Guardiola tells Chelsea to back under-fire Potter after FA Cup hammering
Pep Guardiola told Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly to back under-fire boss Graham Potter after Manchester City thrashed the Blues 4-0 in the FA Cup third round on Sunday. Potter’s troubled side were beaten by City for the second time in four days as their hopes of winning a domestic cup this season came to a […]
Guardiola demands apology after Man City overturn Euro ban
Pep Guardiola says Manchester City deserve an apology after successfully overturning their European ban but rival managers Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp criticised the ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. CAS on Monday lifted a two-year ban imposed earlier this year on the Premier League club by European football’s governing body UEFA over […]
What next for Manchester City after Champions League reprieve?
Manchester City can breathe easy after avoiding the painful consequences of a two-season ban from European competition as a result of their successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The club can now look forward to the return of this season’s Champions League in August safe in the knowledge that it is not […]
Man City, England have an ‘incredible talent’ in Phil Foden – Guardiola
Pep Guardiola has told England boss Gareth Southgate he has an “incredible” talent on his hands in Phil Foden after the 20-year-old scored his fourth Premier League goal in three games for Manchester City. The midfielder produced another impressive performance as City humbled newly crowned champions Liverpool 4-0 on Thursday. Foden, long tipped for stardom […]
Mourinho’s ambush of Guardiola and Barca, under a volcanic cloud
Ten years ago this week, Barcelona limped home from a Champions League semi-final first-leg defeat blaming a volcano thousands of kilometres away and stoking the smouldering fires of Jose Mourinho’s feud with their club and their coach. The eruption of Eyjafjallajoekull on Iceland had sent a plume of ash drifting across Europe, grounding flights and […]
Neville would choose Klopp over Guardiola and Solskjaer
Gary Neville has cited Jurgen Klopp as the current Premier League manager he would most like to play under. The former Manchester United defender was asked to choose between the 20 top-flight bosses on Sky Sports’ The Football Show and he had no hesitation in choosing the Liverpool man. “I’d probably say Jurgen Klopp. I […]
