Manchester City’s return to glory 2009-10 campaign has officially ground to a halt. Four successive draws coupled with some unattractive football have the critics coming out for Mark Hughes. But in a Premiership season that has been more competitive at the top than any in recent memory, City’s consistent draws away from home have left the side [...]

Viewed within the context of the pathetic recent history of City in the League Cup, this year’s run and especially tonight’s victory are remarkable. Also from a squad building perspective this was an important match. Tonight saw Roque Santa Cruz open his Manchester City account, Sylvinhio get a run out, Vladimir Weiss play a key [...]

For all the active discussion of how intense the Manchester Derby is, it is the third top flight club from Greater Manchester that has given City the greatest fits over the past five seasons. Today was no different, as Pablo Zabeletta’s sending off for a reckless foul after a strange yellow in the first half, [...]

Garreth Barry was greeted with boos as the teams took the pitch at Villa Park, while longtime City skipper Richard Dunne looked unfamiliar in claret and blue. Villa got off to a flying start testing the city defense early. This eventually led to a great goal in the air, from guess who? Richard Dunne, who [...]

Carlos Tevez feels differently about West Ham than he does Manchester United. After scoring his Premiership goal for City against one of his former clubs, the Argentine apologized openly to the West Ham fans, something he was unlikely to do had he scored last week at Old Trafford. Tevez, it is recalled almost single handily [...]