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Simon Bajkowski

11 months

De Bruyne playing while injured against Arsenal, Real, and United was testament to the meticulous and bold work behind the scenes at #MCFC A look at how injuries, the World Cup, and the physical and mental demands of a 61-game Treble were dealt with

Man City hidden team helped Pep Guardiola deliver the Treble

Behind the scenes at Manchester City were backroom staff making plans and taking decisions that helped deliver the Treble

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Lampard: "I've spoken to the referees on the day and they know it's a penalty. It's on [VAR] Chris Kavanagh because the referee couldn't see it on the pitch...We've lost a point by a professional who can't do his job right....incompetence at best, at worst, who knows?"

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2 years

Man City will pay in full the wages of any casual staff who were meant to be working either the men's or women's games this weekend. The club are also donating perishable food

Man City to pay casual workers and donate food from postponed games

Manchester City are paying the wages of any casual workers that were set to be on shift this weekend as well as donating food

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Simon Bajkowski

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4 months

A three-tier Poznan for #mcfc fans

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3 years

Guardiola asked for the one thing that can explain the 19-game winning streak: "We have a lot of money to buy a lot of incredible players."

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Simon Bajkowski

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27 days

How can anyone compete with City and their massive squad

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Simon Bajkowski

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1 year

Joao Cancelo stood on his own in his Bayern tracksuit taking in the Manchester rain is quite the image

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Simon Bajkowski

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9 months

Guardiola: "Thank you so much to the Premier League for letting us play on Saturday, and not Sunday or Monday. Thank you so much."

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Simon Bajkowski

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3 years

Guardiola to BT Sport: "I'd like more people to come on Saturday. We will be tired. Southampton are so dangerous. I invite all our people to come 3pm to watch our game."

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Signing Haaland, and signing him so early in the summer, looks even better for #mcfc if Real don’t get Mbappe

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Simon Bajkowski

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3 years

Does anyone know if Grealish is being booed for something he did to Chelsea/Chelsea fans or just because he cost £2.5m more than Lukaku?

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Simon Bajkowski

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3 years

One #mcfc fan to the press box as he leaves: “Are you going to write something positive about City, you bent bastards?” The world is healing 🙃

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Simon Bajkowski

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3 years

Guardiola: "I was happy that in the locker room afterwards the players were so calm. No cheering, just calm, because we know anything can happen in the second leg."

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Man City confirm the signing of Erling Haaland on a five-year deal. Haaland: “This is a proud day for me and my family. I have always watched City and have loved doing so in recent seasons." #mcfc

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Simon Bajkowski

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9 months

City deserve some kind of trophy for five straight penalty successes

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Simon Bajkowski

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3 years

It’s highly unusual for a 90th-minute sub to do post-match media but last night Fernandinho wanted as club captain to speak on behalf of the #mcfc players on the Super League. Got a big hug from Guardiola at the end of his interviews

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Simon Bajkowski

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8 months

Pep Guardiola says he thought Jeremy Doku was shy on his debut against Fulham but was transformed today. "I will be honest, I didn't expect he would be at this level in his second game at Man City." He also said Julian Alvarez is now "almost undroppable"

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Simon Bajkowski

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5 months

Another easy Champions League draw for City, just like last year when they got Bayern and Real before the final

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Simon Bajkowski

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1 month

A stat that I didn't think would still be alive after tonight: #mcfc have scored three goals in every Champions League game this season - nine in a row

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Man City are playing their sixth Premier League game this month and are averaging a goal every 22 minutes 😳

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

The new Sergio Aguero statue outside the Etihad

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Simon Bajkowski

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1 year

De Bruyne and Haaland got the headlines last night but it still slightly blows my mind that #mcfc paid just £20m for Gundogan seven years ago and are still getting such a level of performance from him three times a week. £for£ the best signing of the Guardiola era?

