Tag: manchester-city

Foden Prospers In 3-1 Victory Over Everton

Foden scores a brilliant goal to inspire the comeback for city against a defiant Everton side.

More Injury worries for City as John Stones goes off with what looks like a nasty ankle injury.

Man City get their 1st win in 6 games at Goodison Park with a star studded performance from the England international grabbing himself an amazing 35 yard longshot from outside the box.

Julian Alvarez scores a penalty that slyly beats Pickford down the middle of the net with Bernardo Silva scoring a goal from a Pickford mistake after a failed clearance leaving an open goal for Silva to chip it into.

This win comes from being 1-0 down at half time with an injury to Stones, fans were worried for the second half to kick off, but worries seemed to disappear with a 3-1 comeback against the toffees.

Without Erling Haaland, De Bruyne and Doku, they managed to comeback and win with another injury being added.

This win puts them 2 points behind Villa with a game in hand being 5 points off of the top. This win was crucial for Pep’s side and their title chances going into 2024.

Rodri Confirms Injury Has ‘No Issues’

Manchester City fans across the world were shook after Rodri seemed to scream in pain after a tackle in the Club World Cup final.

However, he has confirmed that he will be fit to play against Everton on the 27th of December.

He had fans across the world worried after Alexsander of Fluminense took a horrible tackle to take the ball from the Spanish international which left him ‘close to tears’.

This comes as a massive boost for the Citizens, as previously mentioned, Rodri is the backbone of this City squad with all their losses coming this season with Rodri either suspended or injured.

With Arsenal, Liverpool and Villa dropping 2 points each this week, they will look to capitalize and close to gap with a win over Everton on the 27th.

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA – DECEMBER 22: Rodri of Manchester City poses for a photo with the Golden Ball award following the FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023 Final between Manchester City and Fluminense at King Abdullah Sports City on December 22, 2023 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

Despite this, he went on to win the golden ball of the Club World Cup for the best player of the tournament.

He becomes the third player in history to win UCL Final MOTM and CWC Player of the tournament. He joins an elite list only following Lionel Messi and Gareth Bale.

Manchester City COMMAND A 4-0 Victory To Win Club World Cup

Manchester City beat Fluminense in dominant 4-0 fashion to win their first Club World Cup and go down in history.

They become the first English Football team to win 5 major trophies in one year, with them winning;

  • Premier League
  • FA Cup
  • Champions League
  • Super Cup
  • Club World Cup

With a MOTM performance from English youngster, Phil Foden, they finished their dynasty with the Club World Cup completing a historical year for the club.

Pep Guardiola has become another figure to reckon with in the Premier League after doing what no Premier League manager has ever done.

With no signs of wanting to leave the club, Guardiola seems more focused than ever on regaining the lost points in the Premier League and regain the top spot with them still being favourites to win the Champions League and the Premier League once again.

Despite not getting any minutes this tournament, Erling Haaland in his debut season for the club has won 5 trophies for the team and is hoping to bring back more for the club this year with his hopes of returning to the first team looking hopeful as he is back in training and taking his time to return to action rather than rushing an injury.

Manchester City Cruise Through To Club World Cup Final

Manchester City comfortably beat Urawa Reds 3-0 to make it to the final of the Club World Cup to face off against Fluminense on Friday.

Mateo Kovacic scores his first City goal to make the game 2-0 and Berndardo Silva buried the game to make it 3-0.

The games are taking place in Saudi Arabia with fans travelling across the world to watch City possibly make history by winning their first AND last Club World Cup as, after this year the Club World Cup is no more with the new Champions League brackets.

Fluminense is home to the 5x Champions League winner Marcelo, who is hoping to get his 6th Club World Cup against the current heavy favourites, Manchester City.

Mateo Kovacic is looking to get his 4th Club World cup after winning 2 with Real Madrid and 1 with Chelsea in 2021. He is currently the only player in the City squad that has any Club World Cup titles.

Manchester City To Play FC Copenhagen In The Champions League

The round of 16 draw has been completed with the current holders, Manchester City to face off against the team who knocked Manchester United out of the competition, FC Copenhagen.

The games are set to take place from the 13th of February until the 21st of February for the first legs where it will be taking place in Copenhagen.

Despite City’s disrupted start to the season, it is seemingly looking bright for the team as Kevin De Bruyne is scheduled to be back into the first team with full fitness ready for the Round of 16 clash against Copenhagen.

With fans across the world expecting an easy win for the Citizens, results so far this season can dictate a different storyline for Pep’s players hoping to retain their title for back to back Champions League wins.

The favourites to win the competition still stand as City, however, Bayern Munich are in incredible form with their new star signing, Harry Kane scoring 20 goals in 14 appearances in the Bundesliga.

Fans across the world are hoping for a clash between these two monster teams and a head to head with Erling Haaland and Harry Kane once again in the quarter finals, supposing that both teams make it past their respective opponents.

Last Minute DRAMA As City Drop Points To Lacklustre Palace At The Etihad

Rico Lewis scores his first Premier League goal in the early parts of this frustrating game for City fans.

Jack Grealish scores his third goal in three games for the treble winners giving the blues a Haaland replacement whilst he recovers.

