All posts tagged "Manchester City"

  • MOTD: Chelsea 1-1 Manchester City

    View image | gettyimages.com In such a finely balanced match, it was hard to separate either side – as the scoreline showed – and in truth, the same applies to the title race. This wasn’t the “title...

    • Posted January 31, 2015
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  • MOTD: Arsenal 2-0 Manchester City

    Arsenal; aren’t they the team that usually seem to value possession and creative midfielders over anything else? Aren’t they the team that always lose in the big matches? These two characteristics are correlated. Arsenal has never before...

    • Posted January 18, 2015
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  • Arsenal’s midfielders need to score more

    How do you compare two forwards against each other? The obvious starting place is to head to the scoring charts. Diego Costa, then Sergio Aguero, the Premier League scoring charts are topped by the league’s highest acclaimed...

    • Posted January 16, 2015
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  • MOTD: Everton 1-1 Manchester City

    As much as Everton have been in incredibly poor form of late, Manchester City have been inconsistent. Joe Hart was a critical last line of defense on multiple occasions – City were perhaps lucky to come away...

    • Posted January 10, 2015
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  • MLS should whisper its frustration over Lampard amongst itself

    This whole Frank Lampard debacle has become one big headache for the MLS. New York City FC, the new kids on the block set to debut in the MLS next season, have made their first impression upon...

    • Posted January 8, 2015
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  • January Transfer Window: Who needs what

    For Premier League managers, Christmas comes in January, not December. Unless you were very very bad, like Barcelona over in Spain, who have just had an appeal for their two-window transfer ban rejected, those managers get their...

    • Posted December 30, 2014
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  • MOTD: Manchester City 2-2 Burnley

    It’s nothing, then it’s everything: if there should be one takeaway from this weekend of Premier League football, that might be it. Manchester City playing Burnley? That should have been a pushover for the Premier League giants....

    • Posted December 28, 2014
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  • MOTD: Roma 0-2 Manchester City

    It is possible to define Manchester City’s so called “Champions League curse” in two ways. City managers, who have struggled mightily in the competition, will be quick to pin their troubles on the fact that they have...

    • Posted December 10, 2014
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  • MOTD: Manchester City 1-0 Everton

    When Chelsea drew at Sunderland last weekend and Manchester City pulled back within six points of the league leaders, everybody knew that the title race was back on. This morning, when Chelsea lost to Newcastle in the...

    • Posted December 6, 2014
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  • MOTD: Manchester City 3-2 Bayern Munich

    Of course Sergio Aguero was Manchester City’s hat-trick hero. Down 2-1, he score twice more to give City a vital Champions League win. Considering the importance of the UCL to City, it was a re-run of their...

    • Posted November 25, 2014
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