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Match Report: City Rely on Unstoppable Agüero to Save Point at QPR

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Match Report: City Rely on Unstoppable Agüero to Save Point at QPR For just the second time this season, Manchester City started with a centre-back pairing of Martín Demichelis and Eliaquim Mangala, with captain and key defender Vincent Kompany missing the trip to QPR through injur. The lack of leadership and composure at the back was telling. After a disapp...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips There are plenty of games to look forward to this weekend across the Premier League, Serie A and the Bundesliga, including the Manchester derby, Napoli-Roma and Der Klassiker in Germany. Each of those games could have consequences in their respective title races, and in each one there will be a team...

Player Focus: 'Manager's Dream' Milner Proving his Worth to Manchester City

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Player Focus: 'Manager's Dream' Milner Proving his Worth to Manchester City Although Robin van Persie's last-gasp leveller against Chelsea this weekend may have ensured that the title race will roll on for some time yet, the task ahead for Manchester City became an unenviable one after defeat at West Ham.The real story of the game itself was undoubtedly just how far the Ham...

Match Report: Unlikely Top Four Clash Sees Big Sam Come Out on Top

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Match Report: Unlikely Top Four Clash Sees Big Sam Come Out on Top As Sam Allardyce walked into his post-match press conference after Saturday’s lunch time match, he looked like the cat that got the cream — and for good reason. Allardyce’s side not only took three points from the champions, but did so in style. Allardyce declared that it was a &ld...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips As we return from the international break this is one of those very rare weeks in which there is not really any direct encounters between clubs at top of the table in any of Europe's top 5 leagues. In the Premier League City host Tottenham but Spurs still haven't shown any signs of leadership, while...

Player Focus: Fernandinho Not Offering Enough Protection to City's Title Defence

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Player Focus: Fernandinho Not Offering Enough Protection to City's Title Defence Five points adrift of table-toppers Chelsea, it's fair to say that Manchester City's start to the season has been a little sluggish, despite holding the second spot in the league going into the international break.Their forwards have begun the season well enough, with Dzeko, Jovetic and Aguero notch...

Match Report: Milner is Unlikely Star as Lampard Breaks Chelsea Hearts

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Match Report: Milner is Unlikely Star as Lampard Breaks Chelsea Hearts After a number of surprising results throughout the Premier League this weekend, the much anticipated clash between Manchester City and Chelsea played out as the most predictable result - with each team seeing just a point for their efforts.City and Chelsea each faced difficult German opponents in t...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Despite it still being so early in the season, there are two games this weekend that could decisive come May. But while Manchester City against Chelsea was always going to be a tie-breaker in the title race, it is something of a surprise to be referring to Milan vs Juventus in relation to the fight ...

Match Report: Wilshere Stars in the Thick of Arsenal-City Scrap

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Match Report: Wilshere Stars in the Thick of Arsenal-City Scrap It was a case of the good outweighing the bad and the ugly from Jack Wilshere, as he starred in a blood and thunder draw with reigning champions City at the Emirates.The intensity of the game certainly appeared to get to the England international for moments of the first half in particular, with the...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Odds are flying high this weekend. You know there is a treat in store when one of the scheduled games is a replay of last season's Champions League final, not to mention that it is also the Madrid derby. As if that isn't enough, there is also Arsenal against Manchester City which is the first pro...