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Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the local derby clash between Premier League leaders Manchester City and relegation-battling Bolton at Eastlands.

Premier League / Matchday 27
Etihad Stadium / 03.03.2012
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Alex Chick

Updated 03/03/2012 at 16:51 GMT


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Don't forget you can watch highlights of this match, along with every Premier League game, from 00:01 on Monday morning (UK only).
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The final whistle goes and Manchester City go five points clear at the top of the table! As for Bolton, they remain rooted in the relegation zone for another weekend.
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We are in the first of two minutes of added time.
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Wheater slides in to deny Dzeko at the near post after Kolo Toure pulls the ball back fromt he byline. Dzeko got the last touch, so it's a goal kick.
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Great determination from Yaya Toure to surge past his marker and score a third for his team. He manages to slip the ball to Dzeko before going down in a heap!
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Bolton substitution: Fabrice Muamba repalces Pratley.
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Balotelli’s goal was the 750th PL goal to be scored in the division this season.
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Man City substitution: James Milner replaces Nasri, while Yaya Toure stays on the pitch.
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James Milner is on the sideline waiting to come on, but it won't be for Yaya Toure who is back on the field.
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Yaya Toure limps off, but it looks as though he will rejoin play.
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Yaya Toure is down and looks in some pain. he appeared to be holding his hamstring before the ball came to him, and an attempted shot may have exacerbated the problem.
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Lovely disguised pass runs through wheater's legs to Nasri, but the shot is blocked.
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City retain possession after the corner is cleared. Bolton are seeing none of the ball at the moment.
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Nasri is sent scampering away down the right and tries to pull the ball back to Dzeko, but Wheater is there to intercept at the expense of a corner.
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Johnson is teed up for a volley inside the area, but he strikes it into the turf and wide.
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With 20 minutes or so remaining, you have to wonder whether or not Bolton will crumble now. As things stand only Wigan have a worse goal difference than the Trotters.
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That's Balotelli's 11th league goal of the season, but credit must go to Johnson for the assist, as well as Yaya Toure for instigating the move.
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GOAL!! Adam Johnson somehow wriggles his way to the bylien and finds Balotelli with a cheeky backheel that goes under Bogdan and the Italian striker finishes into the unguarded net!
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City have now had 20 shots (not including Pratley's), with eight on target.
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City are on course to keep four clean sheets in a row in a single top flight season for the first time since December 1977 to January 1978.