Manchester City

Manchester City beat Brighton & Hove Albion 4-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium. Brighton had 17 shots to City's 13 and 6 on target to 3, but City scored from two of their three.

Aston Villa's Nicolas Jackson scored twice to stop Manchester City's perfect league run, and Arsenal's 2-0 win over Everton later on Saturday took them level with City on 21 points. All twenty clubs were in…

Eight rounds in, the biggest surplus of goals over chances belongs to Chelsea, who have scored 17 from 9.81 expected, 7.19 more than the chances were worth, and who host Manchester United at 12:30 on Saturday.…

Nicolas Jackson scored twice, in the 6th and 60th minutes, as Aston Villa beat Manchester City 2-1 at Villa Park. Erling Haaland had levelled in the 52nd minute. City had 64 per cent of the possession, 15…

Como led Manchester United after 118 seconds and won 4-1. Nico Paz scored twice, Tasos Douvikas and Jacobo Ramón added the others, and Joshua Zirkzee scored United's only goal in stoppage time.

Diego Gómez scored from the halfway line as Brighton & Hove Albion beat Crystal Palace 5-0, and Manchester City won their seventh Premier League game in seven, 3-2 against Ipswich Town.

Seven rounds in, one club has opened the widest gap between what its results say and what its chances say. Brighton have scored 23 goals and conceded five, which is plus 18 on goal difference, while their…

Paris Saint-Germain led Manchester City 3-0 at the Etihad after 32 minutes and won 4-2. Erling Haaland scored twice in a second-half rally that came too late, and Gianluigi Donnarumma saved a late penalty.

Manchester City won 3-0 at Anfield, their first match since being found guilty of breaching Premier League financial regulations.

Matchday two of the Champions League is on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Manchester City against Paris Saint-Germain the headline, so this is the recap of where the league phase started. Five English clubs…

Andy Burnham's contacts with Manchester City's chairman have now been counted, and the total is small. This piece explains why that tally leaves the harder question untouched: can a politician who backed Gulf…

Manchester City won 3-0 at Anfield on the day they returned to action after a guilty verdict, yet one second yellow card sits at the centre of the afternoon. This article asks how much of the result was a…

Manchester City's players are being asked to treat a damning Premier League verdict as background noise, and a trip to Anfield arrives before the appeal does. This article explains what Enzo Maresca and Erling…

Five rounds in and the Premier League has stopped for three weeks, which is long enough for a table to harden into a story. Manchester City have won five from five and lead by three points; Arsenal, the…

Portugal reached the Nations League last eight with a 2-1 win over Norway, and the cost of the night for Norway may stretch beyond the table. Read on to see why Portugal's win looked more settled than its…

Manchester City have appealed a guilty verdict that carries an £830m finding. The fight ahead may be decided as much by timetables and rulebook versions as by the contracts themselves. Read on to see how the…

Manchester City's reported guilty verdict answers one question and opens several more, chiefly when any punishment would apply and whether it can be applied fairly. Read on to understand why the calendar may…

Manchester City's chairman insists his confidence hasn't moved an inch after a guilty verdict on the vast majority of 115 Premier League charges - but a verdict nobody outside the case can fully see makes that…

Arsenal had won nine Premier League matches in a row. Brighton were three up on them by the 57th minute.

Manchester City spent more than 70 minutes of a Manchester derby a man down, scored once, and left Old Trafford level with Arsenal at the top.

Pro Ref has admitted it got something wrong over Erling Haaland's winning goal in the Manchester derby, but the statement raises a more interesting question than it answers: was it the right mistake to…

Two rounds in, and the table is doing its favourite early-season trick: telling stories the underlying numbers refuse to sign. Hull have won both games while being out-shot in both. Aston Villa have taken 13…

The Premier League's second matchweek stretched across the bank holiday, from Friday 28 August at Selhurst Park to Monday 31 August at Villa Park: ten games, all reviewed here, with the transfer window closing…

Crystal Palace's next four days matter more than the ninety minutes that just cost them. This article explains how Manchester City turned a competitive contest into a 4-1 win, why Erling Haaland's record…

