Wayne Rooney’s team couldn’t cope Dismissed , and Bristol City’s 4 -0 win over Plymouth Argyle put them on their knees . Twine , Mehmeti , Armstrong

Wayne Rooney’s team couldn’t cope Dismissed , and Bristol City’s 4 -0 win over Plymouth Argyle put them on their knees . Twine , Mehmeti , Armstrong

The match took place on November 30 at 3pm in Bristol at /stadium at Ashton Gate Bristol City picked up a much needed victory in the Cham/ionship with a 4-0 win over Plymouth Argyle on Saturday afternoon.

As with the games against Burnley and Watford, the Robins showed plenty in the first half without breaking the deadlock, but their pressure kicked in in the second half when braces from Anis Mehmeti and a goal each from Scott Twine and Sinclair Armstrong secured all three points and Bristol City won against Plymouth Argyle 4-0

The hosts started the match well, with well-executed actions
creating good chances for Nahki Wells and Zak Vyner, but neither were able to direct their shots at goal.

Just after the half hour mark the action was 0 – 0 on the pitch and there wasn’t much action creating to score goals apart from the occasional one , and one action was for
Bristol City scored a goal and everyone thought they had taken the lead just before the break when Mehmeti was saved by Grimshaw and Wells followed the ball and shot into the goal but only the referee raised the flag and ruled it was offside

Plymouth Aryle attacked first in the opening minutes of the second half and Ryan Hardie fired a low shot straight past the hosts’ goalkeeper O’Leary.

The Reds continued to create threatening action and tried to attack down the left wing as well as the right , and , when Rob Dickie headed straight at Grimshaw from a corner kick, before Mehmeti forced the Pilgrims’ stopper into a superb save.

A diagonal pass from Vyner was brilliantly controlled and stopped by Wells, before he put the ball out for Twine, who went very close.

Becoming an increasing problem for the visitors, Twine forced Grimshaw into another good defensive save.

The breakthrough came for Bristol City after Twine’s first shot hit the crossbar before City regained the move, finding Mehmeti, whose strike deflected off Twine and into the net.

56′ Offside, Plymouth Argyle. Ryan Hardie caught offside.

57′ Scott Twine (Bristol City) hits the crossbar with a right footed shot from outside the penalty area. Assisted by Jason Knight.

57′ Attempt blocked. Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist: Cameron Pring

57′ Goal! Bristol City 1, Plymouth Argyle 0. Scott Twine (Bristol City) shot from the centre of the field to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anis Mehmeti.

62′ Goal! Bristol City 2, Plymouth Argyle 0. Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City) right footed shot from the left side of the field to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jason Knight.

68′ Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Interrupted by Zak Vyner.

70′ Goal! 3 – 0 Bristol City Plymouth Argyle Anis Mehmeti Bristol City right footed shot from the centre of the field into the top right corner. Assisted by Nahki Wells after a swift action.

74′ Jordan Houghton Plymouth Argyle win a free kick in their own half.

75′ Attempt missed. Adam Forshaw (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from outside the penalty area too high. Assisted by Andre Gray.

84` Yu Hirakawa (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

87′ Attempt saved. Sinclair Armstrong (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the penalty area to the top corner of the goal. Assisted by Anis Mehmeti.

89′ Max Bird (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

90′ Goal! Bristol City 4, Bristol City player Sinclair Armstrong right footed shot from the left side of the field into the centre of the goal. Assisted by Max Bird with a pass of the ball.

90‘+2’Attempt deflected in. Michael Obafemi (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the right side of the field to the top corner of the goal. Assisted by Andre Gray.

90‘+3’ Julio Pleguezuelo (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in his own half.

Bristol City and Plymouth Argyle at Ashton Gate on Saturday; Scott Twine, Anis Mehmeti’s double and Sinclair Armstrong sealed a comprehensive victory over Wayne Rooney’s struggling team.
With Saturday’s victory, Bristol City moved up to 11th in the table, losing five points to a play-off place, and face a trip to Portsmouth FC at Fratton Park Stadium next week.
Wayne Rooney criticised his Plymouth Argyle players for ‘ a real lack of character and fight ’ after they lost the opening goal in a 4-0 loss to Bristol City.

Bristol City – Plymouth Argyle 4 – 0
S Twine (57‘), A Mehmeti ( 62`, 70’ ) , S Armstrong (90′ )

Bristol City : 1 M.Oleary , 3 C.Pring, 6 M Bird , 7 Y Hirakawa , 10 S Twine , 11 A Mehmeti , 12 J Knight (C) , 14 Z Vyner , 15 L McNally , 16 R Dickie , 21 N Wells

Plymouth Argyle : 31 D Grimshaw , 2 B Mumba , 3 N Ogbeta , 4 J Houghton (C) , 5 J Pleguezuelo , 9 R Hardie , 17 L Gibson , 20 A Randell , 27 A Forshaw , 35 F Issaka , 44 V Palsson