Rio Ferdinand has been left out of the England squad for the Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro on Friday, while Man Utd team mate Danny Welbeck has secured a place among the forwards. Ashley Young was also named in the squad despite being rested from the Norwich City game, in which Welbeck scored, to rest […]
Crisis, what crisis?
BLACKBURN 0, MAN CITY 4 MANCHESTER City’s troubles surrounding Carlos Tevez seem insignificant compared to the crisis enveloping second-bottom Blackburn Rovers, their latest opponents. The 4-0 defeat only served to increase the pressure on manager Steve Kean as fans again called for his sacking and staged a post match sit in. City, meanwhile, shrugged aside […]
Record-breaking Reds show grit
MAN UTD 2, NORWICH 0 Goals from Anderson and Danny Welbeck finally broke a stubborn Norwich side which could have gone home celebrating after Anthony Pilkington spurned two gilt-edged chances to score at Old Trafford. Many clubs will come to Old Trafford this season and hope to steal a point. After draws at the Britannia Stadium […]
Tevez will not apologise
As the furore over the Tevez incident continued to dominate news headlines this week several Premier League managers including Harry Redknapp and Sir Alex Ferguson backed City manager Roberto Mancini over the incident. It has been rumoured that Tevez refuses to apologise to Mancini like his fellow striker Edin Dzeko did this week and believes […]
Scholes sympathy for Tevez
The BBC reports that former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes expressed his sympathy for Carlos Tevez’ situation with Manchester City following his recent apparent ‘refusal’ to warm up in their Champions League game against Bayern Munich. He revealed that he himself had refused to play in a weakened team that Sir Alex Ferguson had selected […]