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Ireland: Winner
A brilliant volley from Stephen Ireland secured Manchester City the points with a 1-0 win over Sunderland at Eastlands.
The Republic of Ireland midfielder rifled home a left wing cross from Darius Vassell in the 66th minute to secure City the points which took them up to third place in the Premier League table.
It was tough luck on Sunderland, who worked tirelessly for manager Roy Keane but lacked the class in attack to collect the point their endeavour deserved.
Sunderland, still looking for their first away win, were certainly the better side in a thoroughly forgettable first-half.
Anthony Stokes headed over the best chance of the half after a good cross from Grant Leadbitter.
Elano embarked on one mazy dribble but failed to test Craig Gordon in the Sunderland goal and the Brazilian also lined up a 35-yard free-kick, only for the expectancy to give way to groans as his shot flew harmlessly wide.
With only two points to show for his side's efforts on the road since their summer return to the top flight, Keane must have been delighted to restrict his hosts to such meagre pickings.
City never got out of first gear with Emile Mpenza spurning their best chance, screwing Elano's through ball wide from 15 yards.
After the break Sven Goran Eriksson brought on Vassell for Michael Johnson and the move finally sparked City into life.
Vassell's added pace on the left provided City with an extra attacking outlet and the former England star left Nyron Nosworthy far too easily inside the box before crossing perfectly for Ireland to rattle home a sweet right-foot volley at the far post.
Nosworthy was lucky to stay on the pitch late on after a late challenge on Ditmar Hamann.
Sunderland huffed and puffed but in the end, Eriksson's men eased home to maintain their 100 per cent home record.
| Manchester City | Team Statistics | Sunderland |
| 1 | Goals | 0 |
| 0 | 1st Half Goals | 0 |
| 3 | Shots on Target | 2 |
| 4 | Shots off Target | 7 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 2 | Corners | 3 |
| 12 | Fouls | 16 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 75.4 | Passing Success | 71.2 |
| 30 | Tackles | 20 |
| 76.7 | Tackles Success | 75 |
| 52.6 | Possession | 47.4 |
| 45.1 | Territorial Advantage | 54.9 |
| Cards | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Hart | 6 | |
| Sun Jihai | 6 | |
| Javier Garrido | 6 | |
| Richard Dunne | 7 | |
| Vedran Corluka | 8 | |
| Dietmar Hamann | 7 | |
| Elano | 6 | |
| Stephen Ireland | 7 | |
| Michael Johnson | 5 | |
| Emile Mpenza | 5 | |
| Martin Petrov | 5 | |
| Substitutes | ||
| Andreas Isaksson | ||
| Michael Ball * | 6 | |
| Geovanni | ||
| Darius Vassell ** | 6 | |
| Rolando Bianchi *** | 5 | |
| Cards | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Craig Gordon | 6 | |
| Ian Harte | 7 | |
| Danny Higginbotham | 6 | |
| Danny Collins | 6 | |
| Nyron Nosworthy |
|
7 |
| Liam Miller | 6 | |
| Dickson Etuhu | 6 | |
| Grant Leadbitter | 6 | |
| Daryl Murphy | 6 | |
| Kenwyne Jones | 7 | |
| Anthony Stokes | 6 | |
| Substitutes | ||
| Darren Ward | ||
| Graham Kavanagh | ||
| Ross Wallace * | 6 | |
| David Connolly | ||
| Michael Chopra ** | 5 | |
| Player | Rating | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Vedran Corluka | 7.7 | Man City |
| Stephen Ireland | 6.9 | Man City |
| Richard Dunne | 6.9 | Man City |
| Dietmar Hamann | 6.8 | Man City |
| Darius Vassell | 6.6 | Man City |
| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Sunday 12th February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 13:30 | Wolverhampton vs West Brom |
| 16:00 | Aston Villa vs Man City |
| Saturday 25th February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Chelsea vs Bolton |
| 15:00 | Newcastle vs Wolverhampton |
| 15:00 | QPR vs Fulham |
| 15:00 | West Brom vs Sunderland |
| 15:00 | Wigan vs Aston Villa |
| 17:30 | Man City vs Blackburn |
| Sunday 26th February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 13:30 | Arsenal vs Tottenham |
| 13:30 | Norwich vs Man Utd |
| 15:00 | Stoke vs Swansea |
| Saturday 3rd March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 12:45 | Liverpool vs Arsenal |
| 15:00 | Blackburn vs Aston Villa |
| 15:00 | Man City vs Bolton |
| 15:00 | QPR vs Everton |
| 15:00 | Stoke vs Norwich |
| 15:00 | West Brom vs Chelsea |
| 15:00 | Wigan vs Swansea |
| Sunday 4th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 12:00 | Newcastle vs Sunderland |
| 14:05 | Fulham vs Wolverhampton |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Saturday 11th February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Man Utd 2 - 1 Liverpool | |
| Sunderland 1 - 2 Arsenal | |
| Bolton 1 - 2 Wigan | |
| Swansea 2 - 3 Norwich | |
| Everton 2 - 0 Chelsea | |
| Blackburn 3 - 2 QPR | |
| Fulham 2 - 1 Stoke | |
| Tottenham 5 - 0 Newcastle | |
| Monday 6th February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Liverpool 0 - 0 Tottenham | |
| Sunday 5th February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Newcastle 2 - 1 Aston Villa | |
| Chelsea 3 - 3 Man Utd | |
| Saturday 4th February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Arsenal 7 - 1 Blackburn | |
| West Brom 1 - 2 Swansea | |
| QPR 1 - 2 Wolverhampton | |
| Norwich 2 - 0 Bolton | |
| Stoke 0 - 1 Sunderland | |
| Wigan 1 - 1 Everton | |
| Man City 3 - 0 Fulham | |
| Wednesday 1st February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Aston Villa 2 - 2 QPR | |
| Fulham 1 - 1 West Brom | |
| Pos | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester United | 25 | 58 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 24 | 57 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 53 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 25 | 43 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 25 | 43 |
| 6 | Newcastle United | 25 | 42 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 25 | 39 |
| 8 | Norwich City | 25 | 35 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 25 | 33 |
| 10 | Everton | 25 | 33 |
| 11 | Swansea City | 25 | 30 |
| 12 | Fulham | 25 | 30 |
| 13 | Stoke City | 25 | 30 |
| 14 | Aston Villa | 24 | 28 |
| 15 | West Bromwich Albion | 24 | 26 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 21 |
| 17 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24 | 21 |
| 18 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 21 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 20 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 25 | 19 |