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Tuesday, January 09, 2024
Full fixtures: FA Cup fourth round draw confirmed
The draw for the FA Cup fourth round was conducted on Monday night.
Holders Manchester City have been drawn away to Tottenham Hotspur. The Premier League champions have neither scored nor won a fixture at the ground since it was opened.
The lowest-ranked side left in the competition, Maidstone United, travel to Championship high-flyers Ipswich.
Chelsea host Aston Villa and Newcastle go to Fulham are two of six potentially six all-Premier League ties.
The games will be played across the weekend of January 27.
FA Cup fourth-round draw in full
Watford vs Southampton
Blackburn vs Wrexham
Bournemouth vs Swansea
West Brom vs Brentford or Wolves
West Ham or Bristol City vs Nottingham Forest or Blackpool
Leicester vs Hull or Birmingham
Sheffield Wednesday vs Coventry
Chelsea vs Aston Villa
Ipswich vs Maidstone United
Liverpool vs Norwich or Bristol Rovers
Tottenham vs Manchester City
Leeds vs Plymouth
Crystal Palace or Everton vs Luton or Bolton
Newport or Eastleigh vs Wigan or Manchester United
Sheffield United vs Brighton
Fulham vs Newcastle
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Wednesday, August 17, 2022
EPL: Gomez reveals who convinced him to join Manchester City
New Manchester City signing, Sergio Gomez has revealed that the club’s legend, Vincent Kompany, convinced him to sign for the Premier League champions.
Manchester City had on Tuesday announced the signing of Gomez from Anderlecht for £11million plus add-ons.
Gomez signed a four-year deal with Pep Guardiola’s side, having made 50 appearances for Anderlecht across all competitions last campaign.
“I talked to him [Kompany] a few days ago when I knew about City’s interest in signing me. He was very happy for me, he told me this would be a huge step in my career and that I was making the right decision by coming here.
“It was an honour [to play for him] because I was a City fan when I was a kid and Kompany was the captain. A role model for all of us,” the 21-year-old left-back said upon signing at the Etihad.
Dailypost
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Manchester City beat PSG in Champions League semi-final first leg
Riyad Mahrez curled in a free-kick as a much-improved second half performance saw Manchester City come from behind to beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 in the first leg of their blockbuster Champions League semi-final on Wednesday.
Marquinhos had powered in a header to give PSG an early lead and the deserved advantage at half-time at the Parc des Princes.
However, City skipper Kevin De Bruyne’s cross dropped in to pull City level just after the hour mark and Mahrez then beat Keylor Navas from a 71st-minute free-kick to complete the turnaround and give Pep Guardiola’s side the advantage going into next Tuesday’s return in Manchester.
After starting so well, PSG lost their way after half-time and had Idrissa Gana Gueye sent off in the 77th minute as a shocking tackle on Ilkay Gundogan earned the midfielder a straight red card.
Having already failed to win at home to Manchester United, Barcelona and Bayern in this season’s Champions League, the Parisians now face an uphill struggle in England if they are to reach the final for the second year running.
It is, then, first blood to Emirati-backed City against Qatar-owned PSG in a tie that is also a battle of competing Gulf nations.
After all the money pumped in by their owners from Abu Dhai, City are eyeing a first ever Champions League final, and this was their first appearance in the semi-finals since 2016, when they defeated PSG in the last eight before losing to Real Madrid.
However, PSG can still be optimistic about their prospects after sensational away performances against Barcelona and Bayern in the last two rounds.
PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino is hoping to once again get the better of Guardiola, just as he did when his Tottenham Hotspur side beat City in the quarter-finals in 2019.
– Game of two halves -The first leg started so well for the French club too, with Neymar in the mood and Angel Di Maria and Gueye especially impressive early on.
They went ahead in the 15th minute as Marquinhos broke away from the attentions of Gundogan to attack Di Maria’s right-wing delivery at the near post and head in.
The PSG captain was making his first appearance since coming off in the first leg of their quarter-final defeat of Bayern, a game in which he also scored.
