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6 In a Row For Manchester City

Posted on November 21 2009 by Mubeen

Manchester City were held to their 6th consecutive draw by Liverpool at Anfield. The first 18 minutes saw two more Liverpool players acquire injuries Daniel Agger was carried off after a head injury and Ryan Babel had trouble with his ankle and was replaced by Benayoun. The first half saw very little excitement as both [...]

Gareth Barry Not Resting Just Yet

Posted on November 19 2009 by Mubeen

Gareth Barry has featured in all of Manchester City’s matches included all the pre-season matches and has also played a few games for his country and is itching for a break but Mark Hughes has said that the midfielder would get some rest but not just yet.
“Gareth came back from his international with a little [...]

Top Four Finish Not A Must : Hughes

Posted on November 17 2009 by Mubeen

Mark Hughes has said that City’s campaign would not be regarded as a flop if they fail to finish in the top four of the Premier League. Manchester City spent more than a £100 million to improve their squad bringing in top players like Adebayor, Lescott, Barry and Tevez. Manchester City have failed to secure [...]

Petrov Picks Up Injury

Posted on November 16 2009 by Mubeen

Martin Petrov will be out of action for at least two weeks after picking up a knee injury during the international break. Petrov was training with his national team when he picked up the injury and was forced to return to the Carrington training grounds to undergo treatment. The 30-year-old midfielder has been in good [...]

Tevez Prefers Rooneys over Ronaldo and Messi

Posted on November 15 2009 by Mubeen

Manchester City striker, Carlos Tevez has said that he prefers to play with his former team-mate Wayne Rooney rather than Messi or Ronaldo. Tevez was former team-mates with Rooney and Ronaldo and has played alongside Messi for his country Argentina. “I’ve had the honour of playing with some great players. At United I had Cristiano [...]

Manchester City Interested in Di Maria

Posted on November 11 2009 by Mubeen

It is rumored that Manchester City are interested in Benfica’sforward, Angel Di Maria. The 21-year-old has been an exciting prospect for Benfica and Manchester City are believed to be pricing the Argentinian at a whopping £27 million.
Many other clubs are also interested in Di Maria and the list includes Manchester United, Chelsea, Barcelona and AC Milan. The forward’s contract [...]

City Held To Their Fifth Consecutive Draw

Posted on November 7 2009 by Mubeen

Manchester City were the first to concede when a cross took Lescott’s hand and the referee awarded Burnley with a penalty kick. Given was required to save the second penalty in many games but it was not to be and Alexander put Burnley on top. Almost 15 minutes later, Burnley doubled their lead when Stephen [...]

Manchester City Manages To Hold On To a Draw Again

Posted on November 1 2009 by Mubeen

Manchester City were well below par today in their match against Birmingham City at the St.Andrew’s Stadium and if not for Shay Given, they would have gone home with a defeat. Shay Given was absolutely brilliant and his penalty save earned them a point which they actually did not deserve. The Manchester City players would [...]

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 [...]