A month ago Monday’s derby at The Etihad Stadium appeared to be one that would see Manchester United crowned as Premier League Champions – either walking on to the pitch as the 2011/12 winners or celebrating at the final whistle – but with defeat at Wigan and then dropping points at home to Everton suddenly [...]

With Manchester City’s recent run of results seeing neighbours United open up a five-point lead at the top of the table it is looking increasingly likely that the Premier League title this season will be heading to Old Trafford and not the Etihad Stadium. Despite having a crucial week ahead (both City and United playing [...]

In falling to a 1-0 defeat against Swansea at The Liberty Stadium last Sunday Manchester City – courtesy of cross-city rivals United’s win against West Brom – fell to second place in the Premier League table after a lengthy run in first place. In many ways it may have been some time coming. Despite maintaining [...]

With Micah Richards already ruled out through injury, when Pablo Zabaleta limped off after a mere twenty-minutes against Bolton on Saturday Roberto Mancini was forced into calling upon Kolo Toure as an emergency right-back. Toure, who has barely featured for City in 2012 so far through a combination of the form of the Vincent Kompany-Joleon [...]

Many months, many column inches and many millions of pounds later we finally have the apology from Carlos Tevez; an apology deemed to be sufficient for Roberto Mancini to welcome him back (even if not quite with open arms) into the fold, stating that he ‘has no problem’ with Tevez. This week saw City both [...]

With victory over Fulham last weekend, Manchester City set a new record for consecutive home victories. The 3-0 win was their twelfth successive win of the 2011/12 season and the five games they won in a row to close out 2010/11 sees their run now stand at a very impressive 17 games and City now [...]

Given their recent history in games at Goodison Park, perhaps it was not a huge surprise that Manchester City fell to defeat on Tuesday. The defeat signalled City’s fourth (in all competitions) in the month of January as they saw Manchester United draw level on points at the top of the Premier League. Yet it [...]

Following Sunday’s 3-2 victory over Tottenham, City’s Micah Richards tweeted fulsome praise for Gareth Bale, comparing going against him to that of facing Arjen Robben (who ensured Richards endured a torrid Champions League evening in Munich earlier this season). Bale, the reigning PFA Player of The Year, has again been in excellent form through 2011/12 [...]

There has been much written over the course of the 2011/12 season so far as to the attacking potency of Manchester City. League leaders, they have by and large achieved this feat boasting an attack that leads the Premier League in goals scored (56) and in many key categories outlined in this post through the [...]

Since arriving at Manchester City from Aston Villa in the summer of 2009 Gareth Barry has been a mainstay for the Blues, both under Mark Hughes (the man who signed him) and latterly Roberto Mancini. Despite the riches lavished on the City side, particularly in the midfield where he has seen the likes of Yaya [...]