MANCHESTER CITY 3, SUNDERLAND 0 Possibly more important than the goals and emphatic victory against Sunderland was the performance of the under-fire back line as this was Manchester City’s first clean sheet of the season. It was a new -look defence with captain Vincent Kompany ruled out though injury and Micah Richards back after a […]
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Hart’s heroics saves City
MAN CITY 1, BORUSSIA DORTMUND 1 A late penalty from substitute Mario Balotelli earned Manchester City an important first point of their Champions League campaign at home to Borussia Dortmund. But with only one point from a possible six, City have an enormous amount to do in their four remaining games if they are […]
City overcome Fulham resistance
FULHAM 1, MANCHESTER CITY 2 City got back on track with a 2-1 win at Craven Cottage to end a 4 match streak of winless games. Roberto Mancini had earlier declared that City would retain their Premier League title but they were made to work hard to overcome a hard working and organised Fulham side […]
City supersub strikes again
FULHAM 1, MAN CITY 2 Manchester City arrested their faltering start to the campaign with a hard-earned Barclays Premier League victory at Fulham. A late goal from substitute Edin Dzeko earned a terrific win because Fulham had lost only once in their previous 13 games at Craven Cottage. And City, without a win in their […]
Passions run high as City suffer cup KO
MAN CITY 2, ASTON VILLA 3 (after extra time) Don’t believe that Capital One Cup is a competition nobody wants to win after Manchester City suffered a third-round knockout at the hands of Aston Villa. The joyous celebrations of Villa manager Paul Lambert after his side scored its fourth goal to seal victory underlined what […]