All posts tagged "Manchester City"

  • 5ive will make you go down; how Aguero’s performance v Newcastle ranks historically

    “1,2,3,4, Five will make you get down now.” One of the most famous lyrics from 90s boy-band Five must be prevalent to Newcastle United’s situation in the Premier League after Sergio Aguero ripped them to shreds with...

    • Posted October 5, 2015
    • 0
  • Can you see the Red Moon rising?

    This was an amazing weekend for both stargazers and Manchester United supporters, as by the end, they both could see the sight of red when looking up! The 2015/16 Premier League season started with a Blue Moon...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
    • 1
  • A day to reshape the Premier League title race

    It has been over two years, dating back to Sir Alex Ferguson’s last day in charge of Manchester United, since The Red Devils last topped the Premier League table at the end of the weekend. Yet in...

    • Posted September 26, 2015
    • 0
  • MOTD: Manchester City 1-2 Juventus

    They say 2-0 is the most dangerous scoreline in football, meant as a warning not to get complacent during a match. 1-0, in reality, is far more perilous, and as Manuel Pellegrini’s men can testify tonight. Yet...

    • Posted September 15, 2015
    • 0
  • Aston Villa braced for a summer thriller

    “‘Cause this is Villa, Villa fright, and no one’s going to save you from the spending of the might.” Michael Jackson’s songs could have easily been adapted to describe Aston Villa’s summer. Villa are having a...

    • Posted July 19, 2015
    • 0
  • Sterling needs to prove he’s worth £49m

    What could one buy with £49 million? Around 2010, that would be both Sergio Aguero and Arjen Robben with money left to spare. £49m is worth two Cesc Fabregas’, both the 2011 and 2014 version. Nor have...

    • Posted July 15, 2015
    • 0
  • £49 million in Sterling!

    What does £49 million of British sterling get you these days? Well, Sterling of course! Manchester City are willing to pay a record sum for an Englishman to buy controversial 20-year-old Raheem Sterling from Liverpool this summer....

    • Posted July 12, 2015
    • 0
  • Ashley Young rejuvenated in trumping of Manchester City

    It takes an acquired taste to appreciate the value in Ashley Young: he’s fast and can whip in a great cross but isn’t very versatile; he’s good when running at players but criticized for his habit of...

    • Posted April 12, 2015
    • 0
  • MOTD: Barcelona 1-0 Manchester City (3-1 agg)

    We can imagine how, many years from now, a retired Fernandinho will be sitting around a warm hearth with his grandchildren, wistfully describing the night when he was nutmegged by erstwhile football legends Neymar and Lionel Messi....

    • Posted March 18, 2015
    • 0
  • MOTD: Manchester City 1-2 Barcelona

    The Etihad was the one fortress Luis Suarez could never break with Liverpool; indeed, he mustn’t have fond memories of Manchester City, who nicked the Premier League title out of Liverpool’s hands last season. Yet now he...

    • Posted February 24, 2015
    • 0