Amsterdam: Ajax came from behind to stun Manchester City 3-1 after goals from Siem de Jong, Niklas Moisander and Christian Eriksen on Wednesday, leaving the English club last in Group D of the Champions League. Borussia Dortmund lead the group with seven points after beating Real Madrid 2-1 in the other game. Madrid is a point back. Ajax is next with three points, two ahead of Man City. Ajax put...
02:39 AM, Oct 25, 2012
London: Fresh off a first English league title in 44 years, Manchester City was supposed to make its presence felt among Europe's elite this season with its expensively assembled squad. A slip-up in the Champions League this week, however, will leave the English club facing the prospect of another campaign in the Europa League " or worse, dropping out of Europe altogether. Of the continent's top sides, City is under...
09:27 AM, Oct 23, 2012
London: Fresh off a first English league title in 44 years, Manchester City was supposed to make their presence felt among Europe's elite this season with their expensively assembled squad. A slip-up in the Champions League this week, however, will leave the English club facing the prospect of another campaign in the Europa League " or worse, dropping out of Europe altogether. Of the continent's top sides, City are under...
11:48 AM, Oct 22, 2012
West Bromwich: Substitute Edin Dzeko grabbed two late goals " the second coming in injury time " to earn 10-man Manchester City a 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, maintaining the defending champions' unbeaten start to the Premier League. City had to play more than an hour with 10 men following James Milner's dismissal for a professional foul on Shane Long, who put the hosts ahead in the...
10:20 PM, Oct 20, 2012
New Delhi: Coaches from renowned European clubs, AC Milan and Manchester City will be giving football lessons to the Capital's young talents at the ongoing Football Link International Festival here. Former AC Milan player Claudio Balesini said that focus would be on identifying players with potential and helping them develop tactical skills. "From whatever I have seen I am impressed with these young players. These players need to improve their...
02:19 PM, Oct 08, 2012
London: Premier League champions Manchester City maintained their unbeaten start to the season and consigned Sunderland to a first defeat with a 3-0 win at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. City, with seven changes from the side outplayed by Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday, took an early lead with a blistering free-kick from Aleksandar Kolarov after five minutes. Substitute Sergio Aguero doubled the lead after an hour,...
07:19 PM, Oct 06, 2012
Manchester: Manchester City required a 90th-minute penalty from Mario Balotelli and some inspirational goalkeeping by Joe Hart to escape with a 1-1 draw against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday. City was outplayed for long periods by the German champions but somehow emerged with a first point in Group D when Balotelli rolled in a spot kick after Dortmund defender Neven Subotic handled a hooked shot by Sergio...
03:47 AM, Oct 04, 2012
London: Manchester City's Argentine striker Sergio Aguero has accused English referees of bias against foreign players in Premier League matches. Aguero, who scored his first goal of the season to equalise against Fulham in City's 2-1 victory over the London side on Saturday, said home referees treated foreign players differently and were more likely to ignore them on penalty appeals. He also said foreign players were more likely to be...
04:47 PM, Oct 01, 2012
London: Manchester City's Roberto Mancini has expressed frustration with the treatment he receives from rival managers after his latest touchline altercation during Tuesday's League Cup defeat to Aston Villa. The Italian exchanged words with Villa counterpart Paul Lambert following a heavy tackle on Manchester City midfielder Gareth Barry by Joe Bennett in the 4-2 extra-time defeat. "I only asked the fourth official if there was a yellow card, without moving...
05:00 PM, Sep 26, 2012
London: Both their sides are unbeaten and are well-placed in the Premier League table on nine points but Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was clearly the happier after his side drew 1-1 at the fortress-like home of Roberto Mancini's Manchester City on Sunday. Arsenal played the better football at the Etihad Stadium as City failed to hold on to the lead given to them by Joleon Lescott's header shortly before halftime....
12:27 PM, Sep 24, 2012
London: Arsenal's new found defensive resilience will be put to the test in the English Premier League on Sunday against Manchester City, the team that is set to feature fit-again striker Sergio Aguero. The only goals Arsenal has conceded in five matches this season have been from a penalty in the 2-1 win over Montpellier in the Champions League, and from a goalkeeping error by Wojciech Szczesny in last weekend's...
05:17 PM, Sep 22, 2012
London: Curbs on club wage bills and other financial safeguards will be discussed next week when English Premier League teams meet to examine ways to ensure teams operate on a sound financial basis. The 20-team Premier League is the richest in the world in terms of revenue but player salary costs eat up a large proportion of its income, leaving slender overall profits and some clubs deep in the red....
09:05 AM, Sep 22, 2012
London: Struggling in the Spanish league and with its star player and coach publicly unhappy, the last thing beleaguered Real Madrid needed was a Champions League opener against a Manchester City side desperate to muscle in on Europe's elite this season. A trip to the Santiago Bernabeu looked to have consigned City to the harshest of starts to the continent's premier club competition but the English champions will be relishing...
11:37 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Madrid: Jose Mourinho eased up on criticising his Real Madrid squad on Monday and singled himself out for blame for their poor start to the season. The nine-times European champions host Manchester City in their opening Champions League Group D game on Tuesday, with the fallout from his damning assessment of the team's performance in losing 1-0 at Sevilla on Saturday still causing waves. "I am responsible for this miserable...
11:20 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Manchester: World Cup and twice European Championship winner David Silva has signed a new five-year contract with Premier League champions Manchester City, the club said on Monday. The Spain playmaker, who signed from Valencia in July 2010, said City's ambition was behind his decision to agree the deal. "The team is growing and we are now aiming at the Champions League and so that also is another reason to want...
09:02 PM, Sep 17, 2012
London: Michael Owen used to terrify international defenders and made scoring look easy but the extent to which his career has gone off the boil will be brought into focus on Saturday when he lines up for modest Stoke City. Just days after his former England colleagues struggled in a 1-1 draw against Ukraine, Owen, who scored 40 international goals while representing some of Europe's most illustrious clubs, could make...
12:38 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Manchester City and Italy striker Mario Balotelli needs surgery on a minor eye condition, first team coach David Platt said on Saturday. "Mario will have an operation in a few days," Platt told City's website (www.mcfc.co.uk) after the 3-1 home victory over Queens Park Rangers in the English Premier League. "It's not a major procedure and he should be back quite quickly. I've heard suggestions he will be out for...
11:21 AM, Sep 02, 2012
Manchester: Manchester City have completed the signing of Brazil defender Maicon for an undisclosed fee from Italian side Inter Milan. City say on their website Friday that Maicon "will meet Blues manager (Roberto) Mancini and his new teammates when he returns from international duty next week." The 31-year-old Maicon, a right back, has played for his country 66 times and made 235 appearances for Inter, scoring 20 goals. He has...
10:02 PM, Aug 31, 2012
London: Premier League champion Manchester City has signed winger Scott Sinclair from Swansea on the final day of the summer transfer window. Sinclair, who played for Britain in the Olympic football tournament this year, will replace Adam Johnson in City's squad after the England international joined Sunderland last week. Neither the personal terms nor the financial details of the English midfielder's transfer were disclosed. The 23-year-old Sinclair says "playing alongside...
06:12 PM, Aug 31, 2012
