After a brutal weekend that saw City lose to newly promoted, injury induced Norwich City 2-3, the blues made the trek to the Ukraine to play some UCL friends in Shakhtar Donetsk. Three years running, this Donetsk team has changed a bit, but still have some familiar...
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Analyzing Manchester City’s Champions League Group Stage Opponents
Manchester City's season is well and truly back underway and with 3 games down in the Premier League, they've now learned their fate in the Champions League group stage. City will face FC Shakhtar Donetsk, GNK Dinamo Zagreb and Atalanta B.C. in the group stage of the...
MATCH PREVIEW: Manchester City (0) vs Spurs (1)
For the second time in 8 days and soon to be the third in 11, Manchester City face Tottenham Hotspur with all on the line. Having played an unusually conservative lineup against Spurs in the first leg, Pep will surely lineup his City side knowing he'll need at least...
MATCH PREVIEW: Spurs vs Manchester City
After a flurry of matches in the FA Cup, Premier League, Carabao Cup and International Break, City finally return to Europe for the Quarter Finals of the Champions League against fellow Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur. In a competition that saw all English sides...
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW: City Get Schalke
Schalke, Atletico Madrid, Roma or Ajax. Those were the four possible opponents for City in this morning's Round of 16 draw in Nyon, Switzerland. Many consider City the luckiest team in the draw as they were matched against Bundesliga side Schalke who finished second...
PLAYER RATINGS: Manchester City 2 Hoffenheim 1
Frustrating, weird, open, successful. That game was all over the place. In a very open match, it somehow only ended with 3 goals, largely thanks to poor finishing and some lovely goalkeeping. City secured the top of the group and now face a knockout stage matchup vs...