ASTON VILLA 3, MANCHESTER CITY 2 “We played really well but it’s incredible the way we lost this game.” said Manuel Pellegrini of City’s bizarre defeat at Villa Park today in which Aston Villa clawed back a City lead twice and then won it with a third goal. It would have been easy to predict […]
Premier League
Baggies pile on the misery for Moyes
Manchester United 1, West Brom 2 The stats wizards were doing overtime after David Moyes’ first defeat at Old Trafford as Manchester United manager, and this was against a team known for getting five managers the sack in the last three years after defeats against them. There is no prospect of the United board acting […]
City show class of champions
MAN CITY 4, MAN UNITED 1 Champions Manchester United were comprehensively outplayed by their neighbours who produced a dazzling display which suggested the Premier League title will soon be heading from Old Trafford to the Etihad Stadium. It was an embarrassingly one-sided derby in which new manager Manuel Pellegrini’s new-look side dismantled United with […]
Fortune fails to smile on Moyes’ men
LIVERPOOL 1, MAN UNITED 0 It made uncomfortable viewing for both David Moyes and Roy Hodgson as Manchester United lost against arch rivals Liverpool at Anfield. While Moyes was bemoaning United’s bad luck, Hodgson’s preparations for England’s World Cup qualifying campaign appears cursed. It looks like Hodgson will be without United pair Wayne Rooney and […]
City break Tigers’ resistance
MANCHESTER CITY 2 HULL CITY 0 City were made to toil for their 2-0 win at the Etihad after Hull tried to follow Cardiff’s example from last week hoping to catch a City side still feeling low after defeat at the Cardiff City Stadium last week. Second half goals by Alvaro Negredo and Yaya Toure […]