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Mancini's happy but cautious after 1-6 win over United

2011-10-23T14:49:00.000-07:00

Manchester City's boss Roberto Mancini expressed his joy for the astonishing 1-6 win over United: "of course I'm satisfied with the result. We played very well, as we did in past games. It's different because we faced Manchester United, but in the end this are just three points."

When asked about the man of the match, he said that "today, Mario Balotelli played very well. He is young and he can make some mistakes, but he played really well. Fans like him because he is crazy, and he really is a good guy".

"This victory is important for our confidence, to ensure the idea that we are a good team. But I think that in the game, because Manchester United showed a great mental strength. In fact, United played better than us for 20 minutes." he concluded"

Manchester City demolished United 1-6 at the Old Trafford

2011-10-23T13:42:00.000-07:00

Mancini's side achieved a victory with no precedent. Manchester City crushed Manchester United 1-6 at the Old Trafford and gave Sir Alex Ferguson the "worst day of his career".

"Super Mario" Balotelli and Edin Dzeko netted two great goals each. Sergio Agüero and David Silva completed the historic win at United's home.

Darren Fletcher scored the only goal for the "Red Devils", and even though it was a brilliant one, that was not enough to avoid one of the most terrible loses in Manchester United's history.

Jonathan Evans saw the red card at the beginning of the second part and this fact helped Manchester City dominate the offensive actions.

Making history: Manchester City in FA Cup Final

2011-04-16T23:56:00.000-07:00

Yaya Toure is the new hero of Manchester City. The African star netted the only goal in their 1-0 win over Manchester United, and Mancini's team reached the FA Cup final. Now City has the chance to win a title for the first time in 35 years.

The game starte with favorite United dominating the actions. But Bervatov and Nani were not precise enough to score the opener, and the 0-0 remained until the second half. That's when David Silva, Toure and Adam Johnson became a constant nightmare for United's defensive line. After Toure's goal, Ferguson's team unleashed all their offensive weapons, even "Chicharito" Hernandez, but the score would not move again.

Mancini praised his team but remain focused in the main objective: the Cup title. "I'm happy for the fans and for us. But we should not waste this historical victory by losing the final" the coach said.

Tevez in negotiations with Inter?

2011-04-09T09:57:00.000-07:00

The popular Carlos Tevez might be looking forward to play in another club next season. According to many newspapers in Europe, the talented striker was in Milan this week, and met with people of Inter.

But the transfer would not be that easy. Besides the 9 million euros salary Tevez is asking for, Manchester City has some demandas: 40 million euros and Wesley Sneijder in exchange.

According to a Italian newspaper, Inter has interest in "Carlitos", but the operation is only in the first stage of negotiations.

David Silva lead Manchester City to a 5-0 win over Sunderland

2011-04-03T20:26:00.000-07:00

Manchester City reach the third position of the Premier League by crushing Sunderland with an amazing 5-0 win. Spanish playmaker David Silva was inspired enough to score a superb goal and help his team demolish the hopes of the "Black Cats".

Steve Bruce lined up Welbeck and Asamoah Gyan but the furious offensive of Roberto Mancini's team forced Sunderland to rethink their strategy. Adam Johnson scored the opener in the 9' minute and the game was then all for City.

The other goals were netted by Silva, Carlos Tevez, Yaya Toure and Patrick Vieira. And with this result, City steals the third position from Chelsea in the English Premier League.

Birmingham 2 - Manchester City 2: Tevez's team is still in the third place

2011-02-02T14:09:00.000-08:00

Carlos Tevez was eager to reach the victory against Birmingham, and his determination helped him score the opener in the 4th minute of the game. Most fans thought this would be an easy win, but it wasn't. The final 2-2 draw is not a terrible result, since Manchester City remains in the third spot, but it could have been better.

As we said, Tevez netted the first goal with a powerful right-foot shot after a precise pass of David Silva. But twenty minutes later, Birmingham scored the 1-1 thanks to Nikola Zigic.

Kolarov scored the 2-1 for City in 40'. But even when the second half was dominated by Mancini's team, it was Craig Gardner the one who scored the last goal, for Birmingham. The 2-2 would be the final score.

The Barclays Premier League table shows Manchester City in the third place with 46 points, right after Arsenal (49) and Manchester United (54).

Premier League: Manchester City ready to face important match against Birmingham City

2011-02-02T13:59:00.000-08:00

Manchester City visit Birmingham City with the obligation of defeating their rival or be left behind by Manchester United and Arsenal in the Barclays Premier League, and this because Ferguson's side beat Aston Villa and the Gunners defeated Everton on Tuesday.

The game will take place in St Andrews Stadium, and according to the coaches, the starting teams will be as follow:

Birmingham City: Foster, Carr, Johnson, Jiranek, Ridgewell, Bentley, Ferguson, Bowyer, Gardner, Jerome and Zigic.

Manchester City: Hart, Boateng, Richards, Kompany, Kolarov, Milner, De Jong, Barry, Silva, Tevez and Dzeko.

Adam Johnson out for three months due to an ankle injury

2011-02-02T13:11:00.000-08:00

Bad news for Mancini. The talented Manchester City's player Adam Johnson suffered an ankle injury during a regular training session and will be out for more than three months.

Mancini made the announcement online after their last game against Notts County, which finished with a 1-1 tie.

Johnson was hurt while playing a practice game on Thursday, and now doctors know that his injury is worse than first anticipated, meaning that the footballer will probably need to go under surgery to repair his ankle ligaments

The coach is considering to buy new players using the transfer window after discovering that Adam Johnson will be out of his team for a while.