Manchester City came into the game with injuries to Erling Haaland and Jeremy Doku, a big part to their striking force this season. Despite this, Jack Grealish and Julian Alvarez stepped up to the occasion to replace those two superstars.

Despite City dominating the game late drama at the Etihad leaves City pondering as to how they managed to drop, what seemed, an easy 2 points.

Yet ANOTHER record broke by this City team this year.

City dropping 2 points at home for the third home game in a row, something that hasn’t been done since 2016. 7 YEARS ago is the last time they have had such a poor run of games at the Etihad Stadium.

Stats during the game showed how dominant that they were in control of the game and within possession, it comes as a huge shock to fans across the world as to just how they are in such bad scoring form without the likes of Haaland and De Bruyne in their starting line-up.

This loss of points leaves them in 4th place in the Premier League, throwing away the opportunity to jump into 3rd place ahead of Aston Villa who are yet to play their 17th game of the season. If they manage to beat Brentford tomorrow, they will go 4 points clear of the current holders of the Premier League.

Assuming Liverpool beat Manchester United at Anfield tomorrow, this will leave them 6 points clear of the treble winners, giving them much more confidence going into the Christmas break with City heading off to the club world cup.

Manchester City Youngsters TRIUMPH In 3-2 Victory Against FK Crvena zvezda

Youngsters Micah Hamilton and Oscar Bobb score in flawless group stage victory for Manchester City to put them top of Group G.

They end the group 6-0 with FK Crvena zvezda ending the group winless. RB Leipzig join Manchester City in the round of 16 knockout stages.

A clip going viral shows current boss Pep Guardiola giving advice to a young ball boy in a Premier League game from 2017, who turns out to be a 15 year old Micah Hamilton who scored on his debut game for the Citizens on the 13th of December.

Manchester City lined up with a weaker side giving two debuts to Oscar Bobb and Micah Hamilton and later on in the game a debut to Mahamadou Susoho who replaced Mateo Kovacic.

This game made history for Manchester City as Kalvin Phillips scores his first Manchester City goal of the season giving them the win to make it the first time in their clubs history to win all SIX of the Champions League group stage games.

This came during the last group stage of the Champions League as from 2024, the format is being changed to a swiss elimination format which has been popularised through Esports giving the better teams the advantages throughout the tournament.

Manchester City go to face one of the eight teams who placed second in their groups –

  • Copenhagen (DEN),
  • Inter (ITA)
  • Lazio (ITA)
  • Leipzig (GER)
  • Napoli (ITA)
  • Paris (FRA)
  • Porto (POR)
  • PSV Eindhoven (NED)

The draw takes place on the 18th of December with the games commencing in February 13th-21st to see who can make it to the quarter final of the Champions League with Manchester City fans confident with whoever they get in the knockout stage being the current holders of the Champions League.

Jack Grealish Ends City’s Point Drought In 2-1 Victory

Manchester City secure victory over Luton in 2-1 fashion with Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish bagging goals for the champions.

Coming into the game, City were lacking points in recent games with Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal slowly getting ahead of the treble winners. This game was a must win for Peps side.

The citizens were without Erling Haaland and Jeremy Doku due to injury so City lined up slightly different to what fans are used to seeing.

City XI – Ederson, Walker (c), Dias, Ake, Gvardiol, Rodri, Kovacic, Silva, Foden, Alvarez, Grealish.

Grealish’s decisive goal came in the 65th minute just 3 minutes after Silvas equaliser after the second half kicked off.

This goal means Grealish has scored back to back Premier League goals for the first time in his Manchester City career. With an unknown length of the absence of Haaland, Grealish seems to be stepping up for the team when they need him the most.

With the return of Rodri, City seemed more comfortable on the ball with a staggering 18 shots to the 4 of Luton which is a huge improvement to the measly 2 shots they took against Villa in the midweek.

With this win, they sit at 33 points in 4th place in the Premier League only 4 points off the top after Arsenal drop points to Villa in the 1-0 defeat at Villa park yesterday.

Can United End Bournemouth’s Unbeaten Run?

Manchester United must follow up their impressive midweek form against Bournemouth or the Cherries could be a banana skin for the Red Devils.

Manchester United must follow up their impressive midweek form against Bournemouth or the Cherries could be a banana skin for the Red Devils.

United outplayed Chelsea all over the pitch on Wednesday night at Old Trafford in stark contrast to their loss at St James’s Park last Saturday in which Ten Hags men looked leggy and uninterested.

Scott McTominay added to his goal tally getting himself a brace against Pochettino’s lacklustre blues and players who have faced criticism for their performances this season, mainly Antony and Maguire, showed how important they could be for United this season.

Bournemouth, despite sitting 15th in the league, are a team well in form with three wins in their last four including a 2-0 beating of Newcastle and a 2-2 draw with shock title contenders Aston Villa last Saturday.

United have started to gather momentum as the season has gone on with performances improving but they are still liable to a poor result and costly individual errors therefore I expect Bournemouth to attack this game head on to try catch Manchester United where they are vulnerable.

Who will come out on top in this game and who should United be keeping an eye on if they aim to beat Bournemouth this afternoon?