Chelsea remain four points clear at the top the Premier League after an impressive come-from-behind win against Tottenham Hotspur, while Arsenal are 10 points behind the leaders after losing 1-0 at Norwich. In the early game at White Hart Lane, Chelsea dominated the first half and went into half-time deservedly leading 1-0 thanks to an […]
Man City
Another game and another argument between Roberto Mancini and another manager. The Manchester City managed has had touchline clashes with Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson as well as with Everton coach David Moyes and Mark Hughes when he was Fulham manager. Last night it was Paul Lambert’s turn to clash with Mancini. The City […]
Manchester United rallied from a goal behind to defeat ten-man Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield, before Manchester City were held to a 1-1 home draw by Arsenal. This was Liverpool’s first home game since the findings of an independent panel investigating the disaster at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest were published […]
David Silva has agreed a new five-year contract with Manchester City that will pay him a reported £200,000-a-week. Silva has been outstanding since arriving at the Ethiad, winning a hat-trick of player of the month awards in his first season at the club and also being runner-up in last season’s Player of the Year awards […]
It was deja-vu all over again for Manchester City as the Premier League champions opened their title defence with a thrilling win over newly-promoted Southampton. Not only was the score exactly the same as that never-to-be-forgotten final home game against Queens Park Rangers last season, so was the scoring sequence, and even the ends they […]
AS Roma have told Manchester City that they will need to pay over £100m if they want to sign midfielder Daniele de Rossi. De Rossi has been strongly linked with a move to Man City for the last twelve months, and Roma’s sporting director Walter Sabatini has confirmed that the club would be willing to accept offers […]
For the second consecutive summer, Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is unhappy with the Premier League champions transfer policy. Asked in Beijing on Thursday whether he was “disappointed” that City haven’t signed anyone yet this summer, Mancini immediately shifted responsibility to football administrator Brian Marwood saying: “For this question, speak to the man in charge,” […]
Manchester City killed off Russian interest in Roberto Mancini on Monday night by making him the highest-paid manager in the country after agreeing a £37.5million five-year deal. The 47-year-old, who guided City to last season’s Barclays Premier League title, signed a contract extension worth £7.5m a year. He overtakes Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who is on £6m a […]
Manchester City will start their Barclays Premier League title defence at home to newly-promoted Southampton. The champions will be confident of starting their campaign with three points when they kick off at the Etihad Stadium on August 18. It is the beginning of what is a relatively easy start to the season for Roberto Mancini’s […]