A nasty collision with Fulham’s Hugo Rodallega left Wayne Rooney nursing a deep gash in his knee and gave England manager Roy Hodgson an injury headache he didn’t need ahead of World Cup qualifying games against Moldova and Ukraine on September 7th and 11th respectively. Rooney, who had only come off the substitutes bench in […]
City move for Scott Sinclair after selling Adam Johnson to Sunderland
City have moved to replace like-for-like after an offer for Swansea midfielder Scott Sinclair was accepted today. The news follows Adam Johnson’s departure back to his home town club Sunderland yesterday for a fee believed to be in the region of £10m. Sinclair had been left out of the Swans’ game against West Ham today […]
Reds undone by Fellaini
EVERTON 1, MAN UNITED 0 Manchester United has no answer to Mauro Fellaini’s “monstrous” performance as they made a faltering start to their bid to win back their Barclays Premier League title. Belgium international Fellaini not only scored Everton’s matchwinning goal at Goodison Park but was generally unplayable and the scourge of the Reds. “Fellaini […]
Aguero injury worry for champions
MAN CITY 3, SOUTHAMPTON 2 Manchester City face an anxious wait to discover the severity of an injury to Sergio Aguero as their Barclays Premier League title defence kicked off with a hard earned and somewhat unconvincing victory against Southampton. City lost star striker Aguero with what appeared a serious injury to his right knee […]
City target Daniel Agger hit with one match ban after West Brom red card
It has been confirmed that City target Daniel Agger will only serve a one match ban for a ‘professional foul’ against West Brom forward Shane Long for which he was sent off yesterday. The Liverpool defender, who has admitted that he would be open to a move to Barcelona in the last few days, will […]