MAN CITY 2, SHAKHTAR DONETSK 0 Pep Guardiola praised his side’s “maturity” as Manchester City maintained their 100-per-cent Champions League record, though they were given a tough examination by Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk. City’s second game in group F was far from a formality at the Etihad where Shakhtar produced an impressive display in the goalless […]
Oldham Athletic sack club legend John Sheridan as manager
John Sheridan has been sacked as Oldham Athletic manager following a miserable start to the season. The club legend, who had saved the club from relegation in each of the last two seasons, paid the price for only one win in their first 11 league and cup games. In each of the last two seasons, […]
Heavy Rotherham United defeat end of the road for Oldham Athletic manager John Sheridan
ROTHERHAM 5, OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1 Oldham Athletic suffered a dramatic late collapse in their Sky Bet League One defeat at Rotherham United that proved to be manager John Sheridan’s death knell. Latics, who looked set to pick up a valuable point at the New York Stadium, went down after conceding four goals in the last […]
Goals are food and drink for table-topping Manchester City as Crystal Palace are swept aside
MAN CITY 5, CRYSTAL PALACE 0 Manchester City’s unquenchable thirst for goals saw them thrash Crystal Palace to claim outright hold of top spot in the Premier League. Pep Guardiola’s side, that had been joint first with their Old Trafford neighbours, has now found the net 27 times in eight competitive games as they remain […]
Wayne Rooney’s losing return to Old Trafford as Manchester United beat Everton
MAN UTD 4, EVERTON 0 Three late goals gave Manchester United a flattering margin of victory over Everton on the day Wayne Rooney returned to Old Trafford. It looked as though Antonio Valencia’s wonder early strike would be all that separated two evenly-matched teams. But once Henrikh Mkhitaryan added a second goal the floodgates opened […]