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Premier League clarify that the VAR team didn't think there was conclusive evidence that the ball hit Rodri more in the red area of the arm than the green. Nothing to do with offside

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

When Sergio Gomez was young, his brother went on a school trip to London so he asked him to get him a City shirt with David Silva's name and number. Today he is confirmed as the new #mcfc No.21. An initial £11m, four-year deal

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Kyle Walker out for #mcfc training

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2 years

Thought for the week: the two legs of the #ucl quarter-finals (in which Man City can still draw Liverpool) fall either side of City vs Liverpool in the Premier League. April 5/6: QF 1 April 9/10: City vs Liverpool April 12/13: QF 2

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Simon Bajkowski

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1 year

🎼 City’s going down with a billion in the bank 🎼 #mcfc bus welcomed by fans

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Simon Bajkowski

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3 years

Crucially now, City can breathe after a brutal start. It says a lot about where the power lies in Manchester that City have already played away at Spurs, Leicester, Chelsea and Liverpool this season and are still ahead of United in the table.

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Simon Bajkowski

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3 years

Oh, and Sergio Aguero starts! #MCIWHU

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Sergio Aguero will go down as one of the best players in the history of #mcfc and the Premier League. He didn't get the ending he deserved, but fitting for such a prolific striker that he barely got started for Barcelona and yet still scored in a Clasico

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Simon Bajkowski

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9 months

Manchester City likely wouldn’t be celebrating three titles in a row without Aymeric Laporte, who carried them over the line in 21/22 despite an injury that would cost him last year. A classy defender for #mcfc and a committed one

Aymeric Laporte sacrifice stands out in a terrific Man City career

Aymeric Laporte is set to leave Manchester City and does so with many fond memories of his time at the club

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Joao Cancelo is the new No.7 for #mcfc following Raheem Sterling's move to Chelsea

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

This is quite the photo from #mcfc yesterday, L to R Nico O’Reilly with the U17 PL Cup Rico Lewis with the U18 PL Trophy Fernandinho with the PL Trophy Shea Charles with the PL2 Trophy Lakyle Samuel with the U16 PL Cup

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2 years

Guardiola: "We are in a good position - 60 points - we have a lot of distance from 5th to qualify for the Champions League next season."

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Man City game away at Crystal Palace moved to 8pm on Monday March 14. If away fans hurry after the match they can get the 22.09 from Norwood Junction to start a journey that gets them back to Piccadilly at 07.30 the next morning

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2 years

Kevin De Bruyne to Sky: "It should have been five"

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Guardiola on how #mcfc managed to score three goals in five minutes: "I called Real Madrid and they gave me good advice!"

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2 years

Kevin De Bruyne, master of the understatement, on why winning the Champions League isn’t a must for him: “I’ve known what I’ve done good and bad in my career and I’m pretty happy with what I’ve done.”

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Erling Haaland has just landed in Manchester to complete his move to #mcfc 📷 Eamonn and James Clarke

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Simon Bajkowski

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1 year

#mcfc fans signing after full time

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Good news for #mcfc as Joao Cancelo has made himself available for the Arsenal game and travelled down with the rest of the squad

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13 days

Erling Haaland only joined the Premier League last season and only seven players in the history of the competition have more hat-tricks than him 😬

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Mahrez wins City’s POTM award for December ahead of Sterling and De Bruyne with 80% of the vote. 80% !!! 🤪

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Simon Bajkowski

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3 years

Riyad Mahrez there draped in an Algerian flag waving the Palestine flag all around the stadium

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Simon Bajkowski

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3 years

Pep Guardiola has had pictures with each one of his backroom staff and the trophy and now the #mcfc academy players

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Given Haaland's touches still seem to be a major talking point, he has averaged 27 touches per 90 minutes so far in the Premier League...and a goal or assist every 18 touches.

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Zinchenko's ability to come in from the cold is exceptional. He's not started a game in 2022 but has settled instantly and looks one of the sharpest players on the pitch

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Simon Bajkowski

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3 years

Guardiola: “Eric Garcia is one of my favourite players. I would love to have 15 Eric Garcias...he’s not on the bench because I think he’s going move to Barcelona”

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Simon Bajkowski

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9 months

Pep Guardiola asked for a big help from #mcfc fans tonight and, after getting it, made sure the players all went over to thank them. Done a lap of all four stands

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Simon Bajkowski

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13 days

Good to see we’ve reached the point in the title race where City are boring, their fans are bored of winning, and Guardiola needs to go and manage Fleetwood to really prove himself. A little later than previous seasons but we got there in the end

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Man City's Champions League game against Dortmund on Wednesday WILL go ahead

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Can I shock you? Erling Haaland is City's new No.9

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

After 20 matches, Chelsea points-per-game puts them on course to get 80 points this season. That would have been enough to win 0 of the last 20 years. Zero. Twenty. Liverpool are on course to get 82, enough to win 2 of the last 20 titles.

