Manchester City reached the quarter-finals at a stroll, toying with Burnley while displaying the requisite killer touch. This was a good response to the 5-2 humiliation by Leicester though Saturday’s Premier League trip to Leeds may prove a more exacti…
‘I couldn’t turn down this opportunity’ says centre-backDias takes Guardiola’s spending on defenders to over 400mRúben Dias has described the opportunity to join Manchester City as one he “couldn’t turn down” after completing his move to the club from …
Another handball horror show, Calvert-Lewin is benefiting from Ancelotti effect and sentiment alone will not save LampardOle Gunnar Solskjær said Manchester United had “three or four weeks to catch up to a few teams”, and how it showed. United could no…
• ‘We started to think we were playing bad,’ says manager• Brendan Rodgers full of praise for Leicester’s tactical disciplinePep Guardiola said Manchester City’s 5-2 humbling by Leicester was a result of his players lacking stability and belief, after …
Former England striker had the maximum effect from minimum of input in his side’s big win at Manchester CityBrendan Rodgers has been waiting a long time for a first win against a Pep Guardiola team, and the irony here was it looked for all the world as…
This was a scintillating exhibition of why Jamie Vardy is so dangerous. His was a hat-trick that made Manchester City appear half-paced and meant Leicester handed their hosts a loss in their opening top-flight home league game of the season for the fir…
Live updates from the 4.30pm BST kick-offTransfer news: City set to sign Benfica’s DiasGet in touch! Email Rob with your thoughts 4.06pm BST Ah, Harry Kane wasn’t sent off, it was a member of Spurs’ backroom staff. Related: Tottenham 1-1 Newcastle: Pr…
Centre-back set for City medical after €55m fee is agreedOtamendi to join Benfica for €15m fee as part of dealManchester City have agreed a €55m (£50.1m) fee with Benfica for the centre-back Rúben Dias, with Nicolás Otamendi heading the other way as pa…
Despite a long injury list Manchester City were sharp in their opening game and this meeting with the early leaders, Leicester, should be a cracker. Here are two sides who love to attack quick and fast so there would be some surprise if this ends as a …
Brazilian striker will miss at least three City matchesSetback leaves club without a senior centre-forwardGabriel Jesus has been ruled out for at least three weeks after the Brazil Football Federation revealed it had been informed by Manchester City th…
Manchester City’s unbeaten run in League Cup ties, dating back to 26 October 2016, continues. The victors of the past three seasons’ competitions are through to meet Burnley in round four courtesy of Phil Foden’s second of the season. The 20-year-old i…
Bristol City v Aston Villa and Manchester City v BournemouthLincoln’s Montsma: ‘It’s not easy to do modelling and football’And feel free to send Will an email or tweet @Will_Unwin 6.07pm BST Bristol City: O’Leary, Sessegnon, Vyner, Moore, Rowe, Eliasso…
Today’s talk starts the day with shampooWere it to come off, it would be the daddy of all transfers but Kylian Mbappé and his move to either Real Madrid, Liverpool or whoever else wants to pay €200m-plus may be approaching. Or it may not, as there is a…
Despite some key absences Pep Guardiola’s side made an electric start at Molineux but could not sustain itFirst half scintillating; second half a touch concerning. This was Manchester City in a season-opening trip to Wolves that could be cast as the st…
On a gripping night, Manchester City produced a performance of two distinct and telling halves: an imperious passing-machine in the first, City were run thrillingly close in the second by a Wolves team that attacked its weak point on the left flank to …
Minute-by-minute updates from the 8.15pm BST kick-offGündogan tests positive for Covid-19 before City openerEmail Simon here or tweet @Simon_Burnton 8.16pm BST 1 min: Peeeeeeep! City, in their white away top, get their first game of the season under wa…
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Midfielder will miss two further matches in cup and leagueClub say he is ‘observing a 10-day period of self-isolation’The Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gündogan has tested positive for Covid-19 and is in self-isolation as the club prepare to play th…
This talk’s paddles cut the water in a long and hurried flightIn typical José Mourinho style, José Mourinho has again made fools of all those who said he was predictable parody of himself. When he arrived at Spurs, it appeared clear the player he plann…
Manchester City kick off against a side that beat them twice last season and a player who exploits their weaknesses ruthlesslyWhen Pep Guardiola was a little boy growing up in Santpedor, they warned darkly of such things. There would come, they said, a…
