BLACKBURN ROVERS 1, MAN CITY 1 Manchester City’s FA Cup campaign made a stuttering start as they were held at Championship club Blackburn Rovers. It was a frustrating afternoon for City as Blackburn achieved what the likes of Bayern Munich, Arsenal and Liverpool have recently failed to do. City went into the game on […]
Red-faced United suffer home blues
MAN UNITED 1, TOTTENHAM 2 Manchester United’s recent revival came to a juddering halt following another damaging home defeat. Spurs became the fourth team to leave Old Trafford with a Barclays Premier League victory as United failed to make further inroads into the deficit between them and the top teams. Goals from Emmanuel Adebayor […]
Table-topping City labour against plucky Palace
MAN CITY 1, CRYSTAL PALACE 0 Manchester City went top of the Barclay’s Premier League but it was far from a championship display against lowly Crystal Palace. Edin Dzeko’s goal midway through the second half was all that separated the teams at the Etihad Stadium as plucky Palace so nearly dented City’s perfect home […]
Pellegrini praises City’s character
MAN CITY 2, LIVERPOOL 1 Manchester City were subjected to their most robust examination of the season at the Etihad Stadium before seeing off the threat of Liverpool to climb into second spot in the Barclays Premier League. Manuel Pellegrini’s side was forced to battle from behind before goals from captain Vincent Kompany and Alvaro […]
United are comeback kings
HULL CITY 2, MAN UNITED 3 David Moyes saluted his comeback kings as Manchester United overturned a two-goal deficit to snatch a 3-2 victory at Hull City. United’s manager was understandably elated after witnessing a nightmare opening twelve-and-a-half minutes on Humberside. He said: “To be 2-0 down and come back to win was a great […]