Archive for October, 2009

Manchester City 5 – 1 Scunthorpe United (Video)

Posted on October 29 2009 by Mubeen

City Thrash Scunthorpe United In Carling Cup

Posted on October 28 2009 by Mubeen

Manchester City beat Scunthorpe United 5-1 to book their place in the quarter finals of the Carling Cup. Both Roque Santa Cruz and Sylvinho made their first starts for the Blues. The Paraguayan had made a couple of brief substitute appearances in recent weeks, but  for the Brazilian it would be his first competitive action [...]

City Held To A Draw Again

Posted on October 25 2009 by Mubeen

Clint Dempsey capped a storming Fulham recovery from 2-0 down as Mark Hughes’ shell-shocked Manchester City were forced to settle for their third straight Barclays Premier League draw. Hughes’ men were cruising home when Martin Petrov fired home their second on the hour, seven minutes after Joleon Lescott had knocked home the opener. But eight minutes later [...]

10-Man City Share Points Against Wigan

Posted on October 18 2009 by Mubeen

Manchester City drew their second game in a row after sharing the spoils against Wigan at the DW Stadium. Charles N’Zogbia scored the opening goal for Wigan Athletic late in the opening period, while Martin Petrov equalised second into the second-half. City were reduced to 10-men midway through the second-half, while Wigan pushed for the win, but [...]

City Share Points At Villa Park

Posted on October 5 2009 by Mubeen

Craig Bellamy once again saved some blushes for Manchester City when he equalized after Richard Dunne scored for Aston Villa in his first game against his previous club. There were lots of expectations from Gareth Barry but he chose to disappoint with a below par average against his former club.
With Emmanuel Adebayor back for the [...]

Hughes Not Worried About Selection Problems

Posted on October 3 2009 by Mubeen

Mark Hughes will have plenty of players to chose from in their match against Aston Villa this Monday after Santa Cruz And Michael Johnson are back from injury and top scorer Adebayor is back after a three match ban.  Hughes insists that changing aside from a position of strength is something he will do as [...]