Yaya Toure has been named the CAF (Confederation of African Football) player of the year for the third time running. The award was voted on by African national team head coaches or technical directors and Toure, 30, picked up his award in Lagos, Nigeria today. Toure beat Ivorian team-mate Didier Drogba and Chelsea and Nigeria […]
City six-hitters have Wembley in sights
MAN CITY 6, WEST HAM 0 Alvaro Negredo’s second hat trick of the season has almost certainly guaranteed Manchester City a place at Wembley as they chase their first piece of silverware under new manager Manuel Pellegrini. It will take the mother of all comebacks from West Ham to overturn this hefty deficit in […]
Sunderland make it three defeats in a row for United
SUNDERLAND 2, MANCHESTER UNITED 1 (Capital One Cup Semi Final 1st Leg) Sunderland held out for a famous victory over Manchester United, their first in 13 years, as David Moyes’ side stumbled from one failure to another. United were just the latest high profile scalp that the Black Cats have seized at The Stadium of […]
Navas ruled out of Capital One Cup semi final against West Ham
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini ruled out Jesus Navas, Stevan Jovetic, Sergio Aguero and Jack Rodwell from the squad to play against West Ham tomorrow. Dedryck Boyata is suspended after being sent off at the weekend at Blackburn Rovers. “Navas received a kick in the knee but it’s nothing important, he won’t play tomorrow as […]
FA Cup shock for Moyes’ men
MAN UNITED 1, SWANSEA CITY 2 Manchester United’s troubled start to 2014 continued as they lost to Swansea City at Old Trafford in the third round of the FA Cup with Budweiser. After the New Year’s Day home defeat against Tottenham, this was another hugely disappointing display from the Reds who exited at this stage […]