Manchester City's eventful week went from bad to worse when the club confirmed that Carlos Tevez
has been suspended until his alleged refusal to come on as a substitute against Bayern Munich is
fully reviewed.
The joint Barclays Premier League leaders suffered a humbling 2-0 defeat at the Allianz Arena as
German international striker Mario Gomez once again proved his mettle.
Things got ugly in Wednesday's Bosnian Cup match between FK Velež Mostar and H K Zrinjski
Mostar in the ethnically divided town's derby match when Zrinjski fans invaded the pitch to chase
visiting Velez players. The incident occurred in second half stoppage time right after Rijad Demic
scored for Velez.
Reports in Germany have resurfaced linking Liverpool with a move for Werder Bremen midfielder Marko
Marin, according to the reports Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has marked the 22 year old German
International as his number one winter target.
Marin has previously been linked with a whole host of European clubs, at one stage it was thought
that he would be heading to Old Trafford, then Arsenal became the favoured destination for the
player labelled as the German Messi, now it is Liverpool's turn to be linked with the Bosnian born
midfield maestro.
Reports in Germany have resurfaced linking Liverpool with a move for Werder Bremen midfielder Marko
Marin, according to the reports Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has marked the 22 year old German
International as his number one winter target.
Marin has previously been linked with a whole host of European clubs, at one stage it was thought
that he would be heading to Old Trafford, then Arsenal became the favoured destination for the
player labelled as the German Messi, now it is Liverpool's turn to be linked with the Bosnian born
midfield maestro.
From one recalcitrant to another, we have Mancini's first test: curing a suicidal
Manchester City malaise (by Darshan Joshi)
At least Roberto Mancini's selection headaches are thinning. The petulance of Edin
Džeko will see the Bosnian left out of City's weekend clash with Blackburn, while Carlos Tévez's
latest insipid tirade has seen Mancini finally pull the plug on last season's top goalscorer.
By Chris Wright
Man City were given a bit of a humbling by Bayern Munich in the Champions League last night,
eventually going down 2-0 in the Allianz Arena courtesy of a brace from Mario Gomez.
However, the major talking point emanated from the City bench where, according to a pretty
peeved Roberto Mancini, Carlos Tevez flatly refused to enter the fray as a second-half substitute a
claim that Tevez himself has denied this morning, citing that he was 'ready to play' and that it
was all just a big 'misunderstanding'.
