FULHAM 2, MAN CITY 2 Manchester City suffered an unexpected slip on a banana skin as they were held to a 2-2 draw at Fulham, the bottom club in the Barclays Premier League. Manager Roberto Mancini was left baffled and bemused as his side carelessly surrendered a two-goal lead and their first points of the […]
Premier League
Ferguson praise for new generation
MAN UNITED 3, CHELSEA 1 Manchester United’s new generation showed precisely why Sir Alex Ferguson paid such a lavish tribute to them in his programme notes following the club’s best start to a season for 26 years. Chelsea provided their sternest challenge to date, but United triumphed through goals from Chris Smalling, Nani and Wayne […]
Rooney revels in record-breaking start
BOLTON WANDERERS 0, MANCHESTER UNITED 5 It is proving difficult to find new superlatives to describe Manchester United’s record-breaking start to their Premier League campaign. The Reds recorded their fourth successive victory as they maintained their 100-per-cent start to the season in the most emphatic manner. Many of the Premier League big guns have slipped […]
Hat-trick hero Aguero upstages Tevez
MAN CITY 3, WIGAN ATHLETIC 0 Carlos Tevez made his first City start of the season after a much publicised summer transfer saga, but the Argentine was eclipsed on the pitch by his strike partner and fellow countryman Sergio Aguero whose hat trick saw off a Wigan side which was clearly in awe of their hosts. Aguero mesmerised Wigan as […]
Edin to being a City hero
TOTTENHAM 1, MAN CITY 5 EDIN DZEKO has silenced his critics with an incredible goalscoring run for Manchester City. The four goals the big Bosnian scored in City’s 5-1 triumph at Tottenham Hotspur took his season’s total to eight in five matches. Dzeko, who has scored in all five of City’s competitive matches, is looking […]