Lampard with a good tackle. a foot in by davis. send sends manet away. blocked off by fernandinho. well in possession there mane. trying to up the tempo. cut inside fernandinho and gets enough collision to get a free kick. he was waiting for more support which was slow in coming that time from southampton. just shy of 3,000 saints fans have come north today. a season of so many highs for them. with an end in style here. davis with the free kick. a poor ball that by his usual high standards. bertrand has to be careful here with aguero close to him.
Here s wanyama. might fancy his chances here. eventually opts wide for shane long. early ball in. joe hart with a good punch. on we go again. the game opening up a touch. we ticked past the half hour mark. lampard. aguero. david silva. a little bit of space. milner. it just had to be lampard in style! in front of his watching father, catching for the day one of the true greats of the premier league era. frank lampard with the breakthrough. it s 1-0 to manchester city.
That s a double pivot in midfield from southampton with davis. the players in front look like they have a threat in them. long, mane and jurisic. well rounded center forward pt. here s milner. silva. now toure. kolarov. there at the end of a promising move from manchester city. better quality than that. good attacking play from manchester city. that s an issue for the two holding midfield players at southampton. the likes of milner, lampard and silva are. of course aguero. kolarov certainly.
There was a hint of handball aguero is trying to break away a few minutes ago. no whistle in the end against bertrand. lampard foul. lampard, 609th appearance this in the premier league today. a wonderful servant here. over so many years for chelsea. before that breaking through at west ham united. finally making his move to the mls after this season s done. the corner won there bile kolarov. shane long trapped back. shane long has been a threat
To his contract with the saints. a deal which now expires next season. toure to demichelis. lampard. zabaleta. lampard into aguero. well defended. a decent pass too. mane. got past demichelis. couldn t quite keep the ball alive though. approaching halftime. hasn t been the happiest of afternoons so far for sergio aguero. takes a knock here on that challenge with wanyama.
That was an acceptance that we won t see the best of hip. we wouldn t see him on a regular basis until next season. does give him an opportunity to fresh preseason. i m sure he ll be a good addition to this squad. manchester city. here s lampard. milner. fernandinho. kolarov. into the sort of area where he would usually thrive. didn t quite make it to get the contact that time. mane. the turn of pace for southampton. here s the press. a goal kick. frustration of the saints fans.
Here s elia. bertrand. waiting. a header which came in was off mangala. kept in play by clyne. in towards pelle again. long was there, too. with interest. bertrand. his first involvement off the bench for city. to bonny. city fans. lampard s career. will now watch from afar. on the pls. mls. a hit there by zabaleta.
it s easy to paycheck progress from defending the situation. 20, 30 yards. the halfway line is vacant. southampton are having a go. why shouldn t they? here s aguero. zabaleta arriving. there by mane. now lampard. city fans want the team to end with a flourish here. aguero. now toure. james milner. lampard with a header.
Manchester city. this one so far here following a pattern but a long way to go yet. so it was a bright southampton start but as the game has gone on city are the dominant force. their lead might have been even greater. lampard again. kolarov. looking for milner. now a chance for southampton to counter. mane.