City lost to Wolverhampton 2-1

2010-11-01T15:33:00.000-07:00

Everything seemed to be in favor of Manchester City on Saturday, even when Emmanuel Adebayor scored the opener against Wolverhampton in their last Premier League encounter. But just some minutes later, McCarthy's side equalised through Nenad Milijas and then Edwards netted the final 2-1 for the Wolves.

The result is even worst for Manchester City if we consider that this victory was Wolverhampton's first win since the opening day of the current season.

"We were better in the first fifteen minutes with several chances to score, but after that I don't know why, we did not play anymore. I'm sorry for the supporters" coach Mancini said after the game. Now his team is placed fourth in the Premier League table, behind Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea.

City of Manchester Stadium Wallpaper 2010

2010-11-01T15:10:00.000-07:00

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Arsenal beat City 3-0 and reached the second place of the Premier League table

2010-10-24T22:31:00.000-07:00

Arsenal got a clear 3-0 win over a ten-men Manchester City. Now there are three teams in the second spot, chasing Chelsea.

City needed to win in order to remain two points behind Chelsea. But when Dedryck Boyata was sent off, Arsenal took advantage of the situation.

In a really entertaining match, Arsenal netted three times thanks to Samir Nasri, Alex Song and Nicklas Bendtner.

Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City have 17 points each and are five points behind leader Chelsea.

Super Tevez crushes Wigan with a hat-trick

2010-03-29T16:32:00.001-07:00

Manchester City crushed Wigan with a stunning 3-0. Argentinian striker Carlos Tevez scored a remarkable hat-trick in the last 20 minutes.

With this result, Manchester City reached the 5th position of the Premier League and took Liverpool's place for European competitions

The clash between City and Wigan was a little bit boring but Tevez exploded at 72'. He netted again at 75' and 85'. He needed only thirteen minutes to prove his class.

Tevez is the third top-scorer of the Premier League with 19 goals. Only Wayne Rooney (26) and Didier Drogba (24) are above the Argentinian.

Adam Jonhson becomes a hero in the 1 - 1 draw between Manchester City and Sunderland

2010-03-14T23:33:00.001-07:00

Manchester City rescued a 1 -1 tie against Sunderland in the very last minute. Stadium of Light was the scenario for such a vibrating game that finished with an outstanding goal scored by Adam Johnson.

The talented Johnson was born in Sunderland, but he didn't hesitate to score that amazing goal to crash Sunderland's dreams of victory that started with Kenwyne Jones ninth minute header.

The match was really equilibrated for both sides. Tevez and Bellamy were a constant hazard for Sunderland, but they could not transform those efforts in a single goal.

Roberto Mancini expressed his thougths after the match: "I'm happy now because we scored in the last seconds of the encounter, but we could have scored five or six, we played a very good football in the second part".

"Adam is a good player, but is a young footballer. I think that in the future, he will be a good player for England, but now it's just a maybe" coach Mancini said when asked about Johnson's chances to be in South Africa.

Manchester City 2010 Squad

2010-02-16T20:03:00.000-08:00

Manchester City's squad is powerfull and equilibrated. Carlos Tevez and Shaun Wright Phillips are two of the most important stars of this team.

1 Shay Given (Goalkeeper) - Republic of Ireland
2 Micah Richards (Defender) - England
3 Wayne Bridge (Defender) - England
4 Nedum Onuoha (Defender) - England
5 Pablo Zabaleta (Defender) - Argentina
6 Michael Johnson (Midfielder) - England
7 Stephen Ireland (Midfielder) - Republic of Ireland
8 Shaun Wright-Phillips (Midfielder) - England
11 Adam Johnson (Midfielder) - England
12 Stuart Taylor (Goalkeeper) - England
14 Roque Santa Cruz (Striker) - Paraguay
15 Javier Garrido (Defender) - Spain
16 Sylvinho (Defender) - Brazil
17 Martin Petrov (Midfielder) - Bulgaria
18 Gareth Barry (Midfielder) - England
19 Joleon Lescott (Defender) - England
24 Patrick Vieira (Midfielder) - France
25 Emmanuel Adebayor (Striker) - Togo
28 Kolo Touré (captain) (Defender) - Côte d'Ivoire
32 Carlos Tévez (Striker) - Argentina
33 Vincent Kompany (Midfielder) - Belgium
34 Nigel de Jong (Midfielder) - Netherlands
37 Gunnar Nielsen (Goalkeeper) - Faroe Islands
39 Craig Bellamy (Striker) - Wales
44 Dedryck Boyata (Defender) - Belgium
45 Greg Cunningham (Defender) - Republic of Ireland
48 Abdisalam Ibrahim (Midfielder) - Somalia

Manchester City could not reach the victory against Hull City

2009-11-29T08:41:00.000-08:00

Shaun Wright-Phillips scored a good goal and made all City fans dream with the first victory in many games, but Hull City got a penalty kick in the last minutes. Jimmy Bullard scored the equaliser.

It's important to notice that Manchester City had a good performance in the first have, but Hull had many other chances to equalize the game before.

Coach Mark Hughes tried to keep calm with this result: “The key thing is that we are very much in the mix. Sometimes we look like a team that has been brought together just before the match, and some other times we look like we have strategies. However, owners understand. Once we start converting draws into victories we will be just fine.”

Tevez the best player in draw against Liverpool

2009-11-23T08:47:00.000-08:00

In a really tough match, Manchester City kept proving that they deserve to be part of the elite group of Premier League Clubs. The 2-2 tie againts Liverpool showed an extremely talented and dangerous team.

Carlos Tevez, the Argentinian talented Apache, didn't start the match, but his participation has important to get the auspicios result against Benitez' team.

Now, coach Mark Hughes needs to recover Robinho for the next game against Hull City. When the Brazilian can play alongside Tevez, the rest of the teams have a strong reason to fear City.

Experience the feeling of being part of this City

2009-11-23T08:39:00.000-08:00

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