MAN CITY 3, BARCELONA 1 Manchester City delivered a statement that they are now one of Europe’s big hitters following their victory against Barcelona. After five successive Champions League defeats against the Catalans, including a 4-0 loss at the Nou Camp 13 days earlier, they finally banished the painful memories from past encounters. City also […]
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Turkish delight as Manchester United beat Fenerbahce 4-1 in Europa League
MAN UNITED 4, FENERBAHCE 1 Manchester United scored four goals in an enthralling 17-minute spell against Turkish team Fenerbahce to leap from third to first place in their Europa League group. Two penalties from Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial – amazingly netted less than three minutes apart – broke the deadlock. They were followed by […]
Manchester United get lucky break to scrape a 1-0 Europa League victory against FC Zorya Luhansk
MAN UNITED 1, FC ZORYA LUHANSK 0 Zlatan Ibrahimovic spared Manchester United the embarrassment of a second successive slip-up in the Europa League. The Swede scored the only goal of the game as the Reds limped to victory against FC Zorya Luhansk at Old Trafford. Zorya, the team that is second in the Ukrainian Premier […]
Lacklustre Manchester United sunk by organised Feyenoord side
FEYENOORD 1, MANCHESTER UNITED 0 (EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP A) Jose Mourinho makes eight changes from side that lost at home to Manchester City in the derby last weekend Wayne Rooney left out of the squad – rested Tonny Vilhena strike wins it for Feyenoord despite suspicion of offside in the build-up The Reds will hope […]
Manchester City were held to a home goalless draw by Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League semi final
MAN CITY 0, REAL MADRID 0 Manchester City escaped with a goalless draw to keep alive their hopes of a first-ever place in the final of the Champions League. The semi-final against Real Madrid remains alive after City survived a second-half onslaught from the Spaniards. Just think what might have happened had Cristiano Ronaldo not […]