No more free commentary from Citeh ... effective today. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/article.asp?article=168064&Title=LIVE+COMMENTARY+ONLINE+SERVICE
Lineups (from www.mcfc.co.uk)... MANCHESTER CITY 1. Seaman, David 5. Distin, Sylvain 2. Sommeil, David 17. Sun, Jihai 24. Barton, Joey 20. McManaman, Steve 18. Tarnat, Michael 6. Reyna, Claudio 39. Anelka, Nicolas 8. Fowler, Robbie 29. Wright-Phillips, Shaun Substitutes 32. Stuhr-Ellegaard, Kevin 22. Dunne, Richard (GK) 19. Tiatto, Danny 10. Sibierski, Antoine 9. Wanchope, Paulo BOLTON WANDERERS 22. Jaaskelainen, Jussi 3. Charlton, Simon 26. Thome, Emerson 16. Ivan Campo 5. N`Gotty, Bruno 7. Giannakopoulos, Stelios 10. Okocha, Jay Jay 4. Nolan, Kevin 8. Frandsen, Per 11. Gardner, Ricardo 14. Davies, Kevin Substitutes 1. Poole, Kevin (GK) 2. Barness, Anthony 25. Little, Glen 13. Jardel, Mario 9. Pedersen, Henrik And in the Man City lineup... McManaman and Reyna in the same starting eleven-- how about that. Kevin Davies booked after 14 seconds for Bolton, for a crunching tackle on Sun Jihai, according to Man City's site. Other than that, nothing to note. Free text and audio commentary on that site, as well.
Yikes. I stand corrected. But there's still text commentary on that site, unless someone has any better ideas.
Kevin Nolan the goal-scorer, according to both the matchtracker and the live clockwatch on the www.sportinglife.com site.
I'll have to try that... thanks, Russ. Although I'd highly recommend Sportinglife, they have a lot of great tools as well.
I haven't seen any mention of Claudio on the Soccernet Gamecast... (other than he's in the lineup). Anything from Sportinglife as to if he's been involved much?
Just has, in fact. From sportinglife.com's matchtracker... 39th min. -- Inswinging corner from left by-line taken right-footed by Claudio Reyna (Man City) to centre, save (caught) by Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton). Only reference so far, according to my current source.
Halftime... Manchester City 1 Wright-Phillips 27 Bolton Wanderers 1 Nolan 25 Stats... Code: [size=3]MAN CITY-----------------------BOLTON 5 Shots On Target 3 2 Shots Off Target 2 7 Fouls (Conceded) 6 6 Corners 2 1 Yellow Cards 1 0 Red Cards 0[/size] Also, Wright-Phillips has been booked. Anyone know when and what for?
To answer myself... right after the goal, official ruling is for "dissent". Although the BBC's tracker said it was for "unsporting behaviour". So make of it what you wish...
Sylvain Distin gives Citeh the lead ... at least according to the Chelsea announcers. Soccernet's tracker confirms in the 47th minute.
True... it's only Bolton. Well, it's working so far. Would like to see Reyna get more of the ball, though. He did have a shot blocked in the 49th minute... From the BBC's tracker (yes, I'm trying them all tonight)... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/bsp/hi/football/statistics/teams/m/man_city/html/live_hi.stm 49:35 Corner from left by-line taken short right-footed by Claudio Reyna (Man City). Shot by Claudio Reyna (Man City) drilled right-footed from left side of penalty area (18 yards), blocked by Ivan Campo (Bolton).
And the American captain lays on for the goal, too. From The Beeb: 55:29 Goal - Shaun Wright-Phillips Man City 3-1 Bolton. Goal by Shaun Wright-Phillips (Man City) drilled right-footed (bottom-right of goal) from right side of penalty area (18 yards).Man City 3-1 Bolton. Assist (pass) by Claudio Reyna (Man City) from left channel.
Bolton or a no-talent ass clown ... hmmmm.... ----------- SWP gets sent off ... it's all happening now.
Anelka in the 57th for Citeh Ivan Campo counters for Bolton in the 59th Sibierski was subbed on for McManaman(amanaman) in the 56th. SWP got a yellow in the 27th minute ... sent off in the 61st.
Anelka on 58 minutes for the Sky Blues, until Ivan Campo reduces the arrears for Wanderers two minutes later. Wright-Phillips dismissed for a second bookable offence.