Pep Guardiola is on the cusp of completing the trophy set with Manchester City (Picture: Getty ) Now I may be as misguided as the Manchester City fan who’s already had ‘Treble Winners 2023’ tattooed on his left calf, but for me it is beyond doubt that the moment has arrived. City will win their…
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It’s common in high-level football that players from teams who suffer relegation will switch clubs so they don’t drop down a level themselves, and it’s a practice from which Liverpool have benefitted in recent years. In 2016 they signed Gini Wijnaldum from Newcastle after the Magpies dropped out of the Premier League, repeating the trick…
Sir Elton John was on hand to congratulate Manchester City after their big win (Picture: Twitter) The players of Manchester City were congratulated by one very famous fan after triumphing in the FA Cup final. They bumped into the one and only Sir Elton John at the airport after their win against Manchester United at…
What threatened to be a woeful season for Trent Alexander-Arnold ended with him being given a new lease of life at Liverpool, in an intriguing role. The right-back’s 2021/22 campaign finished in disappointment, having not covered himself in glory for Vinicius Jr’s Champions League-winning goal in Paris. It had still been a season to cherish…
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This was perhaps the perfect way to win it, the perfect way to confirm Manchester City’s status as the defining domestic force of the age and all-round era-machine. The words used to describe this team, the semantic field of Pep-era City tend to be mechanical. City are a juggernaut, a steamroller, a fully operational death…
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With 14 minutes remaining, Pep Guardiola made his first substitution of the afternoon. Off came Kevin De Bruyne, the best player on the pitch, perhaps with a view to giving him a rest before next Saturday’s Champions League final. On came a fresh Phil Foden, one of the best young players in Europe. Right. Your…
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Manchester City beat Manchester United 2-1 in the FA Cup final (Pictures: Getty) Roy Keane blasted Fred after Manchester United’s FA Cup final defeat and said his error in the build-up to Manchester City’s winner was the ‘height of stupidity’. Ilkay Gundogan scored twice as City won their seventh FA Cup trophy with a 2-1…
Ilkay Gundogan scored in both halves as Man City became FA Cup champions (Picture: Getty) Ilkay Gundogan’s heroics saw Manchester City beat Manchester United in the 2023 FA Cup final – and they are now one game away from a historic treble. Pep Guardiola’s Premier League champions won 2-1 as captain Gundogan netted after 13…
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Pep Guardiola is hoping to complete the second leg of the treble at Wembley in the FA Cup final (Picture: Hayters TV) Treble-chasing Manchester City could be close to full strength as they take on arch-rivals Manchester United in the FA Cup final on Saturday. The champions have had fitness concerns in the build-up to…
Erling Haaland has scored 52 goals in 51 games for Man City this season (Picture: Getty) Manchester United defender Raphael Varane has fired a warning to Manchester City striker Erling Haaland ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup final. Both clubs head into the Manchester derby looking to register their second trophies of the season after United…
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