COSTEL PANTILIMON RELEASED BY MANCHESTER CITY, NEW ‘KEEPER COMING? Manchester City have released Romanian goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon, defender Joleon Lescott, and midfielder Gareth Barry. Pantilimon, who is 6’8″ tall, played in seven Premier League games last season after Joe Hart was dropped following a poor run of form and qualified for a Barclays Premier League […]
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Barcelona end 10-man City’s European dream
Manchester City’s European adventure is over for another season after a 2-1 defeat against Barcelona tonight (Barcelona win 4-1 aggregate)
Solid start for England
It finished a well deserved 1-1 for England against France in the opening match of their group in Euro 2012. Manchester-based players were heavily involved in the first half of the England v France match. James Milner could have opened the scoring after running onto a through ball by Ashley Young. He was forced wide […]
Team news for England v France
The BBC reports the teams are as follows: France: Lloris, Debuchy, Rami, Mexes, Evra, Nasri, Cabaye, Diarra, Malouda, Ribery, Benzema. Subs: Mandanda, Giroud, Matuidi, Reveillere, Menez, M’Vila, Martin, Ben Arfa, Valbuena, Clichy, Koscielny, Carrasso. England: Hart, Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole, Milner, Gerrard, Parker, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Young, Welbeck. Subs: Green, Walcott, Henderson, Carroll, Baines, Jones, Jagielka, Downing, Defoe, Butland. […]
Lescott strike puts City back on top
ASTON VILLA 0 – MANCHESTER CITY 1 City survived a late Villa siege and a streaker to darken the mood of disgruntled home fans with a 1-0 win with Joleon Lescott’s second half strike proving the difference between the sides at Villa Park. The win put City back on top of the Barclays Premier League […]