«He was manager of Stoke as Roberto Mancini's
City side won their first trophy in 35 years in the 2011 FA Cup final.
Not since the Blues posted a 4 - 0 win over Woolwich Arsenal 106 years ago has
a City side won so comprehensively in this fixture.
Not exact matches
Lukaku scored on both the 13th and 39th minute for Belgium before Chelsea's striker Michy Batshuayi (currently on loan at Borussia Dortmund) and Manchester
City star Kevin De Bruyne scored in the second - half to seal a 4 - 0
win for Roberto Martinez's
side.
Hull
City are set to
win the scramble of mid-table Premier League
sides to secure the signature of young winger Thomas Ince, who had turned down the opportunity to sign for Serie A giants Inter Milan, according to reports from the Mail.
Perhaps he knows something we don't about the Man United line - up ahead of their match against Hull
City, a match that if Phil Brown's
side wins means that whatever Shearer's team does they are as good as down unless Sunderland also fail to get anything at home to Chelsea.
The
win meant that United's fierce rivals Man
City were crowned champions, a accolade United snatched away from Pep Guardiola's
side when they beat them 3 - 2 at the Etihad Stadium last week.
Hull
City have
won just one of their last 14 Premier League fixtures and now sit in 18th spot and Bruce could well do with January captures who could help his
side extricate themselves from the position they find themselves in.
Although it is often a criticism aimed at Arsene Wenger himself, if there's something Louis van Gaal can learn at the moment it is to mirror the approach by the Arsenal manager in his
side's hugely impressive 2 - 0
win at Manchester
City last weekend.
Mouirnho will be eager to record a
win following his
sides disappointing derby defeat to Manchester
City last weekend.
Whoever it was was talking about the upcoming Manchester derby and having talked about Chelsea's problems, they said that the game between Man United and Man
City was between the two
sides that could now go on to
win the title.
Stellar triumphs away to Manchester
City and at home to Liverpool, either
side of the FA Cup quarter - final
win at Manchester United, point to a new - found resilience in the big matches, in stark contrast to the infamous 6 - 0 loss at Chelsea, 6 - 3 at
City and, going back a few more years, the 8 - 2 Old Trafford mauling.
Goalkeeper, centre back and please, an athletic, ball
winning defensive midfielder.With The the spine In place we can revert to a Back four like all the top
sides e.g. Barca, Real Madrid Man
City etc..
Indeed, Guardiola can overtake two of his old
sides in the history books if
City win their next five league matches, with his Barcelona
side of 2010/11
winning 16 in a row in La Liga, and his Bayern Munich
side of 2013/14
winning 19 consecutive Bundesliga games.
Arsene Wenger brought an end to a lengthy silverware drought when his
side defeated Hull
City to
win the FA Cup in May but the lack of major success over the past decade has certainly led to a fair amount of the Arsenal faithful demanding the former AS Monaco manager step down or be axed.
Spurs are ten points ahead of their rivals now as they
won at Stoke
City, and Cahill feels they're too good a
side to let such a convincing lead slip.
Aston Villa
won 1 - 0 at Anfield this weekend, while Rodgers»
side were also well beaten at Manchester
City in August, and the Merseyside giants are now ready to enter the transfer market again to strengthen in the defensive areas in particular.
Man
City are eight points above Man Utd, and so a
win for Pep Guardiola's
side at Old Trafford could be absolutely crucial in moving a step closer to securing the Premier League title.
In a lone striker role, Manchester
City's Edin Dzeko stole the show upfront this weekend with two superb goals for his
side as they came away with a 4 - 2
win away to Hull
City.
Meanwhile, this is arguably Guardiola's toughest test to date, as although he'll have plenty of money to throw at
City's problems, he hasn't been forced to pick up the pieces at a
side that have fallen so far below expectations without world - class collective talent at his disposal in a league that ultimately one of two teams can
win.
Over at Windy
City Gridiron, they talk about how history is on their
side, given the most recent Super Bowls and the late - entry teams that played in them (and
won them).
For Chelsea, this
win will come as a big boost, as it gives Conte's
side a massive lift going into their match against Manchester
City this weekend.
For Hull
City, Steve Bruce is looking for his
sides third successive Premier League
win as the Tigers attempt to steer clear from relegation.
Wilshere came off the bench for his debut, and helped to turn a 0 - 0 stalemate into a 1 - 0
win, before starting the following two matches, where he was helpless in stopping Manchester
City from earning a 4 - 0
win, but then played a key role in a 1 - 0
win over an in - form Everton
side.
A determined performance from the English
side saw them hold their French opponents at bay, while a huge goal from Kevin De Bruyne gave them a 1 - 0
win in the match and a 3 - 2
win in the tie, upsetting the odds and earning
City a berth in the semifinal for the first time in their history.
