Etihad Timeline: Mancini's men take the advantage

2 min: Manchester United have a penalty claim waved away after Michael Carrick’s close-range effort looks to be blocked by the…

2 min: Manchester United have a penalty claim waved away after Michael Carrick’s close-range effort looks to be blocked by the arm of Vincent Kompany.

8 min: Evra wins another corner for United and Nani delivers. The visitors again claim a handball by City captain Kompany, but replays show it struck his chest this time.

14 min: Samir Nasri jinks inside from the right, beating a number of United players before slipping the ball to Carlos Tevez. His low cross is turned away by Phil Jones.

19 min: Kompany is harshly booked after Wayne Rooney appears to kick his foot when releasing a pass in the centre circle.

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25 min: Sergio Aguero volleys high and wide after Rooney miscues a clearance and Joleon Lescott flicks it into the Argentine’s path.

29 min: A little scuffle between Rooney and Kompany slows the game and eases pressure on United after a good City spell.

34 min: Referee Andre Marriner talks to Rooney and Patrice Evra after the striker is angered by a Tevez tackle on Jones.

40 min: Aguero’s shot is deflected wide after a brilliant turn and break from Tevez in midfield leaves Carrick and Ji-Sung Park for dead.

42 min: Nani’s short corner to Park is skied over by the Korean.

45+ min: A goal from Kompany after he outjumps Chris Smalling to head home a David Silva corner in injury time after a dominant 25 minutes from the home side.

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53 min: Yaya Toure is booked for an angry reaction to conceding a free after blocking off Ryan Giggs.

58 min: Nasri turns and shoots wide after Gareth Barry sends a cleared corner back into the box. Danny Welbeck replaces Park for United.

62 min: Toure fires a low cross goalwards but it is turned away by the foot of David De Gea.

65 min: Rooney shows his frustration as Jones’s cross sails high over his head and out for a throw.

68 min: Nigel De Jong replaces Tevez as Roberto Mancini looks to protect his defence.

70 min: Jones is booked for a lunge on Barry.

72 min: Rio Ferdinand gives the ball to Silva who sets Toure away. The midfielder advances and fires a low shot just wide.

76 min: De Jong is booked for a bad tackle on Welbeck, leading to an exchange of words between the two managers. Each accuses the other of talking too much.

78 min: Antonio Valencia replaces Paul Scholes. Carrick is booked for a tackle on Barry.

82 min: Toure again advances and curls a left-footed shot just wide of the post. Aguero aggrieved at being ignored by his teammate. Micah Richards replaces Silva, Ashley Young on for Nani.

83 min: Young wins a free-kick.

88 min: Pablo Zabaleta gets to the byline and squares for Aguero but it finds Gael Clichy. His shot is sweetly struck but not good enough to beat De Gea.

90 min: Nasri fails to get his shot away yards from goal after Toure breaks. Mancini is not impressed. Five minutes added. The Home fans are not impressed.

93 min: James Milner comes on for Nasri.

95 min: Evra wins a corner from Zabaleta, Clichy clears. Carrick finds Rooney (right), whose shot is blocked. Joe Hart is fouled by Smalling.

Carl O'Malley

Carl O'Malley

The late Carl O'Malley was an Irish Times sports journalist