When Steven Gerrard was sacked in October, the only goals were scored to keep Villa out of the relegation zone. Five months later, they became a club transformed under Unai Emery. Bournemouth were easily dispatched 3-0 at Villa Park on Saturday for a third win in four games for Emery’s men. Indeed, only four teams […]
There was a sense of excitement at the final whistle with spring in the air in north London, with Arsenal now assured of an eight-point lead heading into April as the season halts briefly for England’s Euro 2024 qualifiers against Italy and Ukraine. “Very happy, we needed that win and as I always say, we […]
United were a different side after the break, Lisandro Martínez hitting the crossbar with a header in the 49th minute and Rashford going close after another run as Leicester lost their composure. England international Rashford scored his second in the 56th minute, cutting into the box from the left and registering his 14th league goal […]
Title race swings again as Arsenal win, Man City slip
But as critics sharpened their knives, Guardiola saw signs in training ahead of his seismic performance at Arsenal that his team was about to have its say in the doubters. Guardiola said, “When we were second in the table, we were always there. But we had the feeling that we needed a little more. This […]
Arsenal equalized in the 40th minute, however, when City keeper Ederson was penalized for a foul on Eddie Nketiah and Bukayo Saka scored a penalty. City were much better after the break and Grealish fired in his third league goal of the season in the 72nd minute before Haaland, an injury doubt ahead of the […]
Title holders City will draw inspiration from last month’s FA Cup win over the London club, which they won 1-0 at home. “So far, they are the best team in the Premier League,” Guardiola told a news conference on Tuesday. “We felt it a couple of weeks ago (in the FA Cup). The commitment, they […]
Manchester City produced a defiant response to the Premier League’s charge sheet as they closed to within three points of leaders Arsenal after beating Aston Villa 3-1 on Sunday. Goals from Rodri, Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez put the result beyond doubt at half-time as City got back on track after last weekend’s defeat at […]
Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho added a third in stoppage time of the first half to increase Leicester’s lead, the timing of that strike ending Spurs’ hopes of gaining anything from the contest. The visitors offered little in attack after the break, with Harvey Barnes adding a fine fourth nine minutes from time, securing Leicester a […]
Guardiola said, “With Erling, one feature that surprised me the most is how he knows he can improve in many departments.” “And I’m pretty sure maybe looking at Harry Kane, but not necessarily Harry, the other players too, he has the will to think, ‘I can do better.’ With his age, this is the best […]
Relegation-threatened Bournemouth brought in Ukraine defender Ilya Zabarny from Dynamo Kyiv for a reported fee of around £24million before Sassuolo and Ivory Coast midfielder Hamed Traore made their sixth signing of the month. Nottingham Forest continued their dramatic overhaul of their squad since they won promotion last year, signing Atletico Madrid defender Felipe and Newcastle […]
Man City knock Arsenal out of FA Cup with AK strike
Perron is currently playing in the Under-20 South American Championship and will be joined at City by compatriot and World Cup winner Julian Alvarez, who arrived in Manchester last year. City are second in the Premier League, five points behind Arsenal, having played a game more than the London side, whom they play in the […]
Haaland broke former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record of being the fastest player to four Premier League hat-tricks. Four of Haaland’s came in 19 games, to Van Nistelrooy’s 65. City won from there as they closed the gap on league leaders Arsenal to two points, but the Gunners have two games in hand, […]
“We can’t deny how happy we are but we are far from the team we were,” Guardiola said. “I want feedback from the whole club, not just from the players. We are a happy flower organisation. I don’t want to be, I want to beat Arsenal. If we play like this Arsenal will ruin us.” […]