No news of Vincent Kompany's knee injury until right before kickoff meant fantasy managers were left frustrated as the City skipper missed out on a clean sheet and 6 fantasy points this past weekend at home to Fulham. The 6.6M ... Continue reading →

According to the Manchester Evening News, Manchester United have signed Freddie Veseli from Manchester City.

The 19-year-old central defender joined the club in 2008 but has become frustrated by the lack of first team opportunities. He made his debut for the club in a pre-season friendly in the summer but when the dreadful Stefan Savic got the nod ahead of him during Vincent Kompany's absence, the Veseli clearly realised it was time to leave.

By Chris Wright

Short, sweet and does exactly what it says on the tin like Warwick Davis smeared in a mixture of Nutella and Ronseal.

But enough about the sketchbook that got me thrown out of Art College, here's Vincent Kompany Manchester City's erstwhile captain and leader being sent arse-over-teats backwards after being sneaked snuck snaken snook crept up on by a small blue ninja stealth bag during training.

Kompany takes a tumble With all the recent talk around Manchester City skipper Vincent Kompany relating to the dangers of two-footed tackles, one of the most perilous aspects of football has been overlooked: running backwards. The Belgian found out the hard way just how difficult it can be to run backwards when he was fouled [.

Liverpool's big week culminates with Manchester United's trip to Anfield in the fourth round of the FA Cup tomorrow, two weeks ahead of their visit to Old Trafford in league. United had the more arduous task in the third round, traveling across town to the Etihad, where they scraped past City in a 3-2 win.

A trip to Wembley and Liverpool's first cup final in nearly five years are on the line on Wednesday, with Manchester City heading to Anfield for the second leg of the League Cup semi-final. Liverpool have a 1-0 advantage from the first leg after a Steven Gerrard penalty capped a dominant opening spell for Kenny Dalglish's squad, but there's little illusion that they'll be able to coast into the final, with City more than capable of turning the tie over.

A trip to Wembley and Liverpool's first cup final in nearly five years are on the line tomorrow, with Manchester City heading to Anfield for the second leg of the League Cup semi-final. Liverpool have a 1-0 advantage from the first leg after a Steven Gerrard penalty capped a dominant opening spell for Kenny Dalglish's squad, but there's little illusion that they'll be able to coast into the final, with City more than capable of turning the tie over.

Will Gerrard get on the score sheet again Wednesday night?...Manchester City travel to Anfield on Wednesday night for the second leg of the Carling Cup tie between the two sides. With Liverpool holding the slight advantage, the game is perfectly poised for an exciting clash and the winner is off to Wembley.

Mais um jogo das eliminatórias da Eurocopa de 2012, foi realizado no dia 07/10/2011, na cidade de Bruxelas-BEL, onde jogaram as seleções da Bélgica (34º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do Cazaquistão (132º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Astana 08/10/2010 KAZ0:2 (0:0)BEL 2008Almaty 12/09/2007 KAZ2:2 (1:2)BEL 2008Brussels 16/08/2006 BEL0:0KAZ
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Milorad Mazic-SRB
Scout:
Timmy Simons (40 Pen.

Mario Balotelli's Scott Parker head stamp in all its gory

City as it did in Vincent Kompany's case is also unlikely to contest Mario Balotelli's violent conduct charge which also suspends him for 4 matches. The image shows Balotelli really putting some extra mustard in that head rake.

Mario Balotelli could be in hot water with the FA after appearing to stamp on Tottenham midfielder Scott Parker during Manchester City's 3-2 win over Spurs at the Etihad Stadium. The pair came together in the second half with the combative Scott Parker diving in to block Balotelli's shot. As the Italian striker swivelled to [.

Many are labelling this weekend's game as a grudge match with Spurs seeking revenge for the beating they received at White Hart Lane earlier in the season. According to a recent poll by Sky Sports, Spurs are also the favourites to win the league, no doubt partly due to the new-found hatred that City has acquired.

By JOHN BOSCHINI

The last time Arsenal and Manchester United faced each other, the end result looked less like an outcome between two of England's heavyweights and more of one between a Premier League side and a League Two outfit.

The Red Devils ran rampant at Old Trafford back on Aug.

The Manchester City manager is set to be reprimanded by the FA, the English Football Association, for his consistent card waving gestures. The gestures typically involve Roberto Mancini waving a closed hand, with finger and thumb touching exclusively, high above his head, indicating that the referee should award a card, either yellow or red, to an opponent.

Manchester City finally ended their bad run and also kept their lead at the top of the premier league after picking up a pretty hard fought victory against Wigan Athletic on Monday.

Bosnian international striker, Edin Dzeko, ended his 11th matches goal drought to bring joy again for Man City's faithful after Roberto Mancini's side were disappointed in FA Cup and Carling Cup matches few days ago.

Echoing the sentiments of Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand has expressed his surprise that there has been so much discussion in regards to Vincent Kompany's red card against Manchester United last weekend.

