MAN CITY 1, BARCELONA 2 As Manchester City tonight played host to Barcelona in their first game in the NextGen Series, who knows what future stars were on view. May be there was a future Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas or Gerard Pique, all renowned graduates of the famed Barcelona Academy, on view. The under-19s tournament, […]
Giggs rolls back the years
BENFICA 1, MAN UNITED 1 ON a night when almost half Manchester United’s team had to shake off ring rust, the evergreen Ryan Giggs once again showed there is no substitute for the golden glow of experience. Giggs, who will be 38 in two and a half months, scored United’s equaliser 18 minutes after Oscar Cardoza […]
City’s first-night nerves
MAN CITY 1. NAPOLI 1 Manchester City’s Champions League debut provided a steep learning curve to their aspirations to conquer Europe. Despite the remarkable progress they have made in recent seasons, they are still lacking the guile and expertise to overcome Europe’s elite as Italians Napoli, also making their bow in the competition, threatened to cause […]
Mancini sets European goals
Roberto Mancini set out his goals for Manchester City who tomorrow kick off their first-ever Champions League campaign. The City manager is looking no further than City emerging from a difficult group to the knockout phase. But with tomorrow’s oppoents Napoli, German giants Bayern Munich and Spanish side Villareal in their group, that will be […]
Cleverley out for a month
Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley will be out for a month after suffering ankle ligament damage in yesterday’s 5-0 win at Bolton Wanderers. It had been thought that the injury, sustained in a challenge by Bolton captain Kevin Davies, was a fracture but a scan subsequently revealed only ligament damage. Cleverley will now miss England’s final Euro 2012 […]