25 h. ago Manchester City v Exeter, Sunderland beat Everton on penalties, and more: FA Cup third round – live

⚽ Updates from Saturday’s afternoon kick-offs⚽ Live scores | Read Football Daily | Mail TomArokodare added another in added-time, apologies I missed that in thee excitement at Macclesfield and Everton.Yeremy Pino makes the six minutes of injury time interesting with a decent free-kick that gets up and over the wall. Can Macclesfield hang on? Continue reading...

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35 h. ago 'We saw Cristiano Ronaldo get nutmegged, now we want to beat Man City to make our point'

Exeter City face Manchester City in the FA Cup on Saturday, 21 years after a tie against Manchester United that proved defining in the club's history.

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53 h. ago Semenyo completes circuitous rise from schoolboy rejection to Manchester City arrival

Bournemouth will find it hard to replace a player at the peak of his powers, an attacker polished up perfectly for the eliteAntoine Semenyo’s rise is a reminder the big clubs’ scouting systems are not infallible, that not all players will flower at the same time. Fulham, Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Millwall, Reading and Tottenham rejected the schoolboy Semenyo. At 15, he took a year’s absence from the game.A decade on, a circuitous route to the top alights at Manchester City, who beat a queue of big hitters to his signature. Bournemouth’s ability to find talent the elite passed over continues to prove profitable. Pep Guardiola’s squad has another player who pairs physical power with a high skill level. It also adds a long-throw specialist to the armoury; City are towards the bottom of the metrics in that voguish category. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s football

Nuno lets a golden opportunity slip, Viktor Gyökeres does everything but score and Benjamin Sesko struggles againCalum McFarlane’s unexpected battle with Pep Guardiola brought back memories of the 2021 League Cup final, when Ryan Mason, Tottenham’s 29-year-old interim coach, faced the significant task of trying to outsmart one of the greatest managers in the game’s history. For Mason there was the added baggage of Spurs’ 13-year trophy drought; for McFarlane, making his senior management debut, it was Chelsea’s astonishingly bad recent record against Manchester City. Four and a half years have passed since Chelsea last beat Guardiola’s side, when Thomas Tuchel’s team triumphed in the Champions League final, and a draw on Sunday took that winless run to 12 matches. But Enzo Fernández’s injury-time equaliser, combining with the midweek upheaval at Stamford Bridge, made it a triumphant point, something Enzo Maresca didn’t achieve against City during his tenure. Taha HashimMatch report:...

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9 d. ago Chelsea: Calum McFarlane insists Blues have 'everything we need' to beat Man City despite manager chaos

Interim boss facing toughest of tests in first match after Enzo Maresca departure

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2 w. ago What Pep Guardiola did after Tijjani Reijnders goal highlights hidden Man City strength

Manchester City beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday and assistant Pep Lijnders played his part in the win

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2 w. ago Man City player ratings vs Nottingham Forest as Rayan Cherki stars but one 5/10

Manchester City beat Nottingham Forest at the City Ground with a late winner from Rayan Cherki giving them a 2-1 victory

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2 w. ago Gary Neville ignores one team in Premier League title race and makes Arsenal prediction

Gary Neville has made bold Premier League title race predictions after watching Aston Villa beat his beloved Manchester United after Arsenal and Manchester City's wins at the weekend

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3 w. ago Pep Guardiola calls out Man City stars after going top: "It will not be enough!"

Manchester City beat West Ham 3-0 to move top of the Premier League, but Pep Guardiola delivered a stern message to his players warning they must improve if they want to win titles this season

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3 w. ago Rayan Cherki shines as Man City beat Brentford to reach Carabao Cup semi

A deflected Savinho strike killed off the contest midway through the second half.

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3 w. ago Man City player ratings vs Brentford with one 8/10 as Savinho scores

Manchester City beat Brentford 2-0 as goals from Rayan Cherki and Savinho moved the Blues into the Carabao Cup semi-finals

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3 w. ago Phil Foden names the 'most important thing' as Man City send clear message

Phil Foden scored as Manchester City beat Crystal Palace to move within two points of leaders Arsenal in the Premier League table

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4 w. ago Rayan Cherki and Erling Haaland reactions to Crystal Palace fans should thrill Man City

Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 3-0 in the Premier League with a performance that showed their improvement

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4 w. ago Man City player ratings vs Crystal Palace with one 9/10 as Phil Foden shines

Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 3-0 in the Premier League with two goals from Erling Haaland and one from Phil Foden

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