Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has admitted defeat in his bid to sign Wayne Rooney from Manchester United. After urging Rooney to make his feelings public about wanting a transfer clear within 48 hours of the end of Chelsea’s game against United at Old Trafford, it seems the wily Portuguese boss went for ‘Plan B’ and […]
Manchester clubs find out their Champions League groups
Manchester United were drawn in Group A of the Champions League and will face games against Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen and Real Sociedad. Manchester City were drawn in group D and will face defending champions Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow and Viktoria Plzen. Both Manchester clubs will be relatively happy at the groups they were assigned. […]
City get chance for Cup revenge against Wigan
Manchester City will get an early chance to avenge their FA Cup final defeat against Wigan in May after they were drawn at home with their Cup final vanquishers in the draw for the third round of the Capital One Cup tonight. City were stunned by a late Ben Watson goal at Wembley as a […]
United face Liverpool Capital One Cup test
Manchester United have been drawn against Liverpool in the Third Round of the Capital One Cup. In what is expected to be the plum tie of the round United will welcome a Liverpool side that could feature Luis Suarez after his ten match ban for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic last season ends in a […]
City defensive frailties exposed at Cardiff
CARDIFF CITY 3 MANCHESTER CITY 2 Manuel Pellegrini was given a rude awakening to the realities of the Barclays Premier League when Cardiff City came from behind to beat Manchester City 3-2 with the help of a second half double strike by former Manchester United striker Frazier Campbell. After 50 years out of the top […]