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FT: Man City 3-2 QPR
1654 Aguero fires from inside the area. Man City 3-2 QPR
1652 Dzeko heads past Kenny from six-yards. Man City 2-2 QPR
1650 Five added minutes.
1647 We are now into the last few minutes of normal time.
1646 Dzeko heads into Kenny's arms.
1645 Balotelli's set-piece is blocked by the wall.
1644 De Jong wins a free-kick 30-yards from goal, after SWP fouled the midfielder.
1643 Time is running out for City, but it has been superb defending from Rangers during this second half.
1642 Dzeko fires wide for a throw-in.
GOAL SCORE Wigan Athletic 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
1640 10 minutes remaining here at the Etihad Stadium, still Man City 1-2 QPR.
1639 Dzeko slices wide at the near-post.
1638 Silva's free-kick is cleared and de Jong's shot is blocked.
GOAL SCORE Stoke City 2-2 Bolton Wanderers
Zamora OFF Bothroyd ON
Balotelli ON Tevez OFF
GOAL SCORE Everton 3-1 Newcastle United
1634 It is wave after wave of City attacks at the moment.
1632 Kenny pushes away Tevez's header at the back-post.
1631 The match is being played deep in Rangers' half at the moment.
1630 Nasri's deflected shot strays out for a corner.
Barry OFF Dzeko ON
GOAL SCORE Everton 3-0 Newcastle United
1628 Silva fires high over the bar from 25-yards.
1626 Mackie heads the R's into the lead at the back-post, as Traore picks out the forward with a superb cross. Man City 1-2 QPR
GOAL!!!!!!!
1625 Zabaleta's cross is cut out by SWP. 25 minutes remaining.
1623 Kenny collects Clichy's cross. It is all City at the moment.
GOAL SCORE Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Fulham
1622 It's going to be a very difficult last 30 minutes now. Still 1-1.
1620 Kenny pulls off a superb save to deny Aguero from six-yards.
Cisse OFF Traore ON
GOAL SCORE Chelsea 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
1619 Tevez's effort is saved by Kenny, as Rangers clear.
1618 R's skipper Barton is sent off and City have a free-kick 18-yards out.
Barton Red Card
1615 The Etihad has gone quiet, but City continue to pressure, just like they did in the first half.
GOAL SCORE WBA 2-3 Arsenal
1613 Aguero fires over the bar from six-yards, from de Jong's sliced effort.
1612 Hill almost slices the ball into his own net from a City cross.
1611 Just the start to the second half Rangers could have wished for. Cisse took his goal with ease, great strike.
1610 Cisse pulls Rangers level with a powerful right-footed effort that is sent crashing under Hart. Man City 1-1 QPR
GOAL!!!!!!!!!
1609 Nasri's free-kick is fired over the crossbar.
1608 Aguero gets infront of his marker at the bear-post, but Kenny palms away for a corner.
1607 Rangers NEED to pull level, if the score remains the same at the Britannia Stadium.
1606 It's going to be a tense 45 minutes, so strap your seat belts on!
1605 City kick off the second half.
HALF TIME Manchester City 1-0 QPR
1545 Three added minutes to be played.
GOAL SCORE Stoke City 1-2 Bolton Wanderers
Y Toure OFF De Jong ON
1544 Nasri drills an effort straight at Kenny.
1543 That's not the two minutes we would have hoped for, as Bolton pull a goal back and City take the lead.
GOAL SCORE Stoke City 1-1 Bolton Wanderers
1541 City take the lead, through Pablo Zabaleta's right-footed effort, which Kenny palms onto the post, and just heads over the line. Man City 1-0 QPR
GOAL!!
1538 Rangers are again forced back to Kenny, who pumps the ball forward.
GOAL SCORE Chelsea 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
1537 Tevez lines up a chance for Silva, but he drags his shot well wide of the target.
1536 Silva has an effort blocked by Hill 25-yards out.
1535 15 minutes until the break. Rangers have defended well here, but City have continued to break them down.
GOAL SCORE Chelsea 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
1534 Superb defending from Rangers, as Tevez and Aguero link up inside the R's penalty area.
GOAL SCORE WBA 2-2 Arsenal
1532 Cisse's cross into the City area is too far, as SWP is caught in attack. City back on the ball.
GOAL SCORE Everton 2-0 Newcastle United
1530 Mackie stops a City attack and breaks forward. Wins a throw-in just inside the City half.
1529 ...Silva fires into the wall and the chance is cleared.
1528 The ball strikes SWP on the hand, and City are gifted win a free-kick of their own, 20-yards from goal...
1527 Cisse's drive is caught by Hart.
1526 Cisse wins a free-kick 25-yards out...
1525 Cisse almost gifts City a one-on-one chance, but Rangers defend well, and SWP wins a free-kick.
1524 Zabaleta strikes a half-volley across goal, but it beats both sets of players.
GOAL SCORE Norwich City 2-0 Aston Villa
1523 As it stands at the moment, Manchester United are top, and Bolton are in the bottom three. However, still a long way to go.
GOAL SCORE Sunderland 0-1 Manchester United
1521 Barton is up, but took a massive blow to the head.
1520 Barton jumps and wins a free-kick for Rangers. The R's medical staff run on to the pitch.
GOAL SCORE Everton 1-0 Newcastle United
1519 Kenny saves well at his near-post, from Silva's low-driven effort. Still 0-0.
1518 Silva fires a cross into the box, but Kenny reacts well to deny Tevez the chance on goal from six-yards.
1517 All we can hear at the Etihad is the 3,000 Rangers fans. Superb.
GOAL SCORE WBA 2-1 Arsenal
GOAL SCORE Wigan Athletic 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
GOAL SCORE Wigan Athletic 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
1514 The Rangers fan have gone into a big cheer, as news filters through that Stoke City have taken the lead at the Britannia.
