Summary

  • Man City XI: Hart, Sagna, Otamendi, Mangala, Kolarov, Fernandinho, Toure, De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling, Bony

  • Sunderland XI: Mannone, Jones, O’Shea, Coates, Van Aanholt, M’Vila, Gomez, Johnson, Borini, Graham, Fletcher.

  1. Postpublished at 18 mins

    Man City 2-0 Sunderland

    Yaya Toure celebratesImage source, Getty Images

    Easy, easy.

    David Silva tucks the ball into Yaya Toure and, 22 yards out, the Man City midfielder drives the ball into the bottom corner.

    Sunderland - this does not look good.

  2. goal

    GOAL - Man City 2-0 Sunderlandpublished at 17 mins

    Yaya Toure

  3. Postpublished at 14 mins

    Man City 1-0 Sunderland

    Raheem Sterling celebratesImage source, PA

    That's a collectors item.

    Kevin de Bruyne pings in a beautiful cross from the right and the dimunitive Raheem Sterling somehow climbs above Billy Jones and heads into the net.

    Yes a Sterling header. Awful from Jones.

  4. goal

    GOAL - Man City 1-0 Sunderlandpublished at 13 mins

    Raheem Sterling

  5. Postpublished at 11 mins

    Man City 0-0 Sunderland

    Steven Fletcher is almost played through for Sunderland but good defending by Eliaquim Mangala as he stretches out a foot after a sliding lunge - we haven't said that too often in recent weeks.

  6. Postpublished at 8 mins

    Man City 0-0 Sunderland

    Sunderland need to try and get hold of this. As soon as they get possession, they give it away again.

    An opener for City is only a matter of time if this continues...

  7. PENALTY APPEALpublished at 5 mins

    Man City 0-0 Sunderland

    Controversy here.

    Raheem Sterling cuts inside Billy Jones in the penalty area, the Sunderland defender woefully kicks out and the City man goes down.

    A penalty surely? Nope, Sterling is booked for diving. Harsh, very harsh.

  8. Postpublished at 15:03 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2015

    Man City 0-0 Sunderland

    Jason Roberts
    Former West Brom striker on Football Focus

    Wilfried BonyImage source, Getty Images

    "If you look at the talent they have got in their squad, it’s clear that Manchester City really should be winning the league title this year. 

    "City should be running away with it but they're not, because defensively they are not performing anything like they should be."

  9. Postpublished at 3 mins

    Man City 0-0 Sunderland

    A confident start from City as they get in behind Sunderland's defence twice in the opening minutes.

    Nothing comes from either attack, but a worry for the strugglers.

  10. KICK-OFFpublished at 15:00

    Man City 0-0 Sunderland

    Game under way...

  11. Postpublished at 14:58

    Man City v Sunderland (15:00 GMT)

    Who likes an omen?

    Man City fans might not like this one.

    City have already lost five league games this season and no side has won the title after losing as many times by Christmas since Everton in 1986-87.

    Winning the title would be some effort from here...

  12. Postpublished at 14:55

    Man City v Sunderland (15:00 GMT)

    Manchester City new logoImage source, Reuters

    Here come the teams...

  13. Play our Predictor Leaguepublished at 14:51

    Manchester City v SunderlandImage source, BBC Sport

    Should Manchester City be even higher in the Premier League table? Possibly. But their fans will think they should be higher than 12th in our Predictor league table.

    Sunderland fans, like their side, are scrapping around near the bottom. You can help improve your team's form by having your say in our Predictor game.

    You can also check out the Predictor league table and see whether your predictions are better than Mark Lawrenson's guesses.

    What are you waiting for? Get involved.

  14. Postpublished at 14:47

    Man City v Sunderland (15:00 GMT)

    Billy Jones in goal for Sunderland?

    Don't worry Black Cats fans... it is a simple typo from Manchester City.

  15. Lawro's predictionpublished at 14:40

    Man City v Sunderland (15:00 GMT)

    Manchester City v SunderlandImage source, BBC Sport

    It is 'man versus machine' this week. Our man Mark Lawrenson takes on a state-of-the-art super-computer called SAM (Sports Analytics Machine) in his weekly prediction game - find out here what they have plumped for.  

  16. Team newspublished at 14:35

    Man City v Sunderland (15:00 GMT)

    Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany returns to the bench after eight games out with a calf injury.

    Sergio Aguero returns to the bench, having started the defeat by Arsenal, while Fabian Delph also drops out of the starting line up, with Raheem Sterling and Wilfried Bony brought in after the loss to Arsenal.

    City xiImage source, .

    Sunderland defender Younes Kaboul is out because of a hamstring problem, while striker Jermain Defoe remains on the bench.

    Steven Fletcher starts on his own up front for the Black Cats.

    SunderlandImage source, .
  17. Postpublished at 14:32

    Man City v Sunderland (15:00 GMT)

    Happy Christmas - but let's get on with the serious business.

    Manchester City start today's Premier League match at home to Sunderland six points off leaders Leicester.

    They will fancy putting the pressure on today - against a Black Cats side in the drop zone and five points adrift of safety.

    Should be straightforward then...

  18. Postpublished at 14:30

    So, Manchester City are the strongest in the Premier League are they Mr Pellegrini? 

    Time for you to prove it.

    Mind you, things are looking a lot brighter than they are for your City rivals...

  19. Postpublished at 08:41 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2015

    Welcome to our live page for Manchester City v Sunderland. We’ll have text commentary here from 14:30 GMT. You can keep up to date with all the build-up to today’s games here.