Manchester City have committed £85.6m to an 18-year-old who only made his senior debut in 2023, at the exact moment their midfield has lost a Ballon d'Or winner and two more experienced heads. This piece…

Tottenham have spent £75m on a winger Manchester City had largely stopped picking last season, and he's changing his name back in the process. This article works through what Savio actually offers, why his…

Matchweek one of the Premier League ran from Friday 21 to Monday 24 August. All ten games are reviewed here, along with a first table in which the club sitting top and the club sitting bottom were on the same…

One round of football has been played and the table has already started telling stories: Hull above Manchester United, Brighton top on goal difference, Aston Villa bottom. Every one of those lines is a single…

Manchester City are paying £85.6m for a player they've never seen in the Premier League. This article sets out what that fee actually buys, why City are trading midfielders in both directions this summer, and…

Why would Tottenham commit £75m to Savinho when his Manchester City scoring return has been limited? The answer lies in the contrast between his City role and the influence he showed at Girona, and in the…

Barcelona have spent about £65m on a 30-year-old midfielder whose recent seasons were interrupted by injury. This piece explains why that risk may still make sense for Hansi Flick, and why Rodri’s departure…

How does Manchester City respond when a player who has anchored so much of their midfield is close to leaving? This look at Rodri’s proposed Barcelona move explains why the answer may involve more than simply…

Last season's full ledger, top flight and second tier, disagrees with the summer's talk often enough to make ten calls worth writing down.

Was this simply a summer curtain-raiser, or an early indication that Arsenal have greater certainty than Manchester City? This report explains how a 3-0 scoreline was built, what City’s new side could not…

Chelsea have drawn a line in the sand over Enzo Fernandez, but the market for him looks thinner than the price tag suggests. This article explains why a £120m deadline might not produce a sale at all, and what…

Barcelona’s move for Rodri has placed Manchester City in a position where a rejected bid solves very little. Read on to understand why his contract, recovery and the search for midfield cover make the next…

One month remains before the Premier League window closes, yet several clubs are waiting on sales as much as signings. This article explains why those unresolved exits could dictate the final shape of August.

Why are Inter Milan pushing for John Stones when Arsenal, Chelsea and Juventus have also shown interest? This article explains why the proposed deal is as much about the defender’s recent availability as the…

Italy wanted the biggest name in coaching to fix a national team that has missed three straight World Cups. Pep Guardiola said no. This piece looks at why he turned it down, what it says about his priorities…

Rodri lifted the World Cup and the Golden Ball only days ago, but he now needs back surgery that could delay his Manchester City return. This article explains what the operation means for City's opening…

Leeds are trying to solve a goalkeeping problem that's been building all summer, and their solution could come from an unlikely direction: a player Manchester City only just brought back through the front…

Pep Guardiola is reportedly being courted by Italy's football federation, and the obvious question in England is whether the FA might try to beat them to it. This piece looks at why that question has already…

Kevin Keegan's death at 75 revives a question that trailed him for decades: why does English football remember him with such warmth when so many of his biggest jobs ended in near-misses rather than trophies?…

Having alreadycompleted Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans, Manchester United's midfield rebuild has reportedly widened further, with Barcelona said to have set a price for Marc Casado and a separate scrap with…

Everton have been hunting a right-back all summer, and Manchester City's Rico Lewis has quietly become the name to watch. This covers why David Moyes rates him, what Enzo Maresca's arrival at City means for a…

Francisco Trincao looked set for the Saudi Pro League until he apparently hesitated, and that hesitation has reportedly givenTottenhama route back into a deal most had assumed was done. This covers what has…

Some transfers make noise and some just close a chapter without one. This is one of the latter. Nathan Ake has left Manchester City for Fenerbahce, ending six years in which he won almost everything on offer…

Replacing Pep Guardiola was always going to be the hardest job in English football, and Manchester City have now named the man who has to do it. This piece looks at Enzo Maresca's three-year appointment, the…

The 2026-27 Premier League season arrives later than usual, shaped by a World Cup, a clutch of new managers, and a set of rule changes that could genuinely alter how games are managed on the pitch. This piece…

This piece examines the full weight of a ruling that sets an entirely new legal precedent in English football, exploring what it means for Everton's ownership and future, and why the implications stretch well…

