by Jonathan Wilson | Dec 11, 2016 | Sports
Manchester City have kept two clean sheets all season. Liverpool have kept three. Both sides may have come out of last weekend lamenting defeats that have allowed Chelsea to open a small gap at the top of the table but it could be argued that with defences like they...
by Sid Lowe | Oct 26, 2016 | Sports
There was no sign of Lionel Messi’s mate. The first time he met Sergio Agüero, they were teenagers, brought together in the Netherlands more than a decade ago. Sitting at a table in a dining room, Agüero looked at the kid opposite him, no idea who he was. “What’s your...
by Alfredo Spalla | Sep 27, 2016 | Sports
São Paulo – No one wants to be told off by their mother and Gabriel Jesus is no different. The Brazilian wonderkid, who signed for Manchester City in the summer for £27m and will join the Premier League leaders in January, has the potential to become one of the...
by Sid Lowe | Sep 26, 2016 | Sports
Andrés Iniesta says he heard the silence and knew that all he had to do was wait for Isaac Newton. The ball sat up; gravity would bring it down again and, when it did, he would score. It was the 116th minute in Johannesburg and he did score, running to the corner and...
by Daniel Taylor | Aug 30, 2016 | Sports
By now it is just becoming a standard part of the calendar for Manchester City, greeted with the familiar rolling of eyes and complaints behind the scenes that they feel cursed. This is the sixth season they have appeared in the Champions League and once again they...
