MAN UNITED 4, ASTON VILLA 0. Manchester United produced a performance against Aston Villa which suggested they won’t relinquish their Barclays Premier League title without a fight. Having seen their lead at the top cut from eight to two points in the past week, United restored a five-point advantage over their rivals from the blue […]
Premier League
Six-hitting City back in the swing
NORWICH CITY 1, MAN CITY 6 Roberto Mancini surely cannot believe the Barclays Premier League title race is over after a remarkable week for Manchester City. Yet the City manager maintained “the title is finished” after his side’s 6-1 win at Norwich City which followed their midweek walloping of West Brom. They have slashed United’s […]
Shock United title stutter
WIGAN ATHLETIC 1, MAN UNITED 0. Sean Maloney blew the Barclays Premier League title race wide open with lowly Wigan Athletic’s unlikely match-winning goal against mighty Manchester United at the DW Stadium. It earned Wigan their first-ever victory against the Reds and lifted them out of the bottom three relegation places for the first time […]
New dramatic twist in title race
MAN CITY 4, WEST BROM 0. In another dramatic night of Barclays Premier League football, Manchester City kept alive their flickering title hopes. City’s walloping of West Brom, coupled with United’s surprise defeat at Wigan Athletic, added a new twist to the two-way battle at the top of the table. Suddenly United, who held an […]
Reds eye twenty-twenty title vision
Man Utd 2, QPR 0 As the finishing line to their 20th top flight title gets nearer and nearer, so Manchester United’s performances resemble more a day at the office than a mighty chore. Wayne Rooney’s first-half penalty and Paul Scholes’ second-half piledriver put the Reds eight points clear of neighbours City at the top […]