For the club and its fans the biggest fixture to be played this weekend doesn’t involve Mancini’s men. On Saturday at 12:45pm Roberto Mancini along with many of City’s faithful will take a keen interest on proceedings at Anfield and for a brief spell on Saturday the blue half of Manchester will be supporting Dalglish’s men.
Exactly five years ago today City set out to play a League tie at, what was then, the City of Manchester Stadium.
The FA and a personal letter by Wayne Rooney have both failed to overturn his three match ban for kicking Miodrag Dzudovic during England’s 2-2 draw in Podgorcia against Montenegro last Friday evening.
Well into October, And Manchester City sit joint at the top of the league, having scored 22 goals, and only failing to win on one occasion.
Premier league rivals have moved to distance themselves from Ian Arye’s proposal of a breakaway overseas deal for top clubs.
Despite the long and illustrious history of the European Cup, there have only ever been five winners from capital cities (see if you can get all five – answers are at the bottom of the page). It is of no surprise that a number of European Cups have been won by some of the poorest areas, not least Liverpool.
Steven Gerrard has been putting 100% effort into football for years. Week in week out this scouser has been a blue print for the world class midfielder. Gerrard has it all, tackling, vision pace, strength, and most important off all; the drive to succeed.
There has, and always will be a noticeable gap in talent and skill from the Premier League and the Championship, but in terms of entertainment and excitability the two leagues are not far off each other in my opinion.