MIDDLESBROUGH 0, MAN CITY 2 Manchester City’s Emirates FA Cup, quarter-final victory at Middlesbrough was a stroll in the park. Pep Guardiola’s side would have won by a far more emphatic margin but for a fine goalkeeping display by No 2 Brad Guzan. The American prevented a landslide margin after making a string of fabulous […]
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Manchester City’s hopes of catching Chelsea dented by home goalless draw against Stoke City
MAN CITY 0, STOKE CITY 0 Enormous credit to Stoke City who became the first team to keep a clean sheet at Manchester City in a Premier League fixture in the current campaign. And in achieving this notable feat, the Potters dealt a further blow to City’s faint hopes of catching runaway leaders Chelsea. City, […]
Oldham Athletic see red at Walsall where five game unbeaten run comes to an end
WALSALL 2, OLDHAM ATHLETIC 0. Oldham Athletic saw red as their five game unbeaten run in Sky Bet League One came to an end at Walsall. They ended with nine men after Lee Croft and Brian Wilson were sent off, yet so nearly earned a share of the spoils following a valiant effort at the […]
Sickening stamp to the head of Zlatan Ibrahimovic captures headlines as Manchester United are held at home by 10-man Bournemouth
MAN UNITED 1, AFC BOURNEMOUTH 1 Tyrone Mings’ stamp to the head of Zlatan Ibrahimovic as the striker lay on the ground, that went unpunished, completely overshadowed everything else that happened in Manchester United’s home draw against 10-man Bournemouth. Surely the Football Association will take retrospective action against the Cherries’ defender after viewing the footage […]
High fives as Manchester City beat Huddersfield Town to book quarter-final place in Emirates FA Cup
MAN CITY 5, HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1 Manchester City swept into the quarter finals of the Emirates FA Cup with an emphatic victory against Huddersfield Town. After being held to a goalless round in the fifth-round tie at the John Smith’s Stadium, there was no slip up second-time round for City. But there was an early scare […]