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Posts tagged with Manchester-City

#SheikhScouts: Future Foundations
2025-01-15 18:56:33 UTC
Lost in the flurry of City’s ongoing struggle of a season and a wild January transfer window is the status of some of our most promising loanees. To any City fan that has watched the team this season, it has become clearly evident that the squad needs a rebuild. While…

MCI Pre-Match Preview: Manchester City vs. Sparta Praha
2024-10-23 17:31:26 UTC
Manchester City will host Sparta Praha in a pivotal UEFA Champions League encounter today. Both teams come into the match on a positive note, having each secured one win and one draw from their opening two games. Manchester City head into this fixture in strong form, remaining unbeaten this season…

MCI Pre-Match Preview: Manchester City vs. Fulham FC
2024-10-05 11:26:45 UTC
With yet another international break looming and without a win in their last two league outings, Manchester City are back at the Etihad after their midweek demolition of Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League. Pep Guardiola’s men will be looking to take a win into the break against a Fulham…

MCI Pre-Match Preview: Slovan Bratislava vs Manchester City
2024-10-01 16:56:28 UTC
Another week.. another game.. and another challenge ahead for Manchester City. This time, it is against an unfamiliar opponent who goes by the name ŠK Slovan Bratislava. The Premier League giants will be traveling away from home to the Tehelné Pole Stadium in Bratislava with both teams looking…

MCI Post-Match Review: Newcastle United vs. Manchester City
2024-09-30 16:27:24 UTC
In our latest Premier League clash, Manchester City took on Newcastle United at St. James Park. A slightly difficult match to gauge in hindsight, both sides were eager to make a statement despite dealing with significant injury woes. For City, the absence of superstar midfielders Kevin De Bruyne and…

MCI Post-Match Review: Manchester City vs Watford
2024-09-25 19:11:14 UTC
As expected, it was business as usual for Manchester City (with a few twists) as they dominated their way to a win against Watford FC in the third round fixture of the Carabao Cup. Pep Guardiola and the boys in blue, albeit a youthful contingent, will be happy to…

MCI Pre-Match Preview: Manchester City vs Watford
2024-09-24 15:59:30 UTC
Death, taxes and Manchester City winning Carabao Cups. For some time, fewer things were more certain for City and their fans. However, despite having lifted the league cup four consecutive times in a row in recent years (eight overall), the trophy has become somewhat of an afterthought in the…

MCI Post Match Review: Manchester City vs Arsenal
2024-09-23 22:24:06 UTC
The dust has finally settled but the emotions are still running high from what was easily the most hotly-contested matchup between reigning champions Manchester City and the London-based club, Arsenal FC in recent years. Despite being only matchday five, this fixture had the feel of a derby or a title-deciding…

MCI Post Match Review: Manchester City vs Arsenal
2024-09-23 22:24:06 UTC
The dust has finally settled but the emotions are still running high from what was easily the most hotly-contested matchup between reigning champions Manchester City and the London-based club, Arsenal FC in recent years. Despite being only matchday five, this fixture had the feel of a derby or a title-deciding…

MCI Pre Match Preview: Manchester City vs Arsenal
2024-09-22 11:57:38 UTC
In an early season matchup between the Premier League’s two most obvious contenders, reigning, 4peat champions Manchester City are gearing up for a massive showdown as they welcome the 2x consecutive runners up in Arsenal to the Etihad. With City determined to maintain their spot at the top and…

Not Another Jack Grealish Article?
2024-09-19 19:41:04 UTC
Truth be told, Manchester City has been a controversial club to football fans in the takeover era. Whether it’s FFP, CAS, the EPL or whatever acronyms are causing us a new headache, much has been made of the club’s spending. But on the player acquisition side, there is no City…

MCI Post Match Review: Manchester City vs Inter Milan
2024-09-19 18:00:49 UTC
In the highly-anticipated rematch of the 2023 Champions League final, Manchester City and Inter Milan were held to a 0-0 draw on Wednesday evening in their Champions League opener. Guardiola’s men, looking to extend their winning streak to six games across all competitions, were stifled by a stingy, tough Inter…

