MANCHESTER CITY WOMEN 3, SKN ST POLTEN 0 (MAN CITY WOMEN WIN TIE 6-0 ON AGGREGATE) Early goals by Nikita Parris and Jill Scott ensured that Manchester City Women were effectively through to UEFA Women’s Champions League with insurmountable lead over SKN St Polten by half time. St Polten made it difficult for City in […]
UEFA Champions League
Romelu Lukaku scores twice as Anthony Martial pulls the strings against CSKA Moscow
CSKA MOSCOW 1, MANCHESTER UNITED 4 Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Manchester United cruised to a 4-1 thrashing of CSKA Moscow to record a second consecutive Champions League win in this season’s competition. Phil Jones, Antonio Valencia and Marouane Fellaini were injured while Juan Mata and Marcus Rashford were on the bench as United started […]
Pep Guardiola’s praises Manchester City’s ‘maturity’ after Champions League win against Shakhtar Donetsk
MAN CITY 2, SHAKHTAR DONETSK 0 Pep Guardiola praised his side’s “maturity” as Manchester City maintained their 100-per-cent Champions League record, though they were given a tough examination by Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk. City’s second game in group F was far from a formality at the Etihad where Shakhtar produced an impressive display in the goalless […]
John Stones double helps Manchester City thrash Feyenoord
FEYENOORD 0, MANCHESTER CITY 4 Full strength Manchester City scored three times in the first 25 minutes at Feyenoord’s De Kuip stadium to win their first away game against Dutch opposition at the third attempt. City emphatically thrashed the Dutch champions with a stunning first half display to win their first game in Holland at […]
Jose Mourinho – Manchester United are only at Europe’s second level after win against FC Basel
MAN UTD 3, FC BASEL 0 Jose Mourinho claimed Manchester United are not one of Europe’s big hitters, even though they marked their return to the Champions League with a routine group game victory against FC Basel at Old Trafford. The Reds, absentees from Europe’s premier club competition for the last two seasons, were never […]