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The Premier League title race is as good as over for Manchester City and with no European football to speak of; manager Roberto Mancini is under massive pressure to turn the team’s fortunes around. This weekend, they host Leeds United ...

Dressing Down What is it with Premier League players and their refusal to wear things as a sign of protest? Rio Ferdinand incurred the wrath of Sir Alex a few weeks earlier by not wearing the ‘kick racism out of ...

* – “I can deal with sick chants – I just block them out,” insists Wenger. We all know how he suffers from selective blindess, never seeing any of his players committing fouls during matches. Well, I guess he has ...

  Cometh the man, cometh Doomsday? World is definitely coming to an end this December. Not because the Mayans said it would, but because Stewart Downing scored for the first time since his much maligned move to Anfield. And that ...

  Hazard Zone Even if he were not a footballer, Eden Hazard would still be getting laid on a regular basis. Thanks to the coolest name in Belgium. Well, thanks to the coolest name in Europe. Had to stop at ...

    Thank you, Shelvy Without Jonjo Shelvy, Manchester United would have made Hillsborough look like a joke. That is how bad they were in the first 45. Suarez had his guns loaded, Gerrard had his sight set, and Sterling ...

Unbelievable, it was simply unbelievable. There are not enough superlatives to describe what happened tonight. It could easily be termed as one of the best football matches in the premier league history where the championship was decided in the final ...

It is Toure and Toure only. The man who single handedly sent city a kiss away from the title after 44 years with his sublime touches. Now a week and QPR stand between City and the championship. The tears in ...

Manchester City 1 (Kompany 45’+1) – Manchester United 0 Man of the Match – Vincent Kompany (Manchester City) It was billed as the ‘derby game of all derby games’, the ‘unmissable’ match. And, it did live up to its billing. In the ...

The war is over and city came victorious. The much anticipated derby of the first half of 2012 saw a breathtaking football of the two premier league giants. The match was not a repetition of the October 23 of 2011 ...