25′ Play pauses briefly for the now customary drinks break before it quickly resumes. McLean looks forward for Pukki but Norwich’s Finnish striker is offside.
23′ Chance for Man City! Foden beats Aarons down the left and hangs up a cross to the far post. Sterling is a few yards out but can’t keep his header down. That was a hard chance for the English winger but still a good opportunity to score.
21′ Man City have had 74% possession so far. Norwich are struggling to get any share of the ball and are yet to have a shot, barring their chalked off goal, of course.
19′ Norwich create an opportunity of their own. Hernandez skips inside the box on his right foot and crosses towards goal. It takes a deflection and almost rolls past Ederson but Man City’s goalkeeper is alert and smothers it before Pukki arrives.
17′ Jesus receives the ball to the left of the box from Foden and lets rip but can’t keep his effort down. Norwich knew they were in for a tough time before this game.
15′ Man City are on top but Norwich do look game. Norwich survive another Man City corner conceded by Aarons.
13′ That Jesus goal is his 22nd goal of the season for Man City – his best ever return in three seasons at the club. The Brazilian’s getting better and better for them.
11′ GOAL! 1-0 MAN CITY! Man City compound Norwich’s disappointment. Jesus bundles the ball home from close range after Sterling’s cross causes confusion in the Norwich box.
10′ NO GOAL FOR NORWICH! Hernandez’s goal is ruled out – he was offside at the time of Stiepermann’s pass. The score stays 0-0. That’s unfortunate for Norwich. It would have been a fantastic start to the game for them.
9′ GOAL! 1-0 NORWICH! Norwich seem to have a surprise lead after Hernandez puts the ball into the net! The Cuban slots home from the edge of the box from Stiepermann’s throughball. VAR will be taking a look at it…
7′ Man City are looking good already. Sterling fizzes a shot wide from the centre of the box after latching onto a pass from David Silva.
5′ Man City get the first chance of the game. Cancelo ventures forward from left-back and has a crack from distance but his effort floats well over the bar.
3′ Man City get an early corner as Zimmermann is forced to put the ball out of play. Norwich deal with iDe Bruyne’s delivery reasonably comfortably.
1′ Man City and Norwich take the knee before Man City get this game underway!
The two sides are out on the pitch at an empty Etihad Stadium. Man City will play in their usual sky blue shirts and white shorts. Norwich are in their idiosyncratic yellow shirts and green shorts.
This looks like it could be an end-of-season cracker. Of all the Premier League fixtures played at least 10 times since the year 2000, Man City versus Norwich has the highest goals-per-game ratio of 4.27 – that’s 47 goals in 11 games. Man City have lost just one of their last 11 closing day league games – that was a 3-2 defeat here against Norwich in 2012-13. Will Man City romp to victory as expected, or will Norwich end the season with an unlikely league double? Let’s find out!
There’s just the one change for Man City from their 4-0 away win over Watford, as Bernardo Silva makes way for the departing captain David Silva. Norwich make four changes from their 2-0 loss to Burnley as Pukki, Stiepermann, Zimmermann and Rupp come in. They only have eight potential substitutes to draw from, including two goalkeepers and six academy products.
SUBS: Mario Vrancic, Akin Famewo, Jordan Thomas, Josh Martin, Archie Mair, Adam Idah, Michael McGovern, Daniel Adshead.
NORWICH CITY (4-1-4-1): Tim Krul; Max Aarons, Christoph Zimmermann (c), Ben Godfrey, Jamal Lewis; Kenny McLean; Todd Cantwell, Lukas Rupp, Marco Stiepermann, Onel Hernandez; Teemu Pukki.
SUBS: Nicolas Otamendi, Riyad Mahrez, Ilkay Gündogan, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Scott Carson, Benjamin Mendy, Bernardo Silva, John Stones, Fernandinho.
MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Ederson; Kyle Walker, Eric Garcia, Aymeric Laporte, Joao Cancelo; Kevin De Bruyne, Rodrigo, David Silva (c); Phil Foden, Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling.
Norwich City don’t have much to play for either as their relegation back to the Championship is already confirmed. Daniel Farke’s team are huge underdogs going into this match. Then again, they were when they famously beat Man City 3-2 in the reverse fixture last September too.
Man City are guaranteed to end this Premier League season in second place, behind only champions Liverpool. For them, this game is all about the club’s captain David Silva, who will make his final domestic appearance for the club after 10 glorious years.
Hello! Welcome to our live text commentary of this match between Manchester City and Norwich City at the Etihad Stadium on the final day of the 2019-20 Premier League season.
Gabriel Jesus
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