"I don't understand why this debate is still going on," said Rio. "It's stated clearly in the rule book, we get told before the season when all the referees go around the different clubs: a two-footed tackle is a red card.

After a very disappointing first half against Liverpool and a distinct lack of cutting edge in the 2nd half, Wigan away is probably one of the best places to go right now for a game to build up your confidence again. I mean that with respect of course, but there is no denying that Wigan aren't having a great season.

I appealed because I obviously completely disagreed with the interpretation of the officials on the day but that happens in football and we move on. I wonder though if we are now going to see an unprecedented wave of red cards on match days because we sanction "if's" and "maybe's"? Are we going to look back at video evidence for every single challenge that goes unnoticed by the officials, look at different scenarios and potential outcomes of what could have been considered a good tackle and then sanction it?

Click Here to get a free £50 Bet with Paddy Power Liverpool v Stoke According to reports, Liverpool are desperate to offload Andy Carroll this January. Unfortunately, there's no great demand for Noel Fielding look-a-likes so they may be stuck with the Geordie. Add into the mix the drawn out Luis Suarez racism row and [.

The FA will not be taking any action against Glen Johnson for his challenge on Joleon Lescott in the first leg of Wednesday night's League Cup semi-final.
After all the controversy that surrounded Vincent Kompany's red card against Manchester United for a two-footed tackle on Nani in the FA Cup third round last weekend, there have been calls for Johnson to face severe punishment.

Glen Johnson's two footed lunge on Joleon Lescott

Watch Glen Johnson's tackle on Joleon Lescott and tell me why Vincent Kompany was sent off for his tackle on Nani and Johnson wasn't?

By the standards used to judge recent red-carded tackles like Vincent Kompany's against Manchester United and Jay Spearing's against Fulham, on Wednesday night Glen Johnson at the very least put himself in a position where seeing red was a very real possibility. Maybe even the most likely possibility.

Glen Johnson is the subject of much discussion after Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini slammed a tackle he made during Liverpool's 1-0 League Cup semi-final win at Eastlands. Johnson leapt into a two-footed tackle on Joleon Lescott during a fiery second half. Enraged, City boss Roberto Mancini suggested that Johnson's tackle was a far more [.

MANCHESTER Manchester City's narrow defeat Sunday against arch rival United was action packed. United went up 3-0 before half, but that wasn't what all the commotion was about following the match. In... Read more »

By Chris Wright

This audio has comes round the houses via the Beeb, and details the 'tunnel spat' ('chat' is somewhat closer to the mark) that Roberto Mancini and Steven Gerrard engaged in following yesterday's Carling Cup semi-final first leg at the Etihad...

Gerrard approaches Mancini to take him to task over his conduct following both Vincent Kompany's red card against Manchester United on Sunday and Glen Johnson's two-footed piledriver last night to which the City manager clearly replies (at the 0:13 mark), and I quote:

"Whale tea, sea cake and FROSTIES!

Captain Fantastic...Liverpool were victorious in the first leg of the Carling Cup Semi Final with Manchester City last night courtesy of a Steven Gerrard penalty. Manager Kenny Dalglish used tactics to his advantage as Liverpool began to park the bus in the second half. Man City could do nothing to get an effort past the Liverpool defence let alone past Pepe Reina who was left relatively jobless throughout the 90 minutes.

By Chris Wright

"You got once chance, mon frere!"

It was a bit of a strange, suffocating old game but, thanks principally to Kenny Dalglish switching to a flat-back nine for the majority of the second-half, Liverpool came away from the Etihad with the slimmest of advantages (City's first back-to-back home defeat since February 2008) to take back to Anfield for the second leg.

Shortly after facing a home defeat against their city rival Manchester United in the FA Cup, another disappointing episode arrived for Manchester City as they suffered a similar outcome in the Carling Cup against Liverpool on Wednesday.

This second defeat in a row obviously stunned the Eastlands, but coach Roberto Mancini remains positive with his team's strength as he even believed that his team can reverse the result in the second leg.

Glen Johnson's two-footed lunge near the end last night's victory again Manchester City has provoked the ire of Roberto Mancini, and I can totally understand why. I agree with Mancini - it was arguably worse than Vincent Kompany's tackle against Man United but, as per usual, Liverpool fans, players and management will never admit it.

Manchester City slumped to their second home defeat in four days as Steven Gerrard's early penalty moved Liverpool to within 90 minutes of their first Wembley appearance since 1996.
Lacking key men, including skipper Vincent Kompany who sat forlornly in the stands as he began a four-match ban, and drained by the energy exerted at having to play for 78 minutes with 10 men against Manchester United at the weekend, City were a shadow of their usual selves.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini was involved in an angry tunnel exchange with Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard after Wednesday night's 1-0 Carling Cup defeat at the Etihad Stadium.
The pair clashed twice, the second particularly fractious, with Gerrard annoyed at Mancini's response to a late tackle by Glen Johnson on Joleon Lescott.

Glen's in good Kompany terrible tackle by soccermr With a huge degree of inevitability following Vincent Kompany's red card at the weekