◉ Manchester City vs. Fulham live: I followed the match minute by minute

Result, goals and summary of the match Manchester City vs. Fulham, for date 7 of the English Premier League.

Manchester City

Fulham

Fin

87′ 2T: Fulham – Goal from a play by Rodrigo Muniz Carvalho 81′ 2T: Manchester City – Goal from a play by Jeremy Doku 46′ 2T: Manchester City – Goal from a play by Mateo Kovacic 31′ 1T: Manchester City – Goal from a play by Mateo Kovacic 25′ 1T: Fulham – Goal from play by Andreas Hugo Hoelgebaum Pereira

The Citizens, with two goals from Mateo Kovacic, beat Fulham 3-2 in the match corresponding to date 7 of England – Premier League 2024-2025. The squad led by Josep Guardiola achieved a remarkable comeback, which included a double, thanks to Mateo Kovacic (31′ 1T and 1′ 2T) and Jeremy Doku (36′ 2T). Marco Saraiva da Silva’s team had the opportunity to break the rival goal through Andreas Pereira (25′ 1T) and Rodrigo Muniz (42′ 2T).

A great play by Fulham, 25 minutes into the first half, was the one that moved the scoreboard thanks to Andreas Pereira. After receiving an assist from Raúl Jiménez, the midfielder placed it to the right post and down. Impossible for the archer!

The best player of the match was Mateo Kovacic. The Manchester City midfielder scored 2 goals, made 78 key passes and looked for the opponent’s goal 4 times.

Josko Gvardiol stood out for his solid defense. The Manchester City defender had a good level for clearing 2 dangerous balls.

Man City manager Josep Guardiola proposed a 4-3-3 formation with Ederson in goal; Rico Lewis, Rúben Dias, Manuel Akanji and Josko Gvardiol on the defensive line; Bernardo Silva, Ilkay Gündogan and Mateo Kovacic in the middle; and Phil Foden, Erling Haaland and Jack Grealish in attack.

For its part, Marco Saraiva da Silva’s team took the field with a 4-5-1 formation with Bernd Leno between the three sticks; Kenny Tete, Joachim Andersen, Calvin Bassey and Antonee Robinson on defense; Adama Traoré, Andreas Pereira, Sander Berge, Sasa Lukic and Alex Iwobi in midfield; and Raúl Jiménez up front.

Peter Bankes was the referee who officiated the match at the Etihad Stadium.

The Citizens’ next game in the Championship will be away to Wolverhampton, while Fulham will host Aston Villa.

With this result, the host of the match reaches 17 points and is in second place. For its part, the visiting team remains at 11 points and is in sixth place in the tournament.

Changes at Manchester City

61′ 2T – Manuel Obafemi Akanji comes off for Kyle Andrew Walker and Jack Peter Grealish for Jeremy Doku
89′ 2T – Ilkay Gündogan came out for Matheus Luiz Nunes

Booked at Manchester City:

47′ 2T Ederson (Delay of play), 48′ 2T Josep Guardiola (Unsportsmanlike conduct) and 50′ 2T Bernardo Silva (Unsportsmanlike conduct)

Changes at Fulham

64′ 2T – Andreas Hugo Hoelgebaum Pereira came on for Emile Smith Rowe and Sander Berge for Thomas Cairney
76′ 2T – Alexander Chuka Iwobi came out for Reiss Nelson
77′ 2T – Raúl Alonso Jiménez Rodríguez left for Rodrigo Muniz Carvalho, Kenny Tete for Timothy Castagne and Philip Walter Foden for John Stones

Booked at Fulham: