First Half: Goal! 1-0, City take an early lead after Aguero has a volley parried to Zabaleta who heads into the far side from the rebound. Aguero fires a shot just over he far side. Goal! 2-0, City double their lead as Aguero scores with a low strike from long range into the far bottom corner. Sessegnon fires a long range shot just wide of the far post. Dzeko fires wide of the near post. Goal! 2-1, West Brom half the deficit as Dorrans controls the ball beautifully and using some quick feet slots past Hart into the near side. Brunt has a free kick spilled by Hart. Goal! 3-1, City restore their two goal lead as Kompany flicks a header across goal from a corner which Demichelis touches in at the far post. Sessegnon has an effort deflected over the bar.
Half Time: 3-1.
Second Half: Zabaleta has an effort deflected wide. Nasri has a low effort blocked behind at the near post. Amalfitano has a low shot from long range pushed away from the far side. Jovetic strikes a low shot from the edge of the box wide of the near post. Dzeko curls a shot wide of the far post. Milner has a low shot saved at the near post.
Full Time: 3-1.
Man City 3rd, 71>74pts
West Brom 16th, 33pts
My Opinion:
My man of the match was Nasri. City started the game really well, scoring twice within the opening ten minutes. Their lead was halved six minutes later but Demichelis was in the right place at the right time to tap in from close range to restore their two goal advantage. The job was pretty much done by the end of the first half and the win never looked in doubt during the second half as City cruised to three points. They are still six points behind Liverpool with a game in hand but this result keeps the pressure on their rivals as they hope Liverpool slip up during the run in.
West Brom got off to a terrible start which saw them fall two goals behind very quickly. Dorrans scored a great goal to half the deficit but they conceded another before half time which saw their hopes taking a point diminish. At 3-1 down, they game had gone and they struggled to pose much of a threat in the second half, instead doing rather well to hang on at 3-1 until full time. They will be desperate to pick up another victory before the season ends as it could make all the difference to them staying up. It looks okay for the Baggies right now with their game in hand but a few more points would certainly not go amiss.
Best Goal: Aguero - Watch the goal here
League Leaders
1. Liverpool P35, 80pts
2. Chelsea P35, 75pts
3. Man City P34, 74pts
4. Arsenal P35, 70pts
5. Everton P35, 69pts
Relegation Battle
16. West Brom P34, 33pts
17. Norwich P35, 32pts
18. Cardiff P35, 30pts
19. Fulham P35, 30pts
20. Sunderland P34, 29pts
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