All posts tagged "Manchester City"

  • Do Manchester City really have a “UCL curse”

    Manuel Pellegrini was hired by Manchester City specifically to take the club to the next level. His predecessor, Roberto Mancini, had achieved domestic success with the club but Pellegrini was hired on the basis that he had...

    • Posted November 24, 2014
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  • MOTD: Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United

    Manchester City had class tonight. Class, but not as much spirit. Manchester United may have lacked that extra touch of class at times, yet brimmed with spirit. On paper, City should be able to beat a United team...

    • Posted November 2, 2014
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  • Arena Khimki – CSKA Moscow’s fortress

    Something just doesn’t sit exactly right with the results in Champions League Group D. Today, CSKA Moscow earned a point against Manchester City with a late comeback, while Bayern Munich crushed Roma 7-1 in a dominant performance....

    • Posted October 21, 2014
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  • Today in the Cup – Wednesday on Wednesday and Mourinho’s approach

    Manchester City 7-0 Sheffield Wednesday It took about ten minutes minutes to get over the humor of the fact that Sheffield Wednesday are playing on, you won’t be able to guess this, a Wednesday, I divulged further...

    • Posted September 24, 2014
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  • EPL Review – Reactions to Week 5

    The normal outnumbered by the upside-down this weekend Seeing Frank Lampard playing against Chelsea wasn’t the only thing that didn’t look quite right this weekend. In fact, Chelsea drawing Manchester City 1-1 was perhaps the most normal...

    • Posted September 22, 2014
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  • MOTD: Chelsea 1-1 Manchester City

    Football.  Bloody hell.  That one famous quote undeniably defined today’s set of Premier League matches – Manchester United lost 5-3 to Leicester, Everton were beaten 3-2 by Crystal Palace, and Tottenham Hotspur lost 1-0 to West Bromwich...

    • Posted September 21, 2014
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  • 4 things to look out for this weekend

    A tough week for all in Europe – will there be any hangover? It wasn’t a great week for any English clubs in the Champions League.   Arsenal lost to Borussia Dortmund, while Manchester City came out on the...

    • Posted September 19, 2014
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  • MOTD: Bayern Munich 1-0 Manchester City

    Pep Guardiola is the master of a move that hardly any manager dares to do – turn a defender into a midfielder. With Javier Mascherano at Barcelona he did the opposite, and after his year on a...

    • Posted September 17, 2014
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  • MOTD: Manchester City 3-1 Liverpool – Three Toughts

    It wasn’t easy for Manchester City. In fact, for large periods Liverpool more than matched the Sky Blues. But they lacked that clinical finish and killer pass – City won 3-1 as Mario Balotelli watched from the...

    • Posted August 25, 2014
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  • EPL Opening Weekend – How the Title Favorites Fared

    Mind, we had the World Cup to entertain us, but the Premier League off-season was just too much to bear.  What with most of the big transfer deals being done during the World Cup, after the tournament’s...

    • Posted August 19, 2014
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