David Moyes gave a first start to exciting Manchester United winger Adnan Januzaj at Sunderland and was rewarded with three points when it seemed like the home side would inflict another blow on United’s troubled start to the season. “I remember giving Wayne Rooney and Ross Barkley their debuts and Adnan is certainly in that […]
Premier League
City bounce back with victory over Everton
MANCHESTER CITY 3, EVERTON 1 Everton were never going to be a pushover at the end of a week when City had been mauled by Bayern Munich but both teams competed in a highly entertaining match with the home side ending Everton’s unbeaten record thanks to goals by Alvaro Negredo, Sergio Aguero and an own […]
City fall to Lambert master-plan
ASTON VILLA 3, MANCHESTER CITY 2 “We played really well but it’s incredible the way we lost this game.” said Manuel Pellegrini of City’s bizarre defeat at Villa Park today in which Aston Villa clawed back a City lead twice and then won it with a third goal. It would have been easy to predict […]
Baggies pile on the misery for Moyes
Manchester United 1, West Brom 2 The stats wizards were doing overtime after David Moyes’ first defeat at Old Trafford as Manchester United manager, and this was against a team known for getting five managers the sack in the last three years after defeats against them. There is no prospect of the United board acting […]
City show class of champions
MAN CITY 4, MAN UNITED 1 Champions Manchester United were comprehensively outplayed by their neighbours who produced a dazzling display which suggested the Premier League title will soon be heading from Old Trafford to the Etihad Stadium. It was an embarrassingly one-sided derby in which new manager Manuel Pellegrini’s new-look side dismantled United with […]