Manchester City's Gareth Barry has been charged with abusing a match official by the Football Association (FA) as the fallout from Sunday's Manchester derby continues. "Manchester City's Gareth Barry has been charged by The FA for a breach of its Rule E3 in that he used abusive and/or insulting words towards a match official following the Manchester City v Manchester United game on Sunday 9 December 2012," a statement on...
06:52 PM, Dec 11, 2012
London: Banished from Europe, under attack from Manchester United and struggling to keep Mario Balotelli on the leash, no wonder Roberto Mancini's coiffured hair is turning grey. Having masterminded Manchester City's first English title for more than 40 years last season, after ending their long trophy drought by winning the FA Cup 12 months earlier, the Italian might have anticipated some smooth waters this season. They are turning increasingly choppy,...
08:16 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Manchester: The sight of blood trickling down the face of Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand after being hit by an object thrown from the crowd marred his side's 3-2 victory in a dramatic Premier League derby against Manchester City on Sunday. Ferdinand was celebrating Robin van Persie's stoppage time winner when he clutched his face and moved away with blood seeping from a wound near his eye. The incident at...
11:01 PM, Dec 09, 2012
Manchester: Robin van Persie scored a stoppage-time winner to give Manchester United a 3-2 win over Manchester City on Sunday, ending the defending champions' unbeaten start to the Premier League season and taking his side six points clear atop the standings. Van Persie curled a free kick that was deflected by Samir Nasri inside Joe Hart's post to cap the Dutch striker's first Manchester derby after joining United from Arsenal...
09:00 PM, Dec 09, 2012
London: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson predicted on Friday the Premier League title will be won by either his team or their fierce rivals Manchester City. The teams clash at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday with United three points clear of champions City. They have already opened up a gap on third-placed Chelsea who are a further seven points adrift. "I think the two sides have that gap over Chelsea,...
08:39 AM, Dec 08, 2012
Manchester: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says his team simply cannot afford to lose Sunday's derby against Manchester United and go six points behind their fierce rivals. "They can lose. They have three points more. We have three points less and we can't lose," the Italian told reporters on Friday. Champions City, unbeaten in 15 Premier League matches this season, won both encounters with their neighbours last season en route...
09:52 PM, Dec 07, 2012
London: Despite winning the Premier League title last season, Manchester City still have a sense of inferiority heading into Sunday's derby with United. City have emerged as a force over the last two years, with more than a $1 billion of investment leading to their first English league title in 44 years. But United remain the clear global power after winning a dozen Premier League titles since 1993. And, heading...
08:27 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Rome: Mario Balotelli's agent Mino Raiola feels that none of the Italian Serie A football clubs can afford the Manchester City striker. Raiola said Wednesday that the temperamental Balotelli will not join AC Milan, reports Xinhua. "Balotelli costs as much as the Mona Lisa," he said. "There are no teams in Italy which could afford him." The Italian international is again being paired with the Diavolo after AC Milan president...
02:49 PM, Dec 06, 2012
London: Manchester City's dismal exit from European competition is not an embarrassment and could boost the big-spending club's defence of the Premier League title, according to manager Roberto Mancini. City's haul of just three points from six games was the worst performance by an English club in the Champions League group stage with Mancini's men finishing bottom of Group D and failing to qualify for the Europa League as well....
04:12 PM, Dec 05, 2012
Dortmund: Julian Scheiber scored in the second half for Borussia Dortmund to beat Manchester City 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday, ending the English champions' chances of reaching the Europa League. Schieber scored in the 57th minute following a perfectly timed low cross from the right by substitute Jakub Blaszczykowski. Schieber slid between City defenders Vincent Kompany and Maicon to tap the ball into the net. Dortmund were already...
03:38 AM, Dec 05, 2012
Manchester: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini used every attacking weapon at his disposal on Saturday and was left frustrated after the various combinations failed to get the better of Everton. It needed a Carlos Tevez penalty just before halftime to earn champions City a 1-1 draw and maintain their unbeaten start to the Premier League season. "We spent most of the second half in Everton's half but we couldn't find...
01:18 PM, Dec 02, 2012
Manchester: Marouane Fellaini put Everton in front at Manchester City but then conceded a penalty kick that allowed Carlos Tevez to clinch a 1-1 draw for the Premier League champions on Saturday. Fellaini headed in his eighth goal of the season in the 33rd minute at Etihad Stadium after City had failed to clear Leighton Baines' cross. But Tevez also scored his eighth goal of the campaign 10 minutes later...
11:05 PM, Dec 01, 2012
Manchester City assistant coach David Platt has been given a two-match European ban after being sent to the stands during last week's Champions League match with Real Madrid, UEFA said on Wednesday. Platt will not be allowed in the dugout for City's final Champions League group game next Tuesday against Borussia Dortmund. He was charged with improper conduct by UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body following his dismissal by the referee...
10:22 PM, Nov 28, 2012
London: Rafa Benitez goes into his second home game as Chelsea manager still adamant that he can win over the Blues fans who greeted him with such vitriol on his debut. Benitez will again face the home crowd at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday in a derby with Fulham, having been roundly booed by supporters as he took charge for the first time in Sundays 0-0 draw with Manchester City. "I...
08:31 AM, Nov 28, 2012
Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany will be fit to lead his side in their Premier League match at Wigan Athletic on Wednesday, first-team coach David Platt said. Kompany hurt his knee in City's Champions League draw with Real Madrid last week but played the full match against Chelsea on Sunday, despite being on crutches 48 hours before kickoff. Platt told a news conference on Tuesday that two games in a...
07:22 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Premier League champions Manchester City will be on full alert ahead of their trip to Wigan Athletic on Wednesday after manager Roberto Martinez said his side were beginning to start converting solid performances into points. Catalan-born Jordi Gomez became only the second Spaniard to score a Premier League hat-trick when he produced a dazzling display to help Wigan beat Reading 3-2 at home at the weekend. The victory came despite...
11:40 PM, Nov 26, 2012
London: Manchester City's Sergio Aguero sets his sights on Chelsea on Sunday bolstered by statistics proving his strike rate since joining the club is the best in Premier League history. The Premier League's Opta number crunchers have worked out that the Argentine's 28 goals have come at a rate of one every 111 minutes - better than the likes of Robin van Persie, Thierry Henry and Alan Shearer. Manchester United's...
09:12 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Manchester: If Manchester City's Abu Dhabi owners were as ruthless as Chelsea's Russian billionaire boss Roman Abramovich, then City coach Roberto Mancini would already be out a job following his side's elimination from the Champions League. Abramovich wasted no time on Wednesday sacking Italian Roberto Di Matteo three months after he led them to their greatest night by lifting the European Cup in Munich. Di Matteo's crime, besides never being...
06:37 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Manchester: As Real Madrid marked Jose Mourinho's 100th Champions League game by reaching the knockout phase with a game to spare, Manchester City again fell short competing with Europe's elite. A 1-1 draw with the Spanish champions on Wednesday ended City's campaign in the group stage for the second successive season despite more than $1 billion spent on the team in the last four years. "With the array of players...
02:38 AM, Nov 22, 2012
