• Manchester City and Liverpool drew 2 - 2 this morning. Blog buddy Yossi Benayoun's equalizer secured the draw. Benayoun had just flown back at 3:00AM from Serbia, after receiving extensive horse placenta massages on his hamstring. No word on if he ate hay for breakfast. Neither team looked deserving of a win, though City's play improved after the introduction of Carlos Tevez in the second half.

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Benfica midfielder Angel di Maria has been the subject of much transfer speculation recently, with Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool all linked with the Argentine international. A ridiculous fee of £36million has been mentioned for the 21 year old, although somewhere around £10-15million is more likely.

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Citeh striker might feel more at home at Rovers Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez is improving his notoriously dodgy linguistic skills with the help of ITV soap Coronation Street. The Argentina international has recently come under fire from team-mate and compatriot Pablo Zabaleta for his poor English, but Tevez seems eager to step up to the [. Click to continue reading...

West Ham insist in-form striker Carlton Cole is not for sale at any price despite reports that Premier League's big guns are preparing January bids.
Manchester United are the latest club linked with a £20million bid for Hammers hot-shot Cole when the transfer window reopens, with misfiring Liverpool also reportedly interested in a player who has flourished under the tutelage of Gianfranco Zola. Click to continue reading...

Yes, that is a serious question. Two players who 'offer more than just goals' as strikers. But how much more? Who would you rather have? Fortunately a member of the Football365 Forum (lol tb x) has done the analysis for us. Read on to see who comes out on top...

A comparison of their goals and assists since Tevez came here:

This is obviously an area where Tevez should win by a margin having played with some of the best players in the world.

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The look of the player on the pitch, a skilled & fiery workhorse, captures the fan's imagination, but what follows?

Few goals, lots of whining, a desire to quit.

If this was said about Carlos Tevez in relation to Manchester United you might take pause to consider if he was done wrong and has a grevience.

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"It will be Rooney. I think Rooney is ready to be a captain. Why not?"
Fabio Capello is a pretty bright chap.

"There was never any doubt that I would play for Wales, my family wouldn't have let me play for England! It would not have tempted the young Ryan Giggs it was never an issue for me.

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Arsenal, Man United, Tottenham, Chelsea and Liverpool Subs Make the Grade

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These guys could walk into most teams but for some reason find themselves having to sit next to physio and sub keeper every damn week!

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At the start of the season, Arsene Wenger's young Gunners were written off as title challengers by many analysts and TV pundits. Some even argued that the new Manchester City powerhouse would take over Arsenal at the top of the table.

It was an easy assumption to make as City made news every day during the transfer window.

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Man City striker Carlos Tevez has bought a massive version of the famous Manchester poster. Tevez has paid £2000 the ‘Welcome to Manchester' poster which caused an uproar.
Tevez left Man United during the summer following a two-year loan, he then decided to turn down an offer from Old Trafford and join their City rivals Manchester City. Click to continue reading...

Argentines Abroad is delayed slightly this week by the Monday night fixture bumping the normal domestic coverage a day on, and the fact I've been writing an article for another site (more of which later in the week). That's useful in some ways because the Copa del Rey in Spain has ensured there's action to [. Click to continue reading...

The most eagerly waited fixture in the EPL so far took place on Sunday 8 November when champions Manchester United took on potential challengers Chelsea at fortress Stamford Bridge. So much talking about Chelsea form lately and the run they are on, Manchester United injury list was a major talking point with world's best centre back partnership in the shape of Vidic & Rio Ferdinand both sidelined, though Vidic was on the bench but unable to start to game.

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There are many factors that have contributed to Argentina's poor form throughout World Cup qualification. Some may look to the exclusion of the old guard such as Javier Zanetti and Estaban Cambiasso or to the continued faith in Carlos Tevez; dismissed twice and only scoring one goal throughout qualification.

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The Republik of Mancunia picks out what City fans think of Carlos Tevez. Priceless read.

The Run of Play unmasks the "toothbrushing man".

Those of you not aware of the toothbrushing man, here's the reference (happened during the Chelsea match)

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Manchester City fans were pissing themselves when the now infamous poster popped up in town. The club had forked out a small fortune to a London-based design company to come up with the slogan. Mark Hughes described it as "a bit of fun between fans", likening it to the counter we have on the Stretford End which marks how many years the bitters have gone without a trophy.

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The timing could never had been better. Precisely ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, another barrier in Europe is being taken down: the wall between the strong and the weak of European football; between the Champions League and the Europa League; between the Big Four and the Little 16.

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The £50m Carlos Tevez and Emmanuel Adabeyor combination are getting paid did not motivate them enough to score a goal or two.Manchester City were unable to prevent the poorest paid side in the league - Burnley from picking up their first away point of the season.

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So Jozy Altidore was dropped for showing up to a Hull City game late. Then he was fined for tweeting an apology for being late.
Not a good day for the youngster.
Maybe some links will cheer him up.

