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Review – Man City ‘v’ Man Utd
By: Darius Vassell is my Hero |
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Result: Man City 0-1 Man Utd
19mins: Shaun Wright Phillips runs at United defence – gets fouled by Darren Fletcher – no booking
33mins: Shaun Wright Phillips runs at United defence – gets fouled by Darren Fletcher – booking
40mins: Shaun Wright Phillips runs at United defence – gets fouled by Dimitar Berbatov – no booking
53mins: Shaun Wright [...]
Category: Team News
Preview – Man City ‘v’ Man Utd
By: Darius Vassell is my Hero | 1 Comment
At 1:30pm on Sunday 30th November 2008, referee Howard Webb will blow his whistle to start the 150th competititve match between Manchester City and local rivals Manchester United. Then, hopefully, at around 3:25pm on Sunday 30th November 2008, after 10 minutes of Alex Ferguson inspired injury-time, referee Howard Webb will blow his whistle to signal [...]
Category: Team Newswill Manchester be the center of Football?
By: j | No Comments
Since the acquisition of Manchester City, there has been significant commentary by the upper tier of Premier League genuinely annoyed by the clubs new found financial resources and condemnation of the club potentially attempting to “buy championships.” Without even the slightest hesitation I stand against the notion of “buying success” but commentary from top clubs [...]
Category: Team News“the kings of Manchester”
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Man Utd’s Wayne Rooney, who has “upped” his game of late by adding diving to it has stoked the fires a morsel before the derby:
“Sunday is a massive game. Yes, we owe the fans a derby win even though we did win two trophies last season. Losing both games was extremely disappointing. It is a [...]
Category: Team NewsSir Alex must be nervous
By: j | 2 Comments
A mastermind in tactical play on and off the pitch, Man Utd leader Sir Alex Ferguson has definitely launched a shot across the bow heading into Sundays tilt. Clearly it is part of his standard pre-match joust but equally has more than a hint of concern of City’s commitment to filling the trophy case:
Said [...]
Category: Team NewsReview – Schalke ‘v’ City
By: Darius Vassell is my Hero | 1 Comment
Result: Schalke 0-2 City
An amazing, brilliant, classy, delightful, enjoyable, fantastic, gritty … etc performance from City this evening at the Veltins-Arena earned them a much deserved 2-0 defeat of a strong Schalke 04 team. Despite creating a couple of chances, the German side will be the first to admit they had been outplayed by a [...]
Category: Team NewsSchalke runs-out to 2-0 defeat
By: j | 3 Comments
In a match that was as equally dominated by Man City and played without even the slightest bit of intensity by Schalke 04, Mark Hughes club cruised to a defining 2-0 victory. City never looked in doubt and displayed a hefty slice of professionalism as they systematically dealt with the home side that never looked [...]
Category: Team NewsPreview – Schalke ‘v’ City
By: Darius Vassell is my Hero | No Comments
On the back of a morale-boosting victory against Arsenal in the last match, City travel to Schalke 04 in the second match of the Group A stages of the UEFA Cup. City recorded a victory last time out against Steve McLaren’s FC Twente side and will be looking to make it two out of two [...]
Category: Team News“it will be a difficult game for us”
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With Robinho, Pablo Zabaleta, Gelson Fernandes all out and now joined with Elano who is out with a family emergency, Man City is facing a challenging task against Schalke 04 today.
Referring directly to the absence of Robinho, Mark Hughes said:
“Learning to play without him is something we have to do because we may have to [...]
Category: Team NewsSchalke 04 UEFA Cup match preview
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Mark Hughes leads his Manchester City in a tough UEFA Cup match against Bundesliga’s Schalke 04 at their home grounds, Veltins-Arena. The home side comes into the match knowing full-well that three points would see them through to the next round with seven points, long before heading off to the extremely long winter break in [...]
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