Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini was never going to wade into the controversy surrounding his Chelsea opposite number Jose Mourinho prior to the visit of the Premier League champions on Sunday. Pellegrini isn’t the kind of man to stoke the controversy that has filled column inches this week after Chelsea’s club doctor Eva Carneiro and […]
Lightning strikes twice at Oldham Athletic are beaten by Middlesbrough in the Capital One Cup for the second successive season
OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1, MIDDLESBROUGH 3 Oldham Athletic discovered lighting can strike twice as they were knocked out of the Capital One Cup by Middlesbrough for the second successive season. The Championship side, which scored three goals on each visit to SportsDirect.com Park, had too much class for its League One opponents. Yet there were encouraging […]
Two-goal Yaya Toure focused as Manchester City start season in style with win at West Brom
WEST BROM 0, MAN CITY 3 Manchester City’s impressive win at West Brom put down an impressive marker for the other championship challengers to follow in their pursuit of the Barclays Premier League title. Two first-half strikes from Yaya Toure – one may well be determined later by the disputed goals panel – set City […]
Substitute Jonathan Forte’s late leveller earns Oldham Athletic a point at Walsall
WALSALL 1, OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1 Substitute Jonathan Forte’s late equaliser was fully merited as Oldham Athletic drew at Walsall in their opening match of the season in Sky Bet League One. It would have been unjust had Latics, behind for 75 minutes to an early goal from Romaine Sawyers, come away from the Banks’s Stadium […]
Louis van Gaal celebrates 64th birthday with Manchester United win against Tottenham
MAN UNITED 1, TOTTENHAM 0 Manchester United were given an unlikely helping hand as they made a winning start to their Barclays Premier League campaign on the day manager Louis van Gaal celebrated his 64th birthday. Kyle Walker’s first half own goal decided the outcome of the Reds’ match after they toiled against Tottenham at Old Trafford. “I […]