EVERTON 2, MANCHESTER CITY 0 For the second time in two seasons a superb Everton performance seems to have put paid to the title hopes of a Manchester club. Goals by Leon Osman and Nikica Jelavic fatally ended City’s title dream in a game dominated by strange refereeing decisions by Lee Probert including a controversial […]
Premier League
Tevez strike keeps City challenge alive
ASTON VILLA 0, MANCHESTER CITY 1 City reduced the gap at the top of the Premier League to 12 points behind United with 10 games to play as they eased past Aston Villa with a Carlos Tevez goal deep into added time at the end of the first half. “The Championship is not over.” insisted […]
Super Shinji’s scoring show
Man Utd 4, Norwich 0 Ryan Giggs was supposed to be top of the bill, but it was Shinji Kagawa who ended up stealing the show. Kagawa’s hat-trick was the first by an Asian player in the Premier League as it started with a fortunate flick, continued with a sublime stroke and was completed by […]
City display championship class
MAN CITY 2, CHELSEA 0. Manchester City produced a display worthy of champions to defeat Chelsea and keep alive their faint hopes of holding on to their Barclays Premier League title. Goals from Yaya Toure and Carlos Tevez reduced United’s advantage from 15 to 12 points on an afternoon when defeat would almost certainly […]
Giggs on 999 alert
QPR 0, MANCHESTER UNITED 2 Ryan Giggs scored on his 999th senior appearance for club and country as Manchester United extended their lead in the Barclays Premier League to a mountainous 15 points over Manchester City after a 2-0 win at QPR. Sir Alex Ferguson applauded his team for getting through another tough test as […]