NAPOLI 2, MANCHESTER CITY 1 Over-cautious Manchester City’s progress in the Champions League campaign may end sooner than they hoped after two goals by Napoli dangerman Edinson Cavani condemned them to defeat it Italy, The loss leaves City, who were playing in the shadow of Vesuvius, with a mountain to climb – a point behind Napoli in the […]
Newcastle swept away as City march on
MAN CITY 3, NEWCASTLE UTD 1 Penalties from Mario Balotelli and Sergio Aguero, plus a goal by Micah Richards ended Newcastle United’s unbeaten record as Manchester City continued their own march towards the Barclays Premier League title. With four changes from the side which beat Wolves before the international break, City manager Roberto Mancini was careful to rotate his […]
Tevez goes AWOL
Carlos Tevez has failed to report for training a day after reportedly accepting a fine of 2 weeks wages for 5 counts of misconduct during Manchester City’s defeat at Bayern Munich after he refused to warm up. City were reported to have instructed their lawyers to take action after the Argentinian failed to report for […]
Tevez will not appeal City fine
Carlos Tevez will not appeal the two week fine handed to him for misconduct for refusing to warm up following Manchester City’s Champions League tie in Munich in September. The Argentine midfielder will instead accept the fine, which had been reduced from a four-week fine after intervention from the PFA, after the club could not prove that […]
Kolo Toure accepts City fine
Manchester City have issued a brief statement confirming that Kolo Toure was fined sixweeks’ wages for a ban imposed due to doping offences and accepted the punishment. Toure was banned for six months after testing positive to a banned substance which later turned out to be his wife’s diet pills. The Ivory Coast defender took […]