Sonia Bompastor: Chelsea’s new manager on replacing Emma Hayes & how to stop Man City’s Bunny Shaw | Football News

Sonia Bompastor has literally made the perfect start to life as Chelsea Women’s head coach, but on Saturday she and the Women’s Super League champions face their toughest test so far this season when Man City visit Stamford Bridge for what already looks like a title decider. Bompastor replaced Emma Hayes in the Chelsea dugout…

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Man City’s Rodri says players are ‘close’ to striking due to increasing fixture demands placed on them | Football News

Manchester City midfielder Rodri has suggested players could strike over increasing fixture congestion. City face a busy season ahead as they compete in the new-look Champions League and an expanded Club World Cup next summer. A number of players – including City defender Manuel Akanji and Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker – have expressed concern about…

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Vivianne Miedema: Is former Arsenal striker Manchester City’s missing link in WSL title charge? | Football News

Always the bridesmaid. Manchester City have been Women’s Super League runners-up seven times since 2015, more than all other WSL teams combined. They have made that rather undesirable position somewhat of a speciality. Enter Vivianne Miedema – the player tasked with changing all that. Targeted as the missing piece to Man City’s title-winning puzzle, it’s…

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Ipswich Town and Fulham join race for Man City’s Kalvin Phillips – Paper Talk | Football News

The top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday’s newspapers… THE INDEPENDENT Ipswich and Fulham have joined the race for Kalvin Phillips. Everton are also interested in the England midfielder who is surplus to requirements at Manchester City. Image: Ipswich and Fulham have joined the race for Kalvin Phillips THE ATHLETIC Arsenal and Genoa are close…

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Stefan Ortega: The unlikely hero with Man City’s hopes of a fourth straight Premier League title in his hands | Football News

“The tennis players say ‘the serve to win Wimbledon’… the last game is the most difficult one,” Pep Guardiola said with a straight face in the auditorium at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. At 9.42pm last Tuesday, his Manchester City side were facing break point. One man held his nerve. Stefan Ortega has only played 524…

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Josko Gvardiol’s reinvention as a goalscoring left-back driving Man City’s title charge under Pep Guardiola | Football News

It should come as no surprise that the £77m Josko Gvardiol is playing an important role in Manchester City’s title charge. But the manner of his contribution is certainly unexpected. The 22-year-old, a natural centre-back, had made 32 appearances without scoring before his stunning strike against Real Madrid last month. He now has five goals…

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Pep Guardiola hits back at Manchester City’s critics but is unsure when Erling Haaland will return | Football News

Pep Guardiola fired a warning to all of Manchester City’s doubters, declaring his team are ready to prove them wrong but is unsure when Erling Haaland will return. City showed their champions’ mettle as they came from behind to beat Luton 2-1 – and register their first Premier League win in a month. This was…

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Unmarked Haaland heads home a second to double City’s lead

Erling Haaland doubles City’s lead in the derby at Old Trafford.

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Match Officials Mic’d Up | Why Chelsea’s Gusto saw red but Man City’s Mateo Kovacic didn’t | Video | Watch TV Show

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player PGMOL chief Howard Webb explains why Chelsea’s Malo Gusto was shown a red card after the VAR intervened following a tackle on Lucas Digne and Manchester City’s Mateo Kovacic only saw a yellow card for a similar incident against Arsenal.

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‘The danger would be Arsenal’ | Paul Merson picks Gunners as Manchester City’s biggest UEFA Champions League threat | Video | Watch TV Show

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Paul Merson looks over who could be Manchester City’s biggest threat to winning consecutive Champions League titles.

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