair (35').

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 20th on 0 points from 2 and Manchester City 6th on 4 points from 2. Sunderland went on to finish that season 20th with 15 points, and Manchester City 15th with 43.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 0 draws and 3 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Darius VassellManchester City · 0-1
  • 35'Goal · Trevor SinclairManchester City · 0-2
  • 41'Goal · Anthony Le TallecSunderland · 1-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Andy ColeManchester City
  • 69'Yellow card · Danny MillsManchester City
  • 77'Yellow card · Jon SteadSunderland

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 0, Manchester City 3.

Team news

Sunderland line-up

Gary Breen, Nyron Nosworthy, Dean Whitehead, Julio Arca, Stephen Elliott, Anthony Le Tallec, Andy Gray, Kelvin Davis, Andy Welsh, Tommy Miller, Alan Stubbs

Manchester City line-up

Ben Thatcher, Danny Mills, Richard Dunne, Stephen Jordan, Claudio Reyna, Kizito Kiki Musampa, Trevor Sinclair, Andy Cole, Darius Vassell, David James, Joey Barton