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Simon Bajkowski

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1 year

Gundogan not getting too much thanks from his manager for the two goals 🙈

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Simon Bajkowski

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11 months

Imagine turning up to school on Monday and these three are waiting for you

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Simon Bajkowski

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1 year

Beat Villa tomorrow and Arsenal on Wednesday and Manchester City will go top of the table. Anything but a given with the way they’re playing but it could see unprecedented amounts of boiled piss

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Simon Bajkowski

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8 months

More controversy for the Premier League. Michael Oliver once went on holiday to Turkey and Sheikh Mansour has also been to that country.

City Xtra

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Official: Michael Oliver will referee Arsenal vs #ManCity in the #PL on Sunday afternoon. John Brooks will be the VAR.

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Man City fans greet the team bus #MCILIV

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Simon Bajkowski

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1 year

Kyle Walker: “I’m glad it’s done now. I would have loved to have won it tomorrow and go out and beat Chelsea. But to get it over the line – it’s done now, I’m happy. Tomorrow we go and play the good football that we do – the fans deserve that, they’ve supported us all season…

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Simon Bajkowski

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3 years

Double guard of honour for Sergio Aguero

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Simon Bajkowski

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3 years

Guardiola says Aguero and De Bruyne both in training today

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Fernandinho: “To have a mosaic and pitch in my honour here is an incredible gesture...it’s been an amazing period of my life and coming to Manchester City was the best decision I have ever made. This is a special way to bring an end to my time here.”

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

A kid runs on the pitch, security intercepts but Bernardo Silva stops him and gives him his shirt

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Simon Bajkowski

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1 year

Guardiola: "Coming from Manchester to London, it's like going to northern Europe. It's 4hrs20 to get to a hotel. It's so exhausting, I'm sorry."

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

Nathan Ake is staying but Oleksandr Zinchenko looks likely to leave #mcfc this summer as Arsenal make progress over a deal. City will replace him if he goes though

Zinchenko transfer to Arsenal moves closer as Man City plan replacement

Manchester City will replace Oleksandr Zinchenko if he leaves with a growing sense from all sides that he will join Arsenal

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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2 years

I'm not saying City fans are enjoying themselves but there's a Poznan going in the away end and they're singing about Yaya Toure

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11 months

Manchester City won't be matching Arsenal's £105m bid for Declan Rice.

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2 years

River Plate hoped to keep him, other European clubs thought they might be able to loan him - but City have already decided Julian Alvarez will stay with Pep Guardiola in the #mcfc squad after pre-season

Man City bosses take early decision on Julian Alvarez for next season

Julian Alvarez will head to Manchester for pre-season and then stay as part of Pep Guardiola's squad for the next campaign

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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2 years

The 22/23 home shirt has given #mcfc their most successful kit launch yet, with record sales for the first day. One of the top 10 names requested for shirt printing yesterday was ‘Bell 8’

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2 years

De Bruyne could have had three assists already today with better finishes

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Simon Bajkowski

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3 years

Guardiola on De Bruyne’s ball for the second goal: “Quite good, huh?”

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1 year

Stuart Attwell making a habit of making a decision, and then changing his mind when he hears the crowd reaction

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Simon Bajkowski

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2 years

After all of the overthinking years, Guardiola tonight picked his best XI, made intelligent substitutions that helped turn the game and tie further in their favour...and it has still collapsed. This could well edge out Spurs as his most painful Champions League exit at City

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2 years

In about seven seconds on Saturday, Erling Haaland: checks his run to reach Alvarez's header first, plays it first time ahead of De Bruyne, surges into the space behind two Liverpool defenders, and is then free in the six-yard box when Foden receives it (bringing the equaliser)

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Simon Bajkowski

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3 years

Aleks Zinchenko going round to meet every dog outside the Etihad before making his way inside

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Simon Bajkowski

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3 years

Bernardo Silva has been absurdly good today, covering every blade of grass and not putting a foot wrong. One of his top-five performances for #mcfc

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2 years

Guardiola asked what he's done to get 90 minutes out of Haaland every week after injury problems last season: "Good food, good rest. People say the apartment he’s bought has a good bed."

