Wayne Bridge

Manchester City weighing up moves for West Ham and Palermo stars as defensive cover for Wayne Bridge and Kolo Toure

Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday

Mark Hughes also denies Gareth Barry is about to undergo groin surgery

Bridge out until the New Year

Bitter and Blue (Free subscription) | yesterday

CITY will be without left-back Wayne Bridge at least until the New Year. But the Blues have survived a second defensive injury scare with Micah Richards set to be fit to face Bolton on Saturday. Bridge is believed to have tweaked medial knee ligaments during the 2-1 weekend win over Chelsea and at first it was feared he may be a long-term casualty. > > MEN I know the initial estimate was that...

Lahm to City (£12m)

MAN CITY ISSUES (Free subscription) | yesterday

Phillip Lahm, the versatile German full-back is the latest player to be linked to Manchester City. The story has been mentioned in The Mail, The Mirror and The Sun and claims that when Mark Hughes went to a Bayern Munich game last month to watch Franck Ribery in action. However, it was not he who caught his eye, but the German. Apparently, Lahm would welcome a move after falling out with Bayern officials...

20) MC ISSUES Man of the Match vs Chelsea?

MAN CITY ISSUES (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

Game: Manchester City vs Chelsea Premier League Game Venue: Eastlands Date: 05th December 2009 Score: 2 - 1 - 34) Nigel de Jong - 68% - 32) Caros Tevez - 18% - 1) Shay Given - 9% - 8) Shaun Wright-Phillips - 5% - 19) Joleon Lescott - 1% - 10) Robinho - 1% - 25) Emmanuel Adebayor - 0% - 18) Gareth Barry - 0% - 3) Wayne Bridge - 0% - 33) Vincent Kompany - 0% (sub) - 2) Micah Richards - 0% - 28) Kolo...

Bridge's replacement?

MAN CITY ISSUES (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

Yesterday, it was confirmed that Wayne Bridge could miss 2 or 3 weeks of football after colliding with Juliano Beletti on Saturday. The left-back was caught by a late challenge and he has opened up some of his medial knee ligaments. This news is a blow as our defence as they had just started to look like a unit. I'm not Bridge's biggest fan but he will be missed. Option 1) However, we should have no...

City find the stability to repel Chelsea

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

By pairing Gareth Barry and Nigel de Jong, Mark Hughes gave his centre-backs a shield that nullified Chelsea's threat An efficient team defends as a group when they concede the ball and attacks as a group when possession is gained. Recently, despite Manchester City losing fewer games than any other Premier League side, their expensive centre-back pairing of Kolo Touré and Joleon Lescott has...

Manchester City's Wayne Bridge set for spell on sidelines

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

Manchester City and England defender Wayne Bridge could be out for two weeks after injuring his knee in Saturday's 2-1 victory over Chelsea, the Premier League club said.

Bridge ruled out

Bitter and Blue (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

Bad luck for Wayne Bridge: Wayne Bridge could be on the sidelines for two weeks after picking up a knee injury in Saturday's win over Chelsea. The left back was stretchered off in the second half after colliding with Belletti, but manager Mark Hughes has reported that after initially looking to have been seriously hurt, the player may only be out in the short-term. Hughes said, "Wayne has opened...

Defender Bridge facing two week injury lay-off

ESPN (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

Manchester City and England defender Wayne Bridge could be out for two weeks after injuring his knee in Saturday's 2-1 victory over Chelsea, the Premier League club have revealed.

Manchester City's Bridge set for spell on sidelines

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester City and England defender Wayne Bridge could be out for two weeks after injuring his knee in Saturday's 2-1 victory over Chelsea, the Premier League club said.

Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009

City were good value for their victory, secured by goals from Emmanuel Adebayor and Carlos Tevez, but Mark Hughes and the record attendance must have feared the worst 10 minutes from the end, when Nedum Onuoha brought down Didier Drogba and Howard Webb pointed to the spot. Up stepped Frank Lampard, normally deadly from 12 yards, but this time he shot too close to Shay Given, who plunged low to his...

Wayne Bridge and Micah Richards may face axe at Man City

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

Manchester City's Wayne Bridge and Micah Richards are likely to face axe, as manager Mark Hughes has decided to get rid of non-performers.

• Bridge and Richards may face axe at City - Sify
• Man City boss Hughes intends to sell Bridge, Richards - tribalfootball.com
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

City: Why it's Going Wrong - Part 1

MAN CITY ISSUES (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009

Things just aren't going right at the moment. We're doing OK but we still haven't clicked yet and we are getting punished for every mistake we make. To be honest, we have been pretty unlucky over the last couple of weeks - There have been 3 penalties given against us recently, two for handballs and one yesterday for reasons unknown to me. However, we cannot blame our demise on Lady Luck. Here are a...

17) MC ISSUES Man of the Match vs Liverpool

MAN CITY ISSUES (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

MOTM: Liverpool vs Manchester City Premier League Match Venue: Anfield Date: 21st November 2009 Score: 2-2 - 34) Nigel de Jong - 40% - 32) Carlos Tevez - 22% - 7) Stephen Ireland - 21% - 8) Shaun Wright-Phillips - 7% - 1) Shay Given - 3% - 25) Emmanuel Adebayor - 3% - 19) Joleon Lescott - 2% - 39) Craig Bellamy - 1% - 18) Gareth Barry - 1% - 3) Wayne Bridge - 0% - 28) Kolo Toure (c) - 0% - 5) Pablo...

Arsenal problems mount as Kieran Gibbs suffers foot injury

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

• Gibbs hurt playing in England U21's draw with Lithuania • Arsenal waiting for news on suspected broken metatarsal Arsenal will not know the full extent of the injury suffered by Kieran Gibbs until later today after the left-back left the England Under-21s' goalless draw against Lithunia in Vilnius last night on crutches. Gibbs becomes the twelfth player on Arsenal's ever lengthening injury...