ASTON VILLA 3, MANCHESTER CITY 2 “We played really well but it’s incredible the way we lost this game.” said Manuel Pellegrini of City’s bizarre defeat at Villa Park today in which Aston Villa clawed back a City lead twice and then won it with a third goal. It would have been easy to predict […]
Yaya Toure
City’s riches in reserve
MAN CITY 5, WIGAN ATHLETIC 0 Manchester City’s abundance of riches was never more evident as they breezed through to the last 16 of the Capital One Cup. Two goals from Stevan Jovetic – his first for the club – and one apiece from Edin Dzeko,Yaya Toure and Jesus Navas was reward for a […]
City show class of champions
MAN CITY 4, MAN UNITED 1 Champions Manchester United were comprehensively outplayed by their neighbours who produced a dazzling display which suggested the Premier League title will soon be heading from Old Trafford to the Etihad Stadium. It was an embarrassingly one-sided derby in which new manager Manuel Pellegrini’s new-look side dismantled United with […]
City raise toast to winning ways against Viktoria Plzen
Viktoria Plzen 0, Manchester City 3 Manchester City celebrated Manuel Pellegrini’s 60th birthday yesterday with a first victory in the Champions League since their 2011/12 campaign as they romped to a 3-0 win against Viktoria Plzen in the Czech Republic. It was a first away win for the Chilean who was cheered by City’s hard […]
City break Tigers’ resistance
MANCHESTER CITY 2 HULL CITY 0 City were made to toil for their 2-0 win at the Etihad after Hull tried to follow Cardiff’s example from last week hoping to catch a City side still feeling low after defeat at the Cardiff City Stadium last week. Second half goals by Alvaro Negredo and Yaya Toure […]