BAYER LEVERKUSEN 0, MANCHESTER UNITED 5 Wayne Rooney was in devastating form providing assists for four goals in what turned out to be an easy romp for Manchester United away to Leverkusen. With Robin Van Persie still injured he was ably partnered by Shinji Kagawa who pulled the strings in his favoured number 10 role […]
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Big hitters save City’s blushes
MAN CITY 4, VIKTORIA PLZEN 2 Manchester City made hard work of beating Czech whipping boys Viktoria Plzen to keep alive their slender hopes of finishing top of Champions League Group D. On a night when under-fire Joe Hart returned in goal and manager Manuel Pellegrini rang the changes, City laboured to beat opponents […]
City kids top U19 group
MANCHESTER CITY U19 3, VIKTORIA PLZEN U19 1 City got their UEFA Youth League campaign back on track with a 3-0 victory against visitors Viktoria Plzen that sent them back to joint top position of Group D. Captained by Shay Facey in the continued absence of Marcos Lopes, the home side were never troubled by […]
Hart will start against Viktoria Plzen
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini confirmed that Joe Hart will start in Wednesday’s Champions’ League tie against Viktoria Plzen at the Etihad. The Chilean will look to Hart to continue his form following last week’s England game against Germany at Wembley and has chosen to test his ‘keeper against the Czech Republic team. City have […]
United draw blank away to Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad 0, Manchester United 0 Marouane Fellaini was sent off and Robin Van Persie missed a soft penalty awarded for what appeared to be a dive by Ashley Young as United missed a chance to take a giant stride towards qualification for the knockout phase of the Champions League. Moyes complained about the decisions […]