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2 years

Pep Guardiola's face when asked about Barcelona's chances of signing Bernardo Silva this summer possibly saying more than his words (which were that it will be difficult for them)

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3 years

Man City began the month 4 points ahead of Liverpool. Win at Arsenal tomorrow and they will be 19 clear of them with a week of February still to come 🤯

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2 years

Loud cheers from the Everton fans in all stands as Zinchenko comes out onto the pitch

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2 years

Kevin De Bruyne has done more in seven minutes today than he did in 70 at the Bernabeu

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1 year

#mcfc have now submitted planning application for their Etihad expansion plans. Here's how they expect the developments to look

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2 years

Unexpected fact of the day: Julian Alvarez has played in 16 of City's 18 games this season 🤯

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2 years

Aymeric Laporte turned up as a surprise guest at the #mcfc kids’ fanzone today at the CFA

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2 years

Riyad Mahrez on meeting Erling Haaland on holiday last year. "I saw him in Mykonos and he said to me he really wanted to come - I said you should because it's the best club. A year later he's here."

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2 years

Kyle Walker starts for #mcfc against #rmcf tonight CITY: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodri, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Mahrez, Foden, Jesus #RMAMCI

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4 months

Kevin De Bruyne hasn't played 90 minutes of football yet this season and already has two assists

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2 years

Casemiro with his third bookable offence of the game...

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2 years

Bernardo Silva is starting - his 22nd Premier League game in a row for #mcfc

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9 months

Guardiola on losing (after congratulating Arsenal): "We lost three in a row! But we won the Premier Leagues."

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2 years

Guardiola telling his players to go all the way round the ground to applaud the fans. He's absolutely pumped

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2 years

I thought we'd passed the point where Rodri was compared to Fernandinho but that was some high-level shithousery

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1 year

"We're Man City, we'll cheat when we want" is the latest chant. Songs for Sheikh Mansour and Mancini already.

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11 months

Manchester City continue to buy who they want, stockpiling players so their rivals can't have them, and vastly outspend everyone else to turn the Premier League into the Bundesliga and ruin football. Oh, wait

Declan Rice to Arsenal transfer smashes four terrible Man City myths

Manchester City would have had familiar headlines if they had been spending £105m on Declan Rice

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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5 months

Guardiola: "I remember on the plane coming back from Saudi and I listened to the players when they didn't know I was listening, and they started to talk about Everton. I said, 'wow this is my team'."

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2 years

Kyle Walker loudly calling Jack Grealish ‘Mr Gucci’ as they walk out for #mcfc training 🤣

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2 years

It was a freakish assist from De Bruyne yesterday on one hand, but nearly all of City's nine goals this season have been balls played relatively straight through the middle of the pitch. Is it coincidence that KDB, Gundogan and Haaland have stood out most in these early games?

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2 years

Kevin De Bruyne in April: Burnley ⚽️ Atletico ⚽️ Liverpool ⚽️ Atletico ⛔️ Brighton 🅰️ Watford 🅰️🅰️ Real* ⚽️🅰️ *after 11 minutes

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2 years

Kalvin Phillips is confirmed as the new No.4 for City, taking Vincent Kompany's old number. He signs fior #mcfc on a six-year deal, joining from Leeds in a £42m deal that could rise to £45m

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3 years

Phil Foden is awarded the third goal. That’s five assists and four goals (and counting) from just six starts for #mcfc this season: Wycombe ⚽️🅰️🅰️ Chelsea ⛔️ Liverpool ⚽️🅰️ Burnley 🅰️ Brugge 🅰️ Brighton ⚽️⚽️

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8 months

Gareth Southgate can do what he's like with England but is wrong to suggest that him playing Henderson over Foden is equivalent to Guardiola playing De Bruyne over Foden. As PG has said: "Everyone wants to copy the winner. This is a big mistake. Football is not copy and paste."

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