Review Fulham v Man City

Review Fulham v Man City

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Result: Fulham 1 1 Man CityAn entertaining affair at Craven Cottage today ended in a stalemate, despite the best efforts of both sides to force Justin Hardee Jersey a victory. City scored early on, after a glorious move down the right saw Pablo Zabaletas cro s headed in by Benjani, but Jimmy Bullard got the equaliser midway through the first-half.City bo s Mark Hughes was forced to field a much-weakened side after a spate of injuries and flu ruled out a number of first-team regulars. Micah Ricahrds, Javier Garrido, Elano, Michael Johnson, Gelson Fernandes, Kelvin Etuhu, Robinho, Martin Petrov and Valeri Bojinov all mi sed the game and this left Hughes with no choice but to play players who would not usually be considered first-teamers. Richards injury handed another opportunity to Israeli international Tal Ben-Haim, who is looking toimpre s Hughes as the January transfer window approaches. Full-back Michael Ball replaced the injured Javier Garrido, and even he was only half-fit, having not trained all week due to flu. Dietmar Hamann and Vincent Kompany played together again in the centre of midfield as Hughes sought to add greater solidity away from home. Benjani replaced misfiring striker Jo, and Shaun Wright-Phillips was deemed fit enough to play after his kicking at the hands of Man United.The visitors began the game much stronger, and it took only five minutes for the Blues, playing in their red and black away kit, to score the opening goal. Neat work down the right flank between Wright-Phillips and Argentinean Zabaleta created space for the full-back to swing Braden Mann Jersey over a delightful cro s, straight onto the head of Benjani, who promptly dispatched the header. It was the striker first Premier League goal of an injury-hit season and was followed by his customary finger pointing celebration.City created another few chances in the first-half, but as the break approached, it was Fulham who looked the more likely to score a goal. So it came as no surprise when midfielder Jimmy Bullard equalised for the home side after a pa s from Bobby Zamora. Bullard rifled the ball acro s Joe Hart in the City net who remained motionle s due to the power of the shot. The home side should also have been awarded a penalty after Andy Johnsons flick seemed to strike City defender Richard Dunnes hand just inside the box.Half-time came and went, and as the second period began it was City who started brightly. Pablo Zabaleta was getting forward at every opportunity and he was causing all sorts of problems for the Fulham defence. He saw one shot tipped agonisingly round the post and hit another drive straight at Mark Schwarzer in the Fulham goal.Both sides wanted the win, but despite an exciting finish, neither team had the extra quality to break down the opposition, and referee Rob Styles blew his whistle to signal th end of the Isaiah Williams Jersey game with score at 1 1.Ratings:Hart Dealt with most attacks, although could po sibly have done better for the goal 6Zabaleta Fantastic. Got forward on numerous occasions and looked solid in defence 8Ben-Haim Struggled at times with movement and pace of Zamora and Johnson 6Dunne Same as Ben-Haim 6Ball Late replacement for Garrido and wont be making too many more performances after this. Struggled throughout and offered little attacking threat 5Hamann Had a lot of the ball and kept pa sing fairly simple. Managed to get through whole 90 minutes which was impre sive!! 6Kompany As said previously, had one of hisworst games for the club. Weak in tackle 5Va sell Much better than previous games which wasnt hard!! Prefers playing away from home when he doesnt have crowd on his back. Brought energy and hard work to the side 7Wright-Phillips One of Citys best players. controlled game in first half an hour in unusual central role 8Ireland Stuck out on the left and didnt have great impact 6Benjani Worked very hard and goal was just reward. At the moment, is a better option than Jo 7Sub:Evans Another one who was under the weather with the flu, but came on for last fifteen minutes. Didnt do anything 6Men of the Match Pablo Zabaleta and Shaun Wright-Phillips
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