Mark Hughes was in honest mood about a seventh consecutive league draw which he acknowledged may be starting to affect his players, and could begin to pose serious questions about where Manchester City are heading under the Welshman. While a glance at the table confirms his team are only three points from the fourth place which is the Holy Grail of the owner, Sheikh Mansour, there must surely be concern...
Jimmy Bullard's late penalty for Hull City at Eastlands consigned Manchester City to a seventh successive draw. The Citizens broke the deadlock on the stroke of the interval when Shaun Wright-Phillips ' long-range effort was deflected past Matt Duke via the head of Anthony Gardner. Hull rarely looked like getting an equaliser but Bullard salvaged a late point with a penalty eight minutes from time...
The Red Devil Manchester United continue to give pressure to Chelsea after win 4-1 against Portsmouth at Fratton Park, But Manchester City still continue with 'Specialized Draw team' after draw with Hull City. Man Utd taking the lead from a Wayne Rooney penalty on 25 minutes. Antonio Valencia had broken away on the counter and, when he found Rooney in the area, Michael Brown brought the striker down...
Seven games, seven draws, and again Manchester City's performance left much to be desired. It remains to be seen how long the sheikh will tolerate such a disappointing return on his eye-watering investment. The fans are already losing patience, and booed their team off at the final whistle. To nobody's surprise, City were the better team, and had the initiative throughout, but yet again they were...
Hello. My name is Fabio Capello. Over the past 18 months, I have been hailed as the savior of English football. Under my stewardship, England easily qualified for the World Cup Finals next year in South Africa. Granted, our qualifying group was fantastically weak, and in our friendlies against other big nations like Spain and [...] Added by: epltalk Viewed: 1 time(s) Tags/Keywords: aaron lennon david...
Henry Winter today suggests that - given his cameo on Saturday - that the most effective use of Carlos Tevez may be as an impact player late in the game, one who can take advantage of tired legs with his energy and sparkiness: After the Argentine attacker delivered a feisty second-half cameo to revitalise Manchester City , it was impossible not to conclude that Mark Hughes’s use of Tévez...
There was clearly something at stake, although the muddled action suggested that this was a contest for no more than a spot in next season's Europa League qualifiers. On current form that is exactly the competition where Liverpool and Manchester City will find themselves, but so much better had been expected. Rafael Benítez's team are under the greater scrutiny and regardless of the result...
A sixth consecutive draw was the last thing Manchester City wanted, though Mark Hughes did concede beforehand that you could never regard sharing the points at Anfield as a poor result. That was before he knew City would be 2-1 up with just 12 minutes remaining. By conceding an equaliser barely a minute after taking the lead, City showed their inexperience – otherwise, they have every reason...
This game really does represent what they call a 6 pointer. Liverpool are probably are biggest rivals for the 4th spot and this game represents a chance to show people we mean business. We have been on an abysmal run of form and this game is the perfect opportunity to end the drawing run. Liverpool have also been a awful run of form, much worse than ours. They are also missing their best player in...
After almost three injury-ravaged years, Dean Ashton, as the back pages suggest, will finally hang up his boots and retire. The player who was once seen as a unique cross between the playing styles of Alan Shearer and Teddy Sheringham, will never fully fulfill his potential as a top-class footballer. Many football observers including myself would have picked Ashton as the perfect foil for Wayne Rooney...
If Fabio Capello can read anything significant into this game he should consider pondering tea-leaves as a sideline. That's if he can find any tea-leaves. These days they seem to be more of a rarity than fit England players. England's second string came second to a Brazil operating at around half pace, so pick the bones out of that. Darren Bent did not make an irresistible case for further consideration,...
• Right-back suffered a slight knock against Birmingham • Capello has cover in Brown, Milner and Wright-Phillips Glen Johnson has pulled out of the England squad to face Brazil on Saturday in Doha after picking up a slight injury in Liverpool's 2-2 draw against Birmingham City at Anfield on Monday night. The 25-year-old played the full 90 minutes of the Premier League game before joining...
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