It will be a Blue day in Manchester regardless of who wins at Eastlands on Sunday when defending league champions Manchester City face third placed Chelsea in the English Premier League. With rivals United a full 15 points clear at the top of the table, Roberto Mancini’s Citizens will need a miracle to catch them […]
With Manchester United now 12 points clear at the top of the Premiership after beating Everton and City suffering an unexpected 3-1 defeat at Southampton, the chances of the Citizens successfully defending their league title this year look bleak, as it would take a miracle for the Red Devils to lose more than four matches out […]
Mario Balotelli’s volatile relationship with Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini appeared to escalate Thursday when they were photographed in an angry altercation during training. Mancini shouted at the Italy striker and grabbed his training bib before the pair were separated. The incident occurred after a tackle by Balotelli on a teammate, according to online news […]
The effects of playing four games in eleven days took its toll on a couple of the teams, especially those with injuries and those who had to resort to playing some of their second stringers. Big losers over this period were Stoke City, Swansea City, Arsenal and Chelsea who incredibly managed to lose at home […]
Both Manchester clubs picked up three points in their New Year’s Day matches in the Barclays English Premier League. Wigan hosted Man United and a brace from Chicharito made certain of the points at the DW Stadium in front of a capacity crowd. Robin van Persie scored a classic just before half time and another in […]
The record number of goals scored in a single weekend in the Barclays English Premier League is 43 and that record was threatened as no less than 41 goals were scored this weekend. The final game on Saturday was a 10-goal thriller between Arsenal and Newcastle United. It was a ding dong battle of wits […]
Roberto Mancini will have another referee in his sights after Mike Jones showed Sami Nasri a red card for retaliation after he was badly tackled by Sébastien Bassong, who sent Nasri crashing. The Man City player got to his feet and challenged Bassong and their foreheads touched – there was no head butt involved, […]
In what has become a Man United custom over the years, they got out of jail in the dying seconds to avoid a 3-3 draw with Newcastle United at Old Trafford. The Red Devils were 2-3 down after 68 minutes but RVP equalised three minutes later then in the 90th minute Hernandez got the winner […]
Despite dropping two vital points to the Swans at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea, Manchester United stayed four points clear at the top of the Barclays Premiership going into the ridiculously busy Christmas period with games on Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week. While the other European leagues take a well earned break over […]
Santi Cazorla scored a hat-trick as Arsenal closed up on the top four of the Premier League with a 5-2 win at bottom club Reading. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had called for a response following last week’s shock Capital One Cup penalty shoot-out defeat at Bradford – and got it tonight as the visitors surged into […]