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Yaya Toure at Selhurst Park? You know the rest. Returning to the first team fold for the first time since a very public feud between Pep Guardiola and agent Dimitri Seluk, Yaya Toure struck twice to lead City to a hard fought victory against Crystal Palace. The rangy Ivorian was accompanied by the also returning […]
David Silva was handed the armband for his 106th International cap and, consequently, led Spain to a comfortable, if not pulsating, 4-0 victory. The native of Gran Canaria registered two assists in the win. Manchester City teammate Nolito remained an unused substitute. The pattern of the game was as anticipated with the hosts controlling much of the ball, […]
Football is often referred to as a ‘funny old game’ for its ability to provide a series of inexplicable and improbable events. That ability surfaced in Manchester on Saturday afternoon. however, any humour surrounding it will be very much lost on Manchester City fans. Everton stopper Maarten Stekelenburg produced a remarkable performance, saving a penalty in […]
City put on a scintillating display to washout German side Borussia Mönchengladbach by four goals to nil 24 hours after the Manchester skies had prevented the fixture taking place as originally planned. Pep Guardiola’s side produced a deluge of their own as Sergio Agüero netted his second Champions League hat-trick of the season on his […]
They say all good things come to an end. They say that every end is the start of a new beginning. They say everything happens for a reason. Those adages may well be of little comfort to many Manchester City fans, but Deadline day 2016 appears to have been that end and that new beginning […]
Manchester City look to be just 90 minutes away from the group stages of the Champions League after a comprehensive victory in the Romanian capital last week. Goals from David Silva, Nolito, and Sergio Aguero secured City’s best ever away result in Europe, and it could be have been more as Aguero conspired to miss […]
An overcast, windy day in Stoke. Just the kind of day that media bigwigs were hoping for when Pep Guardiola was announced as the new manager of Manchester City. A day that would be a major test of Señor Guardiola’s credentials. It certainly was a test, but one that City eventually navigated comfortably, although it […]
The Pep Guardiola era started with a win, but City left it late to overcome a resolute Sunderland outfit on a Saturday evening full of intrigue. It was a perfect start for City; the revitalised Raheem Sterling broke free down the right hand side before being scythed down by Patrick Van Aanholt. Penalty. Who else […]
With a disrupted pre-season now in the books, we have had a glimpse into the thoughts and plans of Pep Guardiola as he sets about his first season as Manchester City manager. The summer months are a time for teaching and coaching, experimenting and implementing, much of which has been done. Refreshingly, part of those […]
Well that was underwhelming wasn’t it? All that anticipation and excitement was rendered as pointless following a pretty turgid performance, in which we failed to cause any sort of discomfort or havoc in a Real Madrid defence that, you feel, was there for the taking. Ultimately, it needed only a deflected Gareth Bale cross to […]
Just 18 years after suffering relegation to the third tier, Manchester City are set to appear in one of the biggest games in an eventful 122 year history. A European Cup semi-final against Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeu. It is a game of enormous magnitude. The odds are stacked against the Blues, and media […]
Revenge may well be on the minds of Manchester City when former boss Mark Hughes brings his Stoke side to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday lunchtime. City were soundly thumped by the Potters back in December and succumbed to defeat in the corresponding fixture last season, so Manuel Pellegrini’s men will be seeking to set the […]
