straight to your inboxSergio Aguero has played down talk of a potential move to Barcelona. The Manchester City legend is out of contract at the end of the season and, after an injury-hit campaign, his future at the club is far from certain.
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straight to your inbox Fernandinho has revealed that he won't decide on his future at Manchester City until the end of the season. The City skipper returned to the starting XI in Sunday's 1-0 victory over Arsenal and rolled back the years with an excellent performance in the middle of the park, helping restrict the Gunners to just a single shot on target.
straight to your inboxSergio Aguero has played down talk of a potential move to Barcelona. The Manchester City legend is out of contract at the end of the season and, after an injury-hit campaign, his future at the club is far from certain.
straight to your inboxSergio Aguero and Fernandinho will have to wait to learn if Manchester City want them for next season because they are currently occupied with trying to win titles.The two senior players have contracts that expire in the summer, and they could end the campaign without any further clarity on their futures.
straight to your inbox Manchester City star Fernandinho can make a difference for the Blues for another season or two. The Brazil midfielder turns 36 in May, and his future with City is up in the air with his current contract expiring at the end of the season.
straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United ended Manchester City’s stunning 21-game winning run at the Etihad Stadium to keep the title race just about alive. It will still take a serious run of form from United and City collapse for Pep Guardiola’s men to not regain their crown – but the Reds have at least made that option a slim possibility.
direct to your inboxPep Guardiola has explained that he didn't sign Edinson Cavani this past summer as he was happy with his striking options.Cavani joined Manchester United on a free following his release from Paris Saint-Germain and despite now being 34 he is proving himself more than capable in the Premier League.The Uruguayan has scored seven goals, and laid on two assists, so far this season but has been even more impressive in the way in which he leads the front-line for Ole Gunnar
direct to your inboxManchester City, favourites at 1/2 with Betfred, will be very confident going into this game with 22 consecutive wins in all competitions under their belts. Since Manchester United, who are 6/1, went top of the table in January, they have dropped points in seven of their last 10 Premier League matches with six draws and a surprising defeat at home against Sheffield United.
straight to your inboxIlkay Gundogan has identified the bore draw at Old Trafford as the performance that sparked Manchester City's sensational winning run.City are on a club record run of 21 successive wins, of which 15 have come in the Premier League. They are on a wider 28 game unbeaten streak.The sixth game of that run was the dull goalless standoff against Manchester United, where neither side could find a breakthrough and the points were shared.
straight to your inboxJurgen Klopp has suggested that Manchester City are the only team who can maintain regular title challenges due to their ability to spend money.The Liverpool boss has had to battle a remarkable injury crisis at Anfield this season, as their Premier League title defence has struggled to keep up in recent months as they have slipped to seventh in the table.Liverpool are 22 points behind City and are facing a real struggle to make the top four, after key players including
direct to your inboxThe International Football Association Board (IFAB) has announced another change to the handball rule that will come into effect from the start of July.Football’s leading lawmakers have now confirmed that because the interpretation of handball incidents have “not always been consistent”, the rule has been altered.A statement read: “Accidental handball that leads to a team-mate scoring a goal or having a goal-scoring opportunity will no longer be considered an offence.”Members
straight to your inboxGabriel Jesus says he doesn't always understand Pep Guardiola's tactics, as he described how the Manchester City manager has changed his approach this season. Striker Jesus has been in steady form, with some good spells in front of goal and other frustrating periods - but an overall contribution to the team that cannot be questioned.
straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola is tipping Sergio Aguero to still have a major impact on Manchester City ’s season. And the Blues boss also claims that off-key Kevin De Bruyne, like Aguero, still has to find his fluency, but will be back to his best given time.
straight to your inboxPep Guardiola does not want Gabriel Jesus to be more selfish in front of goal despite the Brazilian failing to find the net more regularly. Manchester City's No.9 scored in midweek against Borussia Monchengladbach in the Champions League but had earlier wasted a golden chance to extend the team's lead when clean through on goal.
direct to your inboxEllen White has been to World Cups, European Championships and Olympic Games, but she says she's still improving - and two of her young team-mates for club and country are pushing her on.The 31-year-old has been impressed with the progress of her Manchester City colleagues Chloe Kelly and Lauren Hemp this season and is delighted that they are part of the England camp to face Northern Ireland on Tuesday."It's a real privilege for me to be playing alongside some hugely talented
straight to your inboxJurgen Klopp says Liverpool would not be so far behind Manchester City in the Premier League if it were a “normal season”.City are 10 points clear of second-placed Manchester United and 16 points ahead of defending champions Liverpool in sixth place ahead of this weekend’s fixtures.
straight to your inboxNot only were Manchester City buoyed by the return of Kevin De Bruyne to training on Tuesday, but there was another injury boost as Fernandinho looks to have taken a step closer towards his return. The club captain has missed the last two fixtures with 'niggles', with his absence more precautionary than anything else, and the Brazilian joined De Bruyne in training at the City Football Academy before they take on Everton tonight.
straight to your inboxManchester City extended their lead at the top of the Premier League table to seven points over the weekend. While Leicester City started the action with a 3-1 win over Liverpool, briefly leapfrogging Manchester United into second place, City's win over Tottenham Hotspur moved them seven points clear with a game in hand after United could only muster a draw against West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.
straight to your inboxVincent Kompany is a fierce opponent, and a formidable man to cross.But the former Manchester City captain, who has successfully tangled with some of the world’s toughest strikers, met his match on the day he tried to do the washing-up for 102-year-old Vera Cohen.Vera died last weekend, and a little piece of City died with her.Those people who are under the strange illusion that the Blues have no history would have done well to sit for an afternoon with this wonderful,
straight to your inboxPep Guardiola called Tommy Doyle a 'special' player, but picked out an incident in Manchester City's win over Swansea as an area for improvement.Doyle, City's under-23 captain, started in the FA Cup fourth round tie at Cheltenham last month, and was included in the travelling party to face Swansea on Wednesday.