• Ryan Giggs wants to coach Wales. [UK Press]
  
• A mass brawl in the Bulgarian league.

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Image by Getty Images via Daylife In what seems to be becoming a habit, Manchester City drew their fourth successive Premier League match with a goalless encounter with Birmingham City. The hosts played some hard working football an created many chances, the best of them all being the penalty shot from James McFadden early in [. Click to continue reading...

Whilst defeats inevitably brings with it the criticism and analysis a side faces, conversely, can draws mask the problems that a side has?
Yet another point yesterday, and in the context of the game with the penalty save (more of a miss?) and wonderful and brave double save at the end of the first half from Shay Given, it can be viewed as a point gained given that we again avoided what could have been a defeat. Click to continue reading...

On the 14th November Diego Maradona's Argentina will face Spain in Atlético de Madrid's Estadio Vicente Calderón in a friendly as the first part of their preparation for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. On Friday, Maradona named his squad for the match, which will consist solely of players playing for clubs outside Argentina, [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool's Argentina captain Javier Mascherano has admitted that his international commitments are taking a toll on him.
The combative midfielder thinks that his workload has been too heavy - and the constant globetrotting has left him tired.
Mascherano has made a bad start on his return to England since featuring for Argentina in their final World Cup qualification matches. Click to continue reading...

Teenager Fran Merida netted his first Arsenal goal as Arsene Wenger's young Gunners beat Liverpool 2-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup.

Just back from the Under-20 World Cup with Spain, the 19-year-old former Barcelona trainee drilled in a fine first-half strike as Wenger's faith in youth was once again justified.

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The English Carling Cup wrapped up its fourth round (round of 16) matches on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. The favorites on Wednesday advanced as their were any upsets. Two of the matches included Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City v Scunthorpe United. Here's a recap along with video highlights of both matches.

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I do like looking at statistics, so maybe you do too. With Michael Owen wanting emphasis to be put on his performances as well as the goals he scored, I thought it would be interesting to see how Owen compares to the top strikers in the league.

These stats are never going to give you like for like because Owen is our third choice striker therefore gets fewer opportunities but they're interesting enough to look at.

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Liverpool legend Alan Hansen believes the Premier League champions Manchester United are not the same proposition minus the attacking threat of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez, who left Old Trafford in the summer to join Real Madrid and Manchester City respectively.
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Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes that United striker (and former Liverpool striker) Michael Owen will be able to handle the boo's tomorrow.
Owen joined Liverpool and played for their youth team in 1991. In 2004, Owen left Liverpool for Real Madrid, that didn't quite work out so he joined Newcastle United in 2005. Click to continue reading...

James Beattie

Beattie, a Sheffield United player last season, slowly adjusted to his move up to the Premier League to open this season. Going into last weekend the thirty-one year old had yet to find the back of the net. This would change though against West Ham last weekend.

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"I lost sight of the official ball and stayed on the red one. I went for the red ball instinctively as it was the closest to me and the other went past me."
Pepe Reina on THAT beach ball.

"You have to say he was right on the spot and kept up with play well."
Mischievous Mark Hughes praises Alan Wiley's handling of the Wigan-Man City game, following Sir Alex Ferguson's comments that the official was too unfit. Click to continue reading...

It was a mixed week for Argentines in England Pablo Zabaleta was sent off and Carlos Tevez had to toil on his own up front as Manchester City could only draw 1-1 with Wigan Athletic, and Javier Mascherano and Emiliano Insúa's Liverpool lost in circumstances which were either hilarious or exasperating depending on your [. Click to continue reading...

Henry Winter again writes for The Telegraph in defence of Sir Alex Ferguson

Studs Up has a laugh at Rafa and Liverpool

The Mirror look at sick chants following City repeatedly singing their Munich Carlos Tevez song

The Times discusses the most bizarre goals in football

Sky Sports warns our fans will be checked for beachballs at Anfield

Are you on LinkedIn?

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A financial disaster waiting to happen? Ryan Baxter takes a look at the figures.

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Manchester City's billionaire owners have wasted no time in splashing the cash in an effort to win silverware and establish the club among the world's elite.

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There is a lengthy article in the Mail today with Joleon Lescott in which he covers quite a wide number of topics. Of most interest perhaps, in discussing his move to the club he says:

‘Moving to City was one of the best days of my life because it was something I wanted,' he says.

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It was a moment we will have probably forgotten in a year from now, but at the time, it felt like one of the worst moments of the decade.

The return of Carlos Tevez to Old Trafford had been built up beyond belief, with some sections of the press claiming he should be greeted warmly, whilst others recognised that he was deserving of the abuse he would receive.

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Dwight Yorke, who last week was reliving the memories of that night in the Nou Camp, is amazed that Carlos Tevez has chosen to leave Manchester United for Manchester City as he approaches the peak of his career.

Clearly Robinho agrees.

"Things have changed," said Yorke. "But I know when I was at the peak of my career there is no way I would have left the best team in the world.

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