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Manchester City5 – 3Full time
SunderlandSunday 20 September · Etihad Stadium · Matchday 5 · Premier League table
How it unfolded
8 goals- 8'D. Methalie
- 9'E. Fernandez1 – 0
- 12'B. Brobbey(E. Le Fee)1 – 1
- 29'R. Cherki(A. Semenyo)2 – 1
- 33'B. Brobbey(T. Meunier)2 – 2
- 43'A. Semenyo(M. Guehi)3 – 2
- 57'A. Semenyo4 – 2
- 59'B. Brobbey(N. Angulo)4 – 3
- 60'⇄N. Angulo | M. Fofana
- 68'⇄N. Sadiki | W. Isidor
- 75'⇄I. Ndiaye | J. Doku
- 79'⇄T. Meunier | T. Hume
- 81'E. Haaland(J. Gvardiol)5 – 3
- 85'⇄R. Cherki | N. O'Reilly
Line-ups
Manchester City
4-2-3-1- 1Gianluigi Donnarumma
- 27Matheus Nunes
- 3Rúben Dias
- 6Marc Guéhi
- 24Joško Gvardiol
- 17Enzo Fernández
- 5Elliot Anderson
- 7Iliman Ndiaye
- 10Rayan Cherki
- 42Antoine Semenyo
- 9Erling Haaland
Substitutes
Mateo Kovačić, Jérémy Doku, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Gerónimo Rulli, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Nico O'Reilly, Allan, Abdukodir Khusanov, Rico Lewis
Coach Enzo Maresca
Sunderland
4-2-3-1- 22Robin Roefs
- 20Nordi Mukiele
- 4Kevin Danso
- 5Daniel Ballard
- 6Dayann Methalie
- 34Granit Xhaka
- 27Noah Sadiki
- 12Thomas Meunier
- 28Enzo Le Fée
- 10Nilson Angulo
- 9Brian Brobbey
Substitutes
Chemsdine Talbi, Chris Rigg, Luke O'Nien, Omar Alderete, Wilson Isidor, Jules Ahoka, Melker Ellborg, Trai Hume, Malick Fofana
Coach Regis Le Bris
Match statistics
- 16Shots17
- 6On target9
- 5Off target5
- 5Blocked3
- 12Inside the box14
- 4Outside the box3
- 6Corners5
- 11Fouls12
- 0Yellow Cards1
- 4Saves1
- 470Passes385
- 403Accurate passes315
- 93Attacks90
- 42Dangerous attacks36
Our report
Manchester City Reclaim Top Spot Despite Defensive Worries
City moved top after a 5-3 win over Sunderland, but Enzo Maresca warned the defence must improve and it is too early for title talk.
Read the report →When they last met
1 previous meetingThe ground
Etihad Stadium
Capacity62,000CityEtihad Campus, ManchesterOpened2003TimezoneUTC +00:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Top of the table
Premier League · leading five| Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
1 Man City | 5 | +8 | 15 |
2 Arsenal | 5 | +4 | 12 |
3 Brighton Hove | 5 | +11 | 10 |
4 Brentford | 5 | +6 | 9 |
5 Leeds United | 5 | +4 | 9 |
6 Liverpool | 5 | +3 | 9 |
7 Everton | 5 | +3 | 9 |
8 Hull City | 5 | +2 | 8 |
9 Newcastle | 5 | 0 | 8 |
10 Chelsea | 5 | -2 | 7 |
11 Ipswich Town | 5 | -4 | 6 |
12 Man United | 5 | 0 | 5 |
13 Nottingham | 5 | -1 | 5 |
14 Sunderland | 5 | -4 | 4 |
15 Crystal Palace | 5 | -5 | 4 |
16 Aston Villa | 5 | -5 | 4 |
17 Bournemouth | 5 | -2 | 3 |
18 Coventry City | 5 | -9 | 3 |
19 Fulham | 5 | -3 | 2 |
20 Tottenham | 5 | -6 | 2 |