Manchester City have been slow starters in the transfer market this season, missing out on several players as they sought to strengthen the Championship winning side of last season. It seemed as though Everton’s Jack Rodwell would be manager Roberto Mancini’s only signing of the summer as City’s money men kept a tight rein on […]
Champions League draw for Manchester clubs
Manchester City have another tough draw as they face Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid, Ajax, and Borussia Dortmund in Group D of the UEFA Champions League this season. United have the easier task in Group H, with Braga, Galatasaray and CFR Cluj but both sides will remember their group stage exits in last season’s competition and […]
Mancini looks for reinforcements
LIVERPOOL 2, MAN CITY 2 Roberto Mancini is looking for reinforcements as Manchester City are discovering that a successful defence of their Barclays Premier League title may not be the formality many believe it will be. After edging an unconvincing victory against newly-promoted Southampton at home one week earlier, City also found new-look Liverpool equally […]
Reds new boys strike gold
Man Utd 3, Fulham 2 Usain Bolt may have displayed his winning Olympic medals on the pitch before the game, but it was Manchester United new boys Robin van Persie and Shinji Kagawa who struck gold on it. In a game which was truly one of two distinctive halves, United move effortlessly from the sublime […]
Rooney out for a month after bad gash in United win
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 […]