Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley will be out for a month after suffering ankle ligament damage in yesterday’s 5-0 win at Bolton Wanderers. It had been thought that the injury, sustained in a challenge by Bolton captain Kevin Davies, was a fracture but a scan subsequently revealed only ligament damage. Cleverley will now miss England’s final Euro 2012 […]
Manchester United
Rooney revels in record-breaking start
BOLTON WANDERERS 0, MANCHESTER UNITED 5 It is proving difficult to find new superlatives to describe Manchester United’s record-breaking start to their Premier League campaign. The Reds recorded their fourth successive victory as they maintained their 100-per-cent start to the season in the most emphatic manner. Many of the Premier League big guns have slipped […]
Hargreaves signs for City
It was possibly the surprise deal of the August transfer window but the signing of former United midfielder Owen Hargreaves by Roberto Mancini following an extensive medical represents either an astute bit of business by the Italian or a mistaken purchase. Injury-prone Hargreaves convinced City he was fit enough to earn a 1 year deal […]
United pile on misery for Wenger
MAN UNITED 8, ARSENAL 2 It was an amazing afternoon as Manchester United put eight goals past Arsenal, one of their biggest Barclays Premier League rivals. Under-fire Gunners manager Arsene Wenger could only watch in disbelief as his team could conceivably have lost by an even bigger margin such was the superiority of the Red […]
Champions League draw 2011-2012
Manchester City’s first season back in Europe’s premier football competition since the 1968-69 season saw them handed a tough draw against Bayern Munich, Villareal and Napoli. By contrast, Manchester United were drawn against Benfica, Basel and Otelul Galati of Romania. While Sir Alex Ferguson may be happy with what seems to be a kinder draw […]