MANCHESTER CITY 3, WATFORD 0 Roberto Mancini’s team selection for the FA Cup 3rd Round tie against Watford showed that he meant business in the competition this season and was rewarded with a 3-0 win with a debut and goal for 17-year-old Marcos Lopes. Early exits in the Carling Cup and Champions League have pushed […]
United strikers in red-hot form
WIGAN ATHLETIC 0, MANCHESTER UNITED 4 There were no costly slip ups this time as Manchester United cruised to an impressive victory at Wigan Athletic to maintain their seven-point lead at the top of the table. Two goals apiece from Robin van Persie and Javier Hernandez went a long way to erasing the painful […]
Aguero limps off as City beat Stoke
MANCHESTER CITY 3, STOKE CITY 0 City kept the title race going with their fifth successive New Years Day victory at the Etihad – a comfortable 3-0 win against Stoke to end a 10 match unbeaten run for Tony Pulis’ men – but their squad will be sorely tested for their remaining games this month […]
United’s graft Baggies the points
MAN UTD 2, WEST BROM 0 After the Boxing Day fireworks, this was the time to grind out a victory and Manchester United did just that against West Brom on a heavy Old Trafford pitch. The satisfaction of achieving only their fourth clean sheet in the Premier League this season would have come as a relief […]
Nasri harshly punished but 10-man City pip Canaries
NORWICH CITY 3, MANCHESTER CITY 4 Ten-man Manchester City held on for a 4-3 win after over six minutes of added time at the end of an absorbing Barclays Premier League contest at Carrow Road. There was controversy over a contested red card for City midfielder Samir Nasri after he was sent off for apparently […]