Manchester City will look to return to the top of the Premier League and pile the pressure on title rivals Manchester United when they travel to Stoke on Saturday. Manchester City's Samir Nasri (2nd R) celebrates with teammates after scoring their second goal of the English Premier League match between Manchester City and Chelsea at The Etihad stadium in Manchester, Victory at the Britannia Stadium would put City two points in front of current leaders and reigning champions United, who are not in action again until they host Fulham at Old Trafford on Monday. However, for many fans attention will turn to the Reebok Stadium. Normally, a match between the relegation threatened Lancashire duo of Bolton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers would only be of local interest. But this will be Bolton's first match since Fabrice Muamba collapsed with a cardiac arrest during last week's subsequently abandoned FA Cup quarter-final at Tottenham. Bolton postponed Tuesday's scheduled league … [Read more...] about Man City eye return to Premier League top
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Man City bearing down on title as Premier League returns
The Premier League roars back into action this weekend for the season's home straight after a two-week hiatus for the final international break of the campaign. Pep Guardiola / AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOF STACHE With a maximum of eight games left, AFP Sport looks at what is still to be decided at both ends of the table. CITY'S TITLE TO LOSE Manchester City travel to Everton on Saturday looking to take the penultimate step towards a first Premier League title under Pep Guardiola and kick off a huge week in City's season in style. City lost 4-0 on their last visit to Goodison during a hugely disappointing first year under Guardiola but are a team transformed under the Catalan this season as they storm towards the title at a record-breaking pace. The runaway league leaders boast a 16-point lead over Manchester United and could seal the league in the sweetest fashion against their local rivals at the Etihad next weekend. However, Guardiola could have a daunting return to Liverpool at … [Read more...] about Man City bearing down on title as Premier League returns
Wenger hopes Arsenal build on Man City draw
Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez (left) vies for the ball with Man City’s Jesus Navas (right) during the English Premier League match Arsenal vs Manchester City in London, Britain, on Sunday. — EPA/VNA Photo Viet Nam News Football LONDON — Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger expressed hope his side’s 2-2 draw with Manchester City will represent a turning point after an extremely testing period in the club’s recent history. Criticism of Wenger from angry fans escalated during a run of four defeats in five Premier League games that saw the club slide out of the top four. But while uncertainty about his future continues to linger, he hopes Sunday’s battling performance against City will help the team move on. "Overall I felt it was a mental test and you could see the team was touched on the confidence front," he told his post-match press conference at the Emirates Stadium. "It will help us to rebuild confidence because the players felt that we showed … [Read more...] about Wenger hopes Arsenal build on Man City draw
Man City exhibition game with Vietnam to cost 1 million pounds
Manchester City will send their official formation to Vietnam for an exhibition game next month, but without Argentines Sergio Aguero and Pablo Zabaleta, the Vietnamese bank that will spend one million pounds on organizing the friendly said Monday. Manchester City will send their official formation to Vietnam for an exhibition game next month, but without Argentines Sergio Aguero and Pablo Zabaleta, the Vietnamese bank that will spend one million pounds on organizing the friendly said Monday. >> An audio version of the story is available here The English Premier League side have accepted the invitation to play a friendly with the Vietnamese national team by the Saigon Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB), chairman Do Quang Hien told reporters in Hanoi yesterday. Sixty-five members of the Premier League runners-up will have a three-day visit to Vietnam starting July 26, with the match kicking off in Hanoi on the second day, Hien said, citing an email he received from the … [Read more...] about Man City exhibition game with Vietnam to cost 1 million pounds
Man City to play friendly with Vietnam in July: organizer
Premier League side Manchester City are likely to play a friendly with the Vietnamese national squad in Hanoi next month, the chairman of the bank that has invited the English football (soccer) club said Sunday. The exhibition match is scheduled for July 27, “without a last-minute change” in the organizing plan, Do Quang Hien, chairman of the Saigon Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB), told Tuoi Tre(Youth) newspaper. SHB has been teaming up with Premier League runners-up Manchester City to issue the SHB-Manchester City Visa co-branded debit card for more than a year, according to the chairman. Hien thus banked on such a relationship to suggest that Manchester City add an exhibition game in Vietnam to their Australian tour planned for July, which the club agreed to, he said. Manchester City are expected to send their proposal to SHB and the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), the country’s football governing body, today, June 22, for the Vietnamese side to … [Read more...] about Man City to play friendly with Vietnam in July: organizer