GOAL SCORE Stoke City 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
1513 Rangers continue to soak up the City attack, as Nasri drags an effort wide.
GOAL SCORE WBA 1-1 Arsenal
GOAL SCORE Norwich City 1-0 Aston Villa
GOAL SCORE Wigan Athletic 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
1511 Mackie breaks, but gives a free-kick away in the process, which City take quick.
1510 Barton breaks down a City attack, but Kompany pick up the ball again. Still 0-0.
1509 Rangers are struggling to get out of their half at the moment, as City pass the ball around.
1508 Clichy's cross is headed behind by Hill for another City corner.
1507 Yaya Toure blasts over from 18-yards, after Tevez scuffed the original effort.
1506 Kenny's free-kick is sent upfield, but Hart collects, as Kompany leaves the ball.
GOAL SCORE WBA 0-1 Arsenal
1505 Zamora heads clear at the front-post, but again City look for another attack.
1504 City find away through the Rangers defence and win the first corner of the match.
1503 Tevez attempts to charge down Kenny, but the Rangers number one clears forward.
GOAL SCORE Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Fulham
1502 Barry's pass to Silva is cut out and cleared by Ferdinand, but City come again.
1501 Hart boots upfield, but Hill heads out for a City throw-in.
1500 Rangers kick-off, sporting their third kit (red and white). City in all sky blue.
1459 Blue Moon has the City fans on their feet, scarfs in hand!
1457 The two teams are led out by their captains. COYRS
1453 Just seven minutes until kick-off here at the Etihad...
1450 No Samba Diakite this afternoon, the Mali international misses out through illness. SWP and Cisse return to the final starting XI of the season, as Rangers set up for a 4-4-2 formation.
1449 This afternoon's line-ups:
Manchester City: Hart, Zabaleta, Clichy, Kompany, Lescott, Barry, Yaya, Silva, Nasri, Aguero, Tevez.
Subs: Pantilimon, Richards, Kolarov, De Jong, Milner, Dzeko, Balotelli.
QPR: Kenny, Hill, Ferdinand, Onuoha, Taiwo, Derry, Barton, Mackie, Wright-Phillips, Zamora, Cisse.
Subs: Cerny, Gabbidon, Taarabt, Campbell, Bothroyd, Traore, Buzsaky.
1445 The two sides leave the pitch, as the atmosphere is starting to build...t-minus 15 minutes until kick-off!
1443 Jamie Mackie insists that QPR's poor away form must change for the better at some stage - with today being the perfect opportunity to put things right.
With just one game remaining, a single point against Manchester City this weekend will in all likelihood be enough to secure top-flight football for another season at Loftus Road.
After a dramatic 1-0 win over Stoke City at the weekend, the R's now head to the Etihad Stadium full of self-belief.
Victory over the Potters was confirmed in the final minute through second-half substitute Djibril Cisse's late winner, and Mackie said: "When you have somebody like Djibril on the bench, you really get that feeling he can nick a goal for you.
"I imagine it wasn't the greatest game to watch, but when he (Cisse) came on and scored, it just gave us a massive belief around the ground.
"It gives us a real chance now."
Victory for City would ensure Roberto Mancini's side clinch the Premier League title for the first time, but Mackie is only worried about what the R's do come Super Sunday.
"They've not been in that position for a long, long time," said Mackie.
"Not many of their players would have won the Premier League before.
"Pressure does really strange things to people.
"Everybody is expecting a big day for Man City. But for us, we're scrapping for our lives and a point would mean the world to us."
PRE-MATCH STAT: This is Rangers' first visit to play at the Etihad Stadium. We've only lost two out of our last seven league trips to play City at Maine Road.
1438 Find out all about today's referee Mike Dean HERE.
PRE-MATCH STAT: Roberto Mancini's side have dropped just two points at home this season. Fortress.
1435 As QPR prepare for their biggest game in years, defender Anton Ferdinand said this week that the squad are focusing purely on what they need to do.
"City have got a lot riding on this match but so have we," Ferdinand told London Call-In - QPR's online phone-in show.
"This game determines whether people keep their jobs or not at our Club. We have got to do our best to make sure we stay in the Premier League, so that every single person at this Club keeps their job.
"It's about us. It's not about Manchester City. They are a fantastic team but so are we on our day."
1432 With today now being dubbed 'Survival Sunday', it's only fair that all of the top-flight teams are in action at the same time:
Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers
Everton v Newcastle United
Norwich City v Aston Villa
Stoke City v Bolton Wanderers
Sunderland v Manchester United
Swansea City v Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham
West Bromwich Albion v Arsenal
Wigan Athletic v Wolverhampton Wanderers
1431 With the maths lesson now out of the way, we can concentrate on the 90 minutes ahead. R's gaffer Mark Hughes confirmed yesterday that on loan midfielder Samba Diakite would miss today's encounter through illness, that has kept the Mali international out of the squad for a number of games. Hughes also mentioned that midfield Akos Buzsaky and Shaun Derry had struggled this week in training. Team news to follow...
1430 Good afternoon and welcome to the final 'as it happens' of the season, as Rangers take part in what is likely to be the most watched game of the day, and even of the season. The Premier League campaign finale is finally upon us, with the occasion of today adding to what has already been an exciting term.
It's simple, if the R's draw, or win, then top-flight football is secured for another season, and Bolton Wanderers will be condemned to the Championship, along with the already relegated Wolverhampton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers.
If Manchester City win, then the blue half of the city will be crowned champions, BUT, and this is where it gets complicated, Rangers can still survive relegation, but will need Stoke City to either beat, or match Bolton's efforts at the Britannia Stadium.
