SUNDERLAND 1, MAN CITY 0 MANCHESTER City were struck down by another bout of travel sickness following their last-gasp Barclays Premier League defeat at Sunderland. Only four seconds of the three minutes of stoppage time remained when substitute Dong-won Ji struck the match-winning goal which prevented City from exploiting the shock defeat by their Mancunian […]
Top teams get title jitters
A completely unforeseen set of results from the games over the New Year period saw points dropped from almost every club challenging for this season Barclays Premier League title.. Only Arsenal picked up maximum points in their win against QPR as United stumbled to a 3-2 defeat at Old Trafford against Blackburn Rovers and City fell […]
Fergie’s birthday blues
Man Utd 2, Blackburn 3 Manchester United’s players gave Sir Alex Ferguson the footballing equivalent of a slap in the face with a wet fish rather than a performance worthy of the Reds manager’s 70th birthday. Relegation-haunted Blackburn must have thought that Christmas had come twice in a week when they followed up a surprise […]
Stumbling City looking over shoulder
WEST BROM 0, MAN CITY 0 Suddenly Manchester City are looking far from untouchables as the Barclays Premier League took another dramatic twist on Boxing Day. As United were putting five goals past hapless Wigan Athletic, City were being held at West Bromwich Albion. True City remain top of the tree at Christmas, but now […]
Dimitar the destroyer
Man Utd 5, Wigan 0 The Christmas arrival of Wigan at Old Trafford is to Manchester United fans what the sight of Santa Claus is to a five-year-old. There is never a dull moment and the expectancy and excitement is only surpassed by the unwrapping of presents. The feeling is never reciprocated by the hosts […]