From routine to rivalry: Villa’s surge forces City’s restless reckoning
Seven meetings into Unai Emery’s reign at Aston Villa, the ledger with Manchester City has tightened in ways few expected. Recent league enc...
Maya Ellison
Teenage Kroupi Floors Manchester City as Arsenal’s 22-Year Wait Ends
For the last decade Manchester City have treated trips to the Vitality Stadium as a gentle detour on their title marches, yet on Tuesday nig...
Maya Ellison
Cherries’ Press vs Pep’s Pursuit: Vitality Showdown Could Tilt the Title Race
Back in 2015, when Bournemouth first welcomed Manchester City to this strip of Dorset coastline, the gulf looked temporary, a charming subpl...
Maya Ellison
Guardiola’s bench spark: Semenyo strike sinks Chelsea for latest FA Cup crown
Manchester City edged Chelsea 10 at Wembley, Antoine Semenyo scoring in the 72nd minute to deliver Pep Guardiola another FA Cup on Saturday ...
Frederic Lumiere
FA Cup Final Face-Off: Bruised Chelsea Seek Wembley Reset Against Guardiola’s Machine
Chelsea walk into Wembley tomorrow knowing Pep Guardiola’s side hold the upper hand right now, yet sensing the FA Cup final remains the quic...
Frederic Lumiere
City’s Lattice Locks Palace in Place to Keep Arsenal Within Reach
Pep Guardiola has seen Crystal Palace arrive in Manchester often enough to know this fixture can fray nerves, yet the pattern remains famili...
Maya Ellison
Haaland Hunts Again as City Chase Arsenal in High-Stakes Palace Clash
Manchester City have often turned Etihad meetings with Crystal Palace into statements of control, with Erling Haaland regularly the focal po...
Maya Ellison
Doku Delivers, Foden Sparks: City Sink Brentford to Keep Title Pressure On
The Etihad has seen its fair share of seasondefining afternoons, and yesterday felt like one of those nights when a title tilt gathers renew...
Maya Ellison
Etihad on Edge: City Forced to Match Arsenal Pace Against Draw-Happy Bees
Four years ago Brentford arrived at the Etihad with the daring to poach all three points and their away end still sings about it, yet the ba...
Maya Ellison
City’s title tilt stalls as Barry brace powers Moyes’ Everton to breathless 3-3 thriller
Everton and Manchester City have turned plenty of lateseason meetings into morality plays about power and resistance, and Monday night at Hi...
Frederic Lumiere