All posts tagged "Manchester City"

  • A Sunday to shape the Premier League title race

    Perhaps more so than any other Sunday in the Premier League, February 14th has the potential to shape this season’s title race. League leaders Leicester City visit third-placed Arsenal at the Emirates and fourth-placed Manchester City host...

    • Posted February 12, 2016
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  • MOTD: Manchester City 1-3 Leicester City

    Leicester City had 5000-1 title odds going into the Premier League season.  It’s been confirmed that at least a few people placed £10 and £40 pound bets on the prospect and now, following the Foxes’ 3-1 demolition of...

    • Posted February 6, 2016
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  • MOTD: Manchester City 3-1 Everton (4-3 agg)

    They were the finest of margins as Manchester City beat Everton 3-1 in their Capital One Cup semifinal second leg and 4-3 on aggregate. Say, for example, the ball crossing a few millimeters over the byline when...

    • Posted January 27, 2016
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  • Pellegrini’s a dead man walking at Manchester City, but not finished just yet

    Ahead of Manchester City’s League Cup clash with Everton tomorrow, the Sky Blues’ boss Manuel Pellegrini was fielding questions on his job status and the pressure of his job. One recurring question regarded the pressure he’s currently...

    • Posted January 5, 2016
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  • MOTD: Watford 1-2 Manchester City

    It’s only January, but the prospects of a Premier League title are already looming over Manchester City’s season for all the wrong reasons. Only a late turnaround via two brilliant goals from Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero...

    • Posted January 2, 2016
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  • MOTD: Arsenal 2-1 Manchester City

    It’s a little known fact that Petr Cech is an avid drummer. The thirty-three-year-old goalkeeper covers rock bands such as Foo Fighters, The Script, U2 and Nirvana and uploads videos of his work onto his small, discreet...

    • Posted December 21, 2015
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  • Is Pep Guardiola destined to move to Manchester?

    Pep Guardiola joined Bayern Munich in 2013 with the object of improving on perfection. Yet after two-and-a-half of almost eerily mechanical diligence, two league titles, two Champions League semifinal appearances and a win rate even higher than...

    • Posted December 16, 2015
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  • Behind those eyes: Pellegrini’s fascinating climb through South American football

    There’s just one Premier League manager, Jose Mourinho, who didn’t play professional football in his younger years. Mourinho’s fairy tale story from a translator at Barcelona to an assistant coach before landing the job at Porto, where...

    • Posted December 1, 2015
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  • MOTD: Manchester City 1-4 Liverpoool

    Manuel Pellegrini sat on the sidelines; Jurgen Klopp stood from the kickoff of Liverpool’s match at Manchester City. Pellegrini infrequently ventured into his technical area, motionless, hands stuffed deep into his pockets, while Klopp paced up and...

    • Posted November 21, 2015
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  • Tides changing in Raheem Sterling saga as Manchester City face Liverpool

    It was the second Sunday in July and Raheem Sterling had missed two Liverpool training sessions over the past week. Sterling’s very public transfer saga over the prior few months had blown up the back pages, but...

    • Posted November 20, 2015
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