MAN CITY 4, FC PORTO 0 (City win 6-1 on aggregate) Sergio Aguero took only 19 seconds to start Manchester City’s rout of holders FC Porto as they sealed their passage to the last 16 of the Europa League City’s Argentinian striker scored the quickest goal of the season in the competition as the Portuguese […]
Match Report
Europa joy for United
AJAX 0, MAN UNITED 2 Manchester United made a winning debut in the Europa League following a hard-earned victory in Holland against Ajax Two of the giants of European football found themselves in the competition which is the poor relations compared with the glitz of the Champion League. After a rare failure to progress from the group […]
City take Europa League advantage back to the Etihad
PORTO 1, MANCHESTER CITY 2 Roberto Mancini was full of praise for his side after they fight back from 1-0 down to win 2-1 and take charge of the Europa League tie against current holders Porto. Mancini said: “I think we played a good game tonight. “We had 3 or 4 chances to score in […]
Lescott strike puts City back on top
ASTON VILLA 0 – MANCHESTER CITY 1 City survived a late Villa siege and a streaker to darken the mood of disgruntled home fans with a 1-0 win with Joleon Lescott’s second half strike proving the difference between the sides at Villa Park. The win put City back on top of the Barclays Premier League […]
Red sore that won’t heal
Man Utd 2, Liverpool 1 On a day when the more unseemly side of football again reared its ugly head, Wayne Rooney showed that there is still something to admire about the ‘beautiful’ game. Rooney’s double strike in the opening five minutes of the second half gave United three deserved points and put them back […]