MANCHESTER CITY 5, BARNSLEY 0 – FA Cup Quarter Final A trio of first half goals ensured that City enjoyed a comfortable route into the FA Cup semi-finals with Carlos Tevez enjoying a starring role after a controversial end to his week. As with Leeds, City brushed aside their Championship opposition with ease and can […]
Match Report
Fergie lost for words over Champions League exit
MAN UNITED 1, REAL MADRID 2 (Real Madrid win 3-2 on aggregate) Sir Alex Ferguson was so devastated by Manchester United’s controversial Champions League exit that he was lost for words and unable to attend the post match press conference. “We have a distraught dressing room and distraught manager which is why I am […]
Tevez strike keeps City challenge alive
ASTON VILLA 0, MANCHESTER CITY 1 City reduced the gap at the top of the Premier League to 12 points behind United with 10 games to play as they eased past Aston Villa with a Carlos Tevez goal deep into added time at the end of the first half. “The Championship is not over.” insisted […]
Super Shinji’s scoring show
Man Utd 4, Norwich 0 Ryan Giggs was supposed to be top of the bill, but it was Shinji Kagawa who ended up stealing the show. Kagawa’s hat-trick was the first by an Asian player in the Premier League as it started with a fortunate flick, continued with a sublime stroke and was completed by […]
City display championship class
MAN CITY 2, CHELSEA 0. Manchester City produced a display worthy of champions to defeat Chelsea and keep alive their faint hopes of holding on to their Barclays Premier League title. Goals from Yaya Toure and Carlos Tevez reduced United’s advantage from 15 to 12 points on an afternoon when defeat would almost certainly […]