Edin Dzeko scored twice as Manchester City took control of the Premier League title race by coming from behind to secure a nail-biting 3-2 win at Everton on Saturday. Manuel Pellegrini’s team moved level on points with Liverpool, who travel to Crystal…
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The closest English top-flight title race in 33 years speeds towards its conclusion this weekend, with Manchester City carrying the advantage ahead of a thorny trip to Everton on Saturday. Leaders Liverpool’s 2-0 loss at home to second-place Chelsea…
Everton manager Roberto Martinez has promised Liverpool that his team won’t surrender when they meet title favourites Manchester City at Goodison Park on Saturday. City, currently three points behind leaders Liverpool with a game in hand, know that…
Nine clubs remain at risk of punishment for over-spending under UEFA’s financial fairplay rules, the European governing body announced Friday. Although the identity of the teams was not revealed, big-spending Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain…
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is set to include playmaker David Silva for the title contenders Premier League match at Everton on Saturday. City may be third in the table, three points behind leaders Liverpool and two adrift of second-placed…
Premier League title contenders Manchester City and Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain are among a clutch of clubs set to be punished this week for failing to comply with UEFA’s financial fair play (FFP) rules. UEFA’s financial control board (CFCB)…
Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard has insisted the Toffees can raise themselves for Saturday’s visit of Premier League title-chasers Manchester City after their own quest for Champions League football suffered a setback last weekend. The Toffees were their…
Pablo Zabaleta believes Manchester City’s experience of a nerve-wracking run-in could see them snatch the Premier League title just as they did in 2012. Two years ago, a pair of goals in stoppage-time saw City to a 3-2 win over Queens Park Rangers on…
Manchester City revived their Premier League title bid after a 2-0 win away to Crystal Palace on Sunday saw them move to within three points of leaders Liverpool with a game in hand. Edin Dzeko’s fourth-minute header put City ahead before Yaya Toure…
Manuel Pellegrini claims he never lost faith that Manchester City could win the Premier League after his side regained control of the title race with a 2-0 victory at Crystal Palace. On a potentially decisive weekend in the battle for supremacy at the…
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho taunted Liverpool about their ineffective tactics after his side handed Manchester City the initiative in the Premier League title race with victory at Anfield. Chelsea’s 2-0 success on Sunday effectively means that City…
Manchester City took advantage of Liverpool’s slip to put the destiny of the Premier League title back in their own hands as Yaya Toure inspired a 2-0 victory against Crystal Palace on Sunday. Manuel Pellegrini’s side had received a huge boost when…
Manchester City revived their Premier League title bid after a 2-0 win away to Crystal Palace on Sunday saw them move to within three points of leaders Liverpool with a game in hand. Edin Dzeko’s fourth-minute header put City ahead before Yaya Toure…
Manuel Pellegrini has warned his Manchester City players to ignore the controversy over Jose Mourinho’s threat to field a weakened team against leaders Liverpool and focus on beating Crystal Palace. Pellegrini knows City’s challenge for the Premier…
Manchester City narrowed the gap to Premier League leaders Liverpool to six points with a comfortable 3-1 victory over West Bromwich Albion at Eastlands on Monday. Pablo Zabaleta, Sergio Aguero and Martin Demichelis all scored for City as three different…
Manuel Pellegrini insists Manchester City can take the Premier League title race down to the wire because Liverpool and Chelsea will drop more points before the end of the season. City are title outsiders after a 3-2 defeat at leaders Liverpool and…
Manuel Pellegrini said Friday he’d no reason to fear for his future as Manchester City manager despite recent results all but scuppering the club’s Premier League title hopes this season. Wednesday’s 2-2 home draw with struggling Sunderland, which just…
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini blamed the hangover from defeat by Liverpool for his side’s damaging 2-2 draw at home to the Premier League’s bottom club Sunderland. City needed to win the first of their two games in hand on Liverpool to keep…
Liverpool’s position atop the Premier League table was strengthened on Wednesday when title rivals Manchester City were held to a 2-2 draw at home to bottom club Sunderland. Beaten 3-2 at Liverpool on Sunday, City were bidding to close to within four…
Europe’s football governing body UEFA on Wednesday stepped up an inquiry into the finances of top clubs as Manchester City players were named the top earners in world sport. UEFA has refused to say which clubs have been called to explain their accounts…