Mario Balotelli escaped a possible further six match ban after City’s eventful game at the Emirates Stadium after referee Martin Atkinson confirmed in his match report that he had seen Balotelli’s foul on Arsenal’s Alex Song but took no action during the game. City manager Roberto Mancini admitted he was at the end of his […]
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Gunners shoot down City’s title hopes
ARSENAL 1, MANCHESTER CITY 0 Manchester United have one hand on the Barclays Premier League trophy this season after they won 2-0 at Old Trafford against QPR and City fell 1-0 to a late Mikel Arteta strike at the Emirates. United now have an 8 point lead in the title race, a gap that had […]
City title blow despite fightback to win a point
MAN CITY 3, SUNDERLAND 3 Eighty six minutes of tension followed by eight minutes of noise ended 3-3 as City had to come from 3-1 down to win a point against Sunderland. The Mackems ended City’s 20 game winning streak at home and might have ended their title hopes too but for late goals by […]
Manchester City team to play Sunderland
Hart, Kompany, K Toure, Richards, Kolarov, Y Toure, De Jong, Milner, Silva, Dzeko, Balotelli Subs: Pantilimon, Clichy, Pizarro, Barry, A Johnson, Tevez, Zabaleta Sergio Aguero misses out due to a mystery foot injury which manager Roberto Mancini described as “stupid” and has had City fans speculating as the Italian refused to go into detail. Mario […]
Jaded City lose last lifeline
STOKE CITY 1, MANCHESTER CITY 1 In the straight line race to the Premier League finish line City suffered another stumble at the Britannia Stadium after they first went behind to a world class Peter Crouch goal and then had to make do with a Yaya Toure equaliser instead of another dramatic win. City returned […]