Indeed for all the importance of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe to the Parisians, the Brazilian defender has now scored in both the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Champions League in back-to-back seasons.
It was not until the 42nd minute that the visitors really had a chance, Bernardo Silva teeing up Phil Foden for the shot that Navas saved.
PSG could have doubled their lead early in the second half, but the stretching Marco Verratti was just unable to connect with Mbappe’s low ball across the face of goal.
By then the pendulum was swinging towards City, as De Bruyne sent a powerful overhead kick just over the bar.
The equaliser arrived in the 64th minute. When a corner from the right was played short, the ball came all the way to De Bruyne, in line with the left edge of the box.
The Belgian looked up and bent in a cross which missed everyone including Navas as it nestled in the far corner.
The visitors had the momentum and won a free-kick 25 metres from goal with 20 minutes left when Gueye fouled Foden.
Mahrez, born and brought up in the Paris suburbs, curled a low strike from 25 metres through the wall and beyond the reach of Navas.
Things got worse for the home side soon after as Gueye was dismissed by German referee Felix Brych for a nasty challenge that caught Gundogan on the Achilles.
City saw out the game against the 10 men to take the advantage into the return.
A first Champions League final is in sight for Guardiola’s side, who could also wrap up the Premier League title this weekend.
AFP
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
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Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Manchester City give condition for signing Messi from Barcelona
Manchester City are exploring the possibility of signing Lionel Messi from Barcelona, ESPN reports.
However, the former Premier League champions will only make a bid, if they will not breach Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.
City also need Barca to agree to sell their prized assets before making a move.
But City continue to keep an eye on the situation, after the 32-year-old admitted he could leave.
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Barcelona endured a miserable season under managers Ernesto Valverde and Quique Setien, which ended in an 8-2 thrashing in the Champions League, as they finished a season trophyless for the first time since 2008.
It led to the sacking of Setien, who has been replaced by Ronald Koeman, with the future of many players up in the air. Dailypost
Monday, March 09, 2020
Manchester City to sell Aguero this summer
The Sun says City will let Aguero leave if their two-year Champions League ban is upheld.
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The club are taking their fight to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after being found guilty by UEFA of breaching financial fair play rules.
After this season, Aguero will enter the final year of his contract at the Etihad, and the publication says he will be treated as a special case – although there is no suggestion the 31-year-old Argentine wants to leave City. The Sun
Thursday, September 05, 2019
Sports: Manchester City thank Nigerians for successful trophy show
English champions, Manchester City have described their recent trophy tour of Nigeria as a big success, saying they were thrilled by the enthusiasm shown by the fans during the programme.
The leader of the delegation, and Head of Marketing at City, Tom Boyle said he was happy to know that the club have a huge fan base in Nigeria and promised they encourage such visits in the years to come.
Speaking during the public display of the silverwares won by the club last season during the tour sponsored by sports betting company, Marathonbet, Boyle said, “It was a wonderful experience to have been here and out take-back is that Manchester City will continue to win laurels in order to project for future trophy show as we have done now.”
The Manchester City trophy tour of Lagos was part of the global tour by the club to 15 countries, including Nigeria.
According to the club, the intention was to bring the teeming fans of the club nearer to the trophies it achieved last season.
Explaining why they chose to partner with Manchester City, Marathonbet’s Country Manager, Tayo Atoloye, said, “We are the best price in the market and our collaboration with Manchester City trophy tour was a unique way to bring teeming football enthusiasts and our customers closer to the Silverwares won by this great club last season.”
“Our full operation in Nigeria will commence soon and we intend to operate on all channels with the hope to ensure that sports betting engagement would be more entertaining and rewarding and hopefully before the end of the year, our operation will take full shape.”(Dailypost)
Monday, May 20, 2019
Manchester City Captain Vincent Kompany set to leave
Friday, March 01, 2019
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Sunday, February 17, 2019
Sports: Guardiola admits he is the reason Mahrez is yet to play at Manchester City
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