MANCHESTER CITY U19 3, VIKTORIA PLZEN U19 1 City got their UEFA Youth League campaign back on track with a 3-0 victory against visitors Viktoria Plzen that sent them back to joint top position of Group D. Captained by Shay Facey in the continued absence of Marcos Lopes, the home side were never troubled by […]
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Hart will start against Viktoria Plzen
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini confirmed that Joe Hart will start in Wednesday’s Champions’ League tie against Viktoria Plzen at the Etihad. The Chilean will look to Hart to continue his form following last week’s England game against Germany at Wembley and has chosen to test his ‘keeper against the Czech Republic team. City have […]
United draw blank away to Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad 0, Manchester United 0 Marouane Fellaini was sent off and Robin Van Persie missed a soft penalty awarded for what appeared to be a dive by Ashley Young as United missed a chance to take a giant stride towards qualification for the knockout phase of the Champions League. Moyes complained about the decisions […]
City land knockout blow
MAN CITY 5, CSKA MOSCOW 2 What a contrast to 12 months ago as Manchester City qualified for the knockout phase of the Champions League for the first time in the club’s history with two games to spare. City, who failed to win a group game last season as they made an early exit […]
Russian fightback overcomes City kids
MANCHESTER CITY U19 1, CSKA MOSCOW U19 2 (UEFA Youth Champions League) City’s U17 team missed the creative spark and goalscoring prowess of captain Marcos Lopes as they went down 2-1 to a powerful, determined and organised CSKA Moscow U19 side. Seko Fofana’s opener was cancelled out by second half strikes by Aleksandr Golovin and […]