Manchester City 2-0 Fulham (2020-21 Premier League)

Sat 5 Dec 2020 15:00	Manchester City	(2) 2-0 (0)	Fulham	Etihad Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 0 Referee: Jon Moss
	Sterling  5' De Bruyne  26' (pen)	Report

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MANCHESTER CITY (4-2-3-1) GK 31 Ederson DR 27 João Cancelo DC 5 John Stones DC 3 Rúben Dias DL 22 Benjamin Mendy DM 16 Rodri DM 8 İlkay Gündoğan AMR 26 Riyad Mahrez AMC 17 Kevin De Bruyne (c) AML 7 Raheem Sterling ST 9 Gabriel Jesus Substitutes: GK 13 Zack Steffen DF 14 Aymeric Laporte DF 50 Eric García MF 20 Bernardo Silva MF 25 Fernandinho MF 47 Phil Foden FW 21 Ferran Torres Manager: Pep Guardiola

FULHAM (5-3-2) GK 1 Alphonse Areola WBR 14 Bobby Decordova-Reid 72' DRC 34 Ola Aina DC 5 Joachim Andersen (c) DLC 16 Tosin Adarabioyo WBL 33 Antonee Robinson MRC 29 André Zambo Anguissa MC 15 Ruben Loftus-Cheek 83' MLC 21 Harrison Reed 68' ST 19 Ademola Lookman ST 17 Ivan Cavaleiro Substitutes: GK 12 Marek Rodák DF 13 Tim Ream DF 23 Joe Bryan MF 10 Tom Cairney 83' MF 18 Mario Lemina 68' FW 9 Aleksandar Mitrović FW 47 Aboubakar Kamara 72' Manager: Scott Parker

Assistant referees: Marc Perry Dan Robathan Fourth official: Darren Bond VAR: Graham Scott Assistant VAR: Matthew Wilkes Previous Meeting: Manchester City 4-0 Fulham (2019-20 FA Cup 4th Round) (26 Jan 2020) Following Meeting: Fulham 0-3 Manchester City (2020-21 Premier League) (13 Mar 2021) Trivia Statistics Manchester City Fulham Possession 69% 31% Total shots 16 6 Shots on target 6 1 Shots off target 8 4 Shots blocked 2 1 Corner kicks 9 3 Fouls conceded 7 6 Offsides 1 1 Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 787 343 Passing success 90% 78% Tackles 17 16 Tackles success 49% 59% Clearances 7 23 Images 1-0: Raheem Sterling put Man City ahead after just 5 minutes when a threaded pass put him through to finish neatly past Areola 2-0: A penalty kick was given by Jon Moss after Joachim Andersen was adjudged to have fouled Sterling in the box. Kevin De Bruyne stepped up and sent Areola the wrong way 2020-21 season Pre-season: MK Dons (h) • Southampton (h) Premier League: Arsenal (h) • Leeds (a) • Aston Villa (h) • Wolves (a) • Sheff Utd (a) • Crystal Palace (h) • West Brom (h) • West Ham (a) • Everton (h) • Leicester (a) • Man City (a) • Liverpool (h) • Brighton (h) • Newcastle (a) • Southampton (h) • Tottenham (a) • Chelsea (h) • Man Utd (h) • Brighton (a) • West Brom (a) • Leicester (h) • West Ham (h) • Everton (a) • Burnley (a) • Sheff Utd (h) • Crystal Palace (a) • Tottenham (h) • Liverpool (a) • Man City (h) • Leeds (h) • Aston Villa (a) • Wolves (h) • Arsenal (a) • Chelsea (a) • Burnley (h) • Southampton (a) • Man Utd (a) • Newcastle (h) FA Cup: 3rd round: QPR (a) • 4th round: Burnley (h) EFL Cup: 2nd round: Ipswich (a) • 3rd round: Sheff Wed (h) • 4th round: Brentford (a)