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 […]
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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 […]
Fergie goes for the kill
MAN UNITED 2, EVERTON 0 Manchester United took another giant step towards wrestling the Barclays Premier League title back from neighbours City. The win against Everton, coupled with City’s surprise defeat at Southampton the previous day, saw the Reds extend their lead at the top to an impressive 12 points. Goals from Ryan Giggs […]
City clangers bury their title hopes
SOUTHAMPTON 3, MANCHESTER CITY 1 City may well look back on this match as the game where their season ultimately fell apart, with the title now ready to be reclaimed by United who snatched Roberto Mancini’s number 1 target in the summer: Robin Van Persie. United could find themselves a massive 12 points ahead of […]
City lose further ground in title defence
MAN CITY 2, LIVERPOOL 2 Manchester City lost more ground in the defence of their Barclays Premier League title after being held at home by Liverpool. They remain in second spot but are now nine points adrift of their neighbours from the red half of Manchester with 13 league games left. City manager Roberto […]