MCI Pre-Match Preview: Manchester City vs Inter Milan
2024-09-18 01:52:26 UTC
The Champions League is back in full swing and Manchester City, the reigning champions of England, are set to take on Inter Milan, the reigning champions of Italy, in a true clash of contenders. There isn’t too much history between the two clubs, having only met once in…

MCI Post Match Review: Manchester City vs Brentford FC
2024-09-16 20:24:07 UTC
Following a tribute to late City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, Manchester City added another notch in the win column over the weekend, defeating Brentford FC in a narrow 2-1 home victory. This was truly a game of two halves. Thomas Frank’s side proved once again to be the well-disciplined and…

MCI Pre-Match Preview: Manchester City vs Brentford FC
2024-09-14 11:34:53 UTC
Following a lengthy and seemingly unnecessary (topic for another day) international “break,” Manchester City return to league play as they host Brentford in a clash of contrasting styles. Both teams have enjoyed strong starts to their campaigns, but City enter as the clear favorites being top of the table once…

The Quest to Regain Our Carabao Crown Begins Against Watford
2024-09-04 20:17:12 UTC
Depending on who you ask, the Carabao Cup (or League Cup) is one of the more prestigious trophies you can win domestically in England. A trophy that Manchester City are very familiar with, having won six in the last decade and eight total. However, despite our recent domestic dominance, this…

The *New* Champions League Format for Dummies
2024-09-04 19:43:36 UTC
So at this point, you have likely seen Zlatan and Buffon give impressive performances in UEFA’s “The dawn of a new era” video. You have watched Cristiano Ronaldo get impatient with the smashing of a button that makes an algorithm select the eight opponents for your club that magically appear…

MCI Post-Match Review: West Ham vs Manchester City
2024-09-01 18:56:17 UTC
It was just another day at the office for Manchester City. In their latest Premier League fixture against West Ham United, the boys in blue put together yet another resounding win, looking every bit as dangerous as we’ve ever seen them. Despite Pep’s early season comments about “starting…

MCI Pre-Match Preview: West Ham vs Manchester City
2024-08-31 12:15:56 UTC
It’s shaping up to be an exciting day on our hands as Manchester City will be looking to end the month of August strong by continuing their winning ways with a match against West Ham at the London Stadium. A win away from home would mean City accelerate into…

Sheikh Scouts: Orri Óskarsson - The Future Star?
2024-08-27 19:41:38 UTC
After a lengthy hiatus, we are thrilled to welcome you back to #SheikhScouts, our in-depth analysis series of emerging football talents across the globe with en emphasis on City-linked targets. It’s been over a year since our last report, and we’re thrilled to kick off with a special focus…

City Dominate the PFA Awards, Phil Foden Voted Player of the Year
2024-08-26 21:43:19 UTC
City academy graduate and the pride of Manchester - Philip Walter Foden secured the PFA Player of the Year this week after a stellar season leading Manchester City to another Premier League title. Over the last 5 years, a Man City player has won this prestigious award four times with…

MCI Post-Match Review: Manchester City vs Ipswich Town
2024-08-26 21:25:00 UTC
In a thrilling 4-1 victory, Manchester City defeated the newly promoted Ipswich Town over the weekend. Even without Phil Foden, out with an undisclosed virus, and Rodri, still on holiday from the Euros, City made it look easy and proved why they are the reigning, defending champions of England. All…

MCI Pre-Match Preview: Manchester City v Ipswich Town
2024-08-24 02:52:07 UTC
The fanfare is over, the celebrations done with, pre-season joys and fears out of the way. With the first league game of the season behind us, the Etihad Stadium welcomes the Four-Peat champions back. Last week’s victory over Chelsea was not a perfect game by any means but it did…

MCI Post-Match Review: Chelsea vs Manchester City
2024-08-19 17:50:15 UTC
A thrilling 0-2 fixture saw Manchester City leave Stamford Bridge with a vital, momentum-setting result. With important players such as Rodri and Foden not in the starting lineup, there were questions on how Manchester City would look in the first game of the season away against Chelsea. The doubters…

MCI FA Cup Post-Match Review: Manchester Derby
2024-03-04 18:19:46 UTC
Manchester City reminded everyone of their current status as Champions of England, Champions of Europe and Champions of the world with a sensational comeback win over noisy neighbours Manchester United in the latest edition of the Manchester Derby. After United took the lead just 8 minutes in thanks to a…

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