MAN CITY 5, AFC BOURNEMOUTH 1 Raheem Sterling scored the first senior hat trick of his career as Manchester City blitzed newly-promoted AFC Bournemouth to stay top of the Barclays Premier League. The striker looked every inch the £49million he cost City in the summer as he found the net three times, his first treble […]
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United blown away by early Gunners barrage as Alexis Sanchez scores twice
ARSENAL 3, MANCHESTER UNITED 0 Arsenal score three times in 20 minutes Alexis Sanchez scores twice, either side of a Mesut Ozil strike “Worst performance” under Louis van Gaal as United outplayed Arsenal leapfrog United who fall to third in the Premier League table Arsenal shrugged off their midweek Champions League disappointment with a demolition […]
Eighth draw in 11 league games for Oldham Athletic at Gillingham
GILLINGHAM 3, OLDHAM ATHLETIC 3 Oldham Athletic ended high-flying Gillingham’s 100-per-cent home record in Sky Bet League One as yet another game ended in stalemate. This was the eighth draw in 11 league games, but without doubt the most pleasing as Latics gave the Gills an almighty fright. And interim manager David Dunn viewed this […]
Sergio Aguero scores five as Manchester City blitz bottom-club Newcastle United
MAN CITY 6, NEWCASTLE UNITED 1 Sergio Aguero joined an elite group of players to have scored five goals in a Premier League match. What made the Argentine’s haul in Manchester City’s home match against Newcastle United special was that it came in a 21-minute spell. And Aguero could conceivably have scored even more had […]
Man City lose third match in four despite early Kevin De Bruyne goal as injury list lengthens again at Spurs
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 4, MANCHESTER CITY 1 Joe Hart, Vincent Kompany, and Yaya Toure added to lengthy City injury list Offside decisions go against City but Pellegrini admits his team didn’t take their chances Manuel Pellegrini faces another injury headache ahead of Wednesday’s trip to Germany to face Borussia Monchengladbach in the Champions League. Three defeats in their […]