Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne admits he is wary of the threat Liverpool will pose this season after a positive summer in the transfer market for Jurgen Klopp’s side. Liverpool completed four new signings over the summer, spending just £160 million to bring all of Alisson, Naby Keita, Xherdan Shaqiri and Fabinho to Anfield. City …
Ilkay Gundogan says he is ready to step up to the plate after Kevin De Bruyne suffered a knee injury in training. De Bruyne missed 12 games in 2016 with an injury right knee, and while the extent of his latest knock his not yet known – there are fears the Belgian could have suffered a …
Former Arsenal and England striker Ian Wright believes Manchester City will face competition from Liverpool for the Premier League title this season. City strolled to the title last term in record fashion, ending the season with a century of points having won 32 of their 38 top flight games. The Cityzens closest rivals were Manchester …
Pep Guardiola has hinted a number of the club’s youngsters will feature in Sunday’s Community Shield tie against Chelsea. A host of City’s young stars have starred in pre-season – including in the 3-2 win over Bayern Munich were Guardiola fielded no less than six teenagers in his starting line-up. The likes of Phil Foden, …
Spain and Barcelona legend David Villa has backed Manchester City to retain the Premier League title. Villa, 36, played under City boss Pep Guardiola during his time with Barcelona, winning both the La Liga and Champions League titles in 2010/11, and the Copa Del Rey the following year. Now with City’s sister club, New York …
Ex-Manchester City star Craig Bellamy has backed his former side to retain their Premier League title next season. City were the runaway Champions last season, as they finished top of the table with a record century of points and having lost only two top flight games all year. And Bellamy – who spent two seasons …
Joe Hart has been named as a shock inclusion in Manchester City’s pre-season squad for their tour of America. The 31-year-old was named alongside Claudio Bravo as one of two keepers of Pep Guardiola’s squad, with regular number one Ederson not yet having returned to training following his time with Brazil at the World Cup. …
Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs believes Manchester City still have the edge over his former side going into next season. City were runaway Premier League champions last term, beating second place United by an huge 19 points. However no manager since Sir Alex Ferguson in 2007-2009 has successfully defended the Premier League title, with different …
Kevin De Bruyne has sent a stern warning to Belgium team-mate Eden Hazard ahead of his country’s opening World Cup fixture next Monday evening. Belgium thrashed Costa Rica 4-1 in their final warm-up game before the tournament on Monday, thanks to goals from Dries Mertens, Romelu Lukaku (2) and Michy Batshuayi. However Roberto Martinez’s suffered …
Lionel Messi says he expects both Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva to shine at this summer’s World Cup. The Barcelona forward is travelling to Russia as part of Jorge Sampaoli’s 23-man Argentina squad, and hopes to lift the trophy at the fourth time of asking having lost in the final four years ago to Germany. …
Manchester City fans have been left stunned by the news that Leroy Sane has missed out on a place at the World Cup. Sane was not named in Joachim Low’s final 23-man squad for this summer’s tournament in Russia, being one of four to be dropped from the defending champion’s provisional squad. Bayer Leverkusen pair …
With success comes attention and Manchester City have certainly had both of them in huge quantities. Pep Guardiola has created a side which has been a class apart this season in the Premier League. Winning the Carabao Cup and making the quarter-finals of the Champions League are not too bad accomplishments either. But it is …
Manchester City defender Danilo has promised his side will “bounce back quickly” after the weekend’s upset against rivals Manchester United. United inflicted City’s first home defeat of the Premier League season on Saturday when they came from 2-0 behind to beat the league leaders 3-2 and prevent them from securing the Premier League title. City …
Pep Guardiola believes his team are capable to turning over the three-goal deficit suffered against Liverpool in their Champions League quarter-final first leg. City were beaten at Anfield for the second time this season last night thanks a trio of first-half goals from Mohamed Salah, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Sadio Mane. Despite being unable to grab …
The Mirror website ludicrously termed the upcoming match with United the “the biggest Manchester Derby of all time”. Most fans would take exception at that description, with the result of the Derby having very little bearing on how the season will finish. Sure, a win for City would open the door for Liverpool or Spurs …