FULHAM 2, MAN CITY 2 Manchester City suffered an unexpected slip on a banana skin as they were held to a 2-2 draw at Fulham, the bottom club in the Barclays Premier League. Manager Roberto Mancini was left baffled and bemused as his side carelessly surrendered a two-goal lead and their first points of the […]
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City’s NextGen on view
MAN CITY 1, BARCELONA 2 As Manchester City tonight played host to Barcelona in their first game in the NextGen Series, who knows what future stars were on view. May be there was a future Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas or Gerard Pique, all renowned graduates of the famed Barcelona Academy, on view. The under-19s tournament, […]
City’s first-night nerves
MAN CITY 1. NAPOLI 1 Manchester City’s Champions League debut provided a steep learning curve to their aspirations to conquer Europe. Despite the remarkable progress they have made in recent seasons, they are still lacking the guile and expertise to overcome Europe’s elite as Italians Napoli, also making their bow in the competition, threatened to cause […]
Mancini sets European goals
Roberto Mancini set out his goals for Manchester City who tomorrow kick off their first-ever Champions League campaign. The City manager is looking no further than City emerging from a difficult group to the knockout phase. But with tomorrow’s oppoents Napoli, German giants Bayern Munich and Spanish side Villareal in their group, that will be […]
City will challenge for all titles says Martinez
Roberto Martinez praised Roberto Mancini’s Manchester City project but bemoaned his Wigan side’s lack of belief against City as they were beaten 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium. “It’s fair to say that Man City have earned their status now as title challengers.” said the Spaniard. “From our point of view when you come to places like […]