The PFA has published its full shortlists for the 2025/26 Men's and Women's Player of the Year awards, and the six names in each category tell a revealing story about where the power in English football now…

Manchester City's summer rebuild is taking shape, and Elliot Anderson is at the centre of it. This piece examines what the rebuffed opening bid tells us about City's ambitions, why Anderson fits the profile…

A live television appearance by a Real Madrid presidential candidate has escalated into a full-blown legal dispute involving one of football's biggest clubs. Adrian Dane unpacks the stunt, the election context…

As Pep Guardiola's landmark tenure at the Etihad comes to its end, attention has sharply turned to who inherits one of football's most demanding seats. This piece examines why Enzo Maresca is the frontrunner,…

James Milner's retirement announcement is not simply the end of a playing career. It is the closing chapter of one of English football's most disciplined and quietly extraordinary stories. This piece traces…

This piece examines the financial and contractual logic sitting behind Chelsea's £120m valuation of Enzo Fernandez, why Real Madrid face a significant obstacle, and what the situation means for incoming…

The Elliot Anderson transfer saga is shaping up to be the defining deal of the summer window, with a fee that could rewrite the British transfer record. We examine what the move means for the player, for…

Pep Guardiola's departure from Manchester City closes one of English football's most decorated managerial tenures. But with an independent commission yet to rule on 115 Premier League charges of alleged…

This piece looks beyond the announcement itself to examine what Pep Guardiola's departure genuinely means for Manchester City, for English football, and for a man who reshaped the sport at every club he has…

One of the most transformative managerial tenures in English football history is drawing to a close. This piece examines what Pep Guardiola's anticipated departure means for Manchester City, what he leaves…

Pep Guardiola goes into Saturday's FA Cup final against Chelsea with a smile on his face and a deliberately vague answer about his future. This piece examines what his playful non-denial actually tells us,…

This piece examines how one moment of genuine individual brilliance unlocked a tightly contested FA Cup final and what Manchester City's domestic cup double means for their season, their manager, and the clubs…

With Arsenal still to face West Ham on Super Sunday, Manchester City did everything asked of them at the Etihad, winning convincingly and closing the gap at the top to just two points. This piece examines how…

Manchester City's second-half implosion at Everton has shifted the Premier League title race decisively in Arsenal's favour. Adrian Dane examines how a 13-minute collapse, a costly defensive error, and a…

Phil Foden's new contract is about more than security for one player. It raises pointed questions about what City are buying into, whether a struggling 25-year-old can recapture the form that made him the…

Chelsea are heading to the FA Cup final to face Manchester City on 16 May after a scrappy but decisive 1-0 victory over Leeds United at Wembley. Enzo Fernandez's first-half header settled the tie just days…

Manchester City's FA Cup semi-final at Wembley looked to be heading towards one of the upsets of the season when Championship side Southampton took the lead with eleven minutes remaining. This report breaks…

Elliot Anderson is shaping up to be one of the most coveted midfielders of the summer transfer window, with Manchester City firmly at the front of a very distinguished queue. This piece examines why City are…

Erling Haaland's early goal at Turf Moor did two things in one evening: it nudged Manchester City above Arsenal to the top of the Premier League, and it ended Burnley's top-flight tenure after a solitary,…

Erling Haaland's second-half strike gave Manchester City a 2-1 victory over Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, cutting the gap between the sides to just three points with City holding a game in hand. We…

Manchester United are through to the FA Youth Cup final after a pulsating semi-final at Old Trafford that needed extra time to separate the sides. This piece breaks down how JJ Gabriel and Chido Obi made the…

The most compelling subplot ahead of Sunday's Premier League title clash at the Etihad is not tactical, it is personal. Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta share a bond stretching back nearly three decades, one…

Coventry City are back in the Premier League for the first time since 2001, sealing promotion with a 1-1 draw at Blackburn on Friday night. This piece examines the remarkable transformation at the Sky Blues…

Sunday's clash between Manchester City and Arsenal at the Etihad is shaping up as the pivotal moment of the Premier League season, and Wayne Rooney has a clear view on who holds the upper hand. The former…