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MAN UNITED 0, WEST BROM 1
How ironic that after winning at leaders Manchester City that Manchester United should lose at home to bottom-club West Brom, a result that confirmed City as champions.
Just as the second-half display against City was phenomenal, their performance against the Baggies was abject as they were beaten by a Jay Rodriguez goal.
TOTTENHAM 1, MAN CITY 3
It was the hallmark of champions – as Manchester City are destined to be – how they overcame adversity to defeat top-four team Tottenham so comprehensively at Wembley.
After losing three games in a row – had it become four it would have been the club’s worst record for 12 years – this was a massive test for City.
OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1, GILLINGHAM 1 Former player Tom Eaves cruelly put a dent in Oldham Athletic’s bid for Sky Bet League One survival. The striker scored a penalty in the 92nd minute as Latics had to settle for one point instead of three as they remain perilously close to the relegation places. The spot kick […]
MACCLESFIELD TOWN 1, LEYTON ORIENT 1 The fairytale is still on as Macclesfield Town inched ever closer to a return to the English Football League following their home draw against Leyton Orient. The Silkmen, relegated from the EFL in 2012 and with one of the lowest budgets in the National League, for several hours went […]
MAN CITY 1, LIVERPOOL 2
(Liverpool won 5-1 on aggregate)
AFTER breezing through the 2017/18 campaign for more than eight months, Manchester City and Pep Guardiola have suddenly been found lacking at the business end of the season.
Three defeats in a disastrous seven days – twice to Liverpool in the quarter finals of the Champions League and also in the Manchester derby – have exposed chinks in the armour of Guardiola who had until now done little wrong.
