NORWICH CITY 1, MAN CITY 6 Roberto Mancini surely cannot believe the Barclays Premier League title race is over after a remarkable week for Manchester City. Yet the City manager maintained “the title is finished” after his side’s 6-1 win at Norwich City which followed their midweek walloping of West Brom. They have slashed United’s […]
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Shock United title stutter
WIGAN ATHLETIC 1, MAN UNITED 0. Sean Maloney blew the Barclays Premier League title race wide open with lowly Wigan Athletic’s unlikely match-winning goal against mighty Manchester United at the DW Stadium. It earned Wigan their first-ever victory against the Reds and lifted them out of the bottom three relegation places for the first time […]
New dramatic twist in title race
MAN CITY 4, WEST BROM 0. In another dramatic night of Barclays Premier League football, Manchester City kept alive their flickering title hopes. City’s walloping of West Brom, coupled with United’s surprise defeat at Wigan Athletic, added a new twist to the two-way battle at the top of the table. Suddenly United, who held an […]
United turn up the title heat
BLACKBURN ROVERS 0, MANCHESTER UNITED 2. Manchester United took a gigantic step towards defending their Barclays Premier League title on the ground where they last season secured their record-breaking 19th championship. The Reds overcame a tricky obstacle at Blackburn Rovers, where they had won on only two previous visits to Ewood Park, to open what […]
Table-topping United enjoy stroke of good fortune
MAN UNITED 1, FULHAM 0. If Manchester United fend off the challenge from their noisy neighbours and successfully defend their Barclays Premier League title, they may well look back on the scruffy home victory against Fulham as the defining moment of their campaign. The Reds certainly had a stroke of good fortune on the night […]