The 52 year old took over at the
City Ground last July but his
side sits in mid-table in the Championship after a run of just one
win in their last eleven games in all competitions, albeit that coming in a last gasp
win against near neighbours Derby County.
English
sides have still put together respectable European campaigns, of course: United reached the final in» 10 - 11 and the semis in» 13 - 14,
City reached the semis in» 15 - 16, and Chelsea
won the whole shebang in 2012.
Pochettino's
side did manage to topple Premier League leaders Manchester
City at White Hart Lane today ending their six game
win streak.
With Chelsea and Manchester
City both knocked out of the competition the Mancunian
side have a genuine chance at
winning the competition.
Man
City lost 2 - 1 to Ukrainian
side Shakthar Donetsk tonight as Pep Guardiola saw his
side's 20 - game
winning streak come to an end in the Champions League.
Lionel Messi recorded his 37th Barcelona hat - trick as he helped his
side to a 4 - 0
win over Manchester
City in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
Manchester
City have been linked with several quality players recently with Manuel Pellegrini looking to build a
side that is capable of
winning the Champions League.
Man
City winger Leroy Sane was showered with praise following his performance in his
side's 3 - 1
win over Newcastle in the Premier League this evening
The Black Cats failed to build on a 2 - 0
win over Hull
City when they faced Swansea
City on Saturday, as the Welsh
side secured a comfortable
win to ensure their Premier League survival.
Guardiola ruined that heynces
side that
won the treble, they played some of the best football I've seen and pep ruined it with his tiki taka,
won't be long before he's exposed at
city for the fraud he is.
Spurs, who beat Bournemouth 5 - 1 and 3 - 0 last term, are the only
side yet to lose in this season's Prem, although they start the weekend behind Manchester
City and Arsenal in the league table on account of
winning fewer matches.
Manchester
City's 4 - 1
win over Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium looked comfortable — but Manuel Pellegrini and his
side had Joe Hart to thank for that, the England «keeper saving a penalty and making other crucial stops.
we drew the game against a Man
City side we dominated who had no Yaya Toure no Fernando no Stefan Jovetic, if a draw is awesome that explains why Arsenal are far away from
winning the title the fans accept a draw in a game we should have
won!
A 3 - 0
win over Reading stopped the rot, though they were then beaten 3 - 1 by Manchester United at Old Trafford, still they followed that up with a 1 - 0 away
win at Southampton, and then even more impressively with a surprise 1 - 0
win at home to Manchester
City, with none other than Adam Johnson scoring the winner against the
side he left in the summer.
Manchester
City claimed the first major trophy of the season as Pep Guardiola's
side comfortably beat Arsenal 3 - 0 at Wembley to
win the League Cup.
Cazorla was mostly a winger or an attacking midfielder but Wenger moved him to the central midfield, and his influence in any Arsenal game is so vital nowadays that him missing in the
side is believed to have lost Arsenal the Title in 2015/16 season
won by Leicester
City.
Arsenal star Mesut Ozil celebrated his 28th birthday by scoring a splendid volley in the 3 - 2
win over Swansea
City to take his
side joint top of the Premier League table alongside Manchester
City.
Before the international break, Jurgen Klopp's
side lost their first game 2 - 1 at the hands of Crystal Palace — their first defeat since the German coach replaced Brendan Rodgers in October — and will have been desperate to return to
winning ways against
City.
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The Gunners
won the FA Cup last season with a 3 - 2 victory over Hull
City at Wembley in May and, whilst Wenger stressed the chaotic nature of the tournament following the Brighton
win, he also admitted that his
side are now amongst the most hotly tipped:
Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has hailed his
side's performance to
win 2 - 0 away at Manchester
City in January, hinting that it is a statement about their Premier League title credentials this season.
It was another disappointing weekend in the Premier League for arsenal and the other
sides hoping to chase down the current league leaders and pip them to the title, as Chelsea
won quite comfortably away to the reigning Champions Leciester
City, and that was despite our hopes that the row between Costa and Conte that kept their main striker out of the squad might have a negative impact.
The only
winning team in the
city is Chelsea, so I don't even think the biggest of spin doctors could find the up -
side.
It was our 3rd string DM chamberlain had to be a 5th string CM, we were missing sanchez, cazorla, coquelin, ozil against a very good stoke
side where we haven't
won in 5 games and who have beaten
city and United at home.
While a point from any away game against a big EPL rival is a decent result, a
win would do our top four challenge the power of good and with Jurgen Klopp under pressure after his faltering Reds lost away to relegation threatened Leicester
City on Monday, Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal
side might just be looking to pile the pressure on.
Our north London rivals Tottenham will be facing a Man
City side that will be desperate to get back to
winning ways after their loss against Leicester and after Man United conceded that late equaliser to Chelsea on Sunday, the current top four are, realistically, the four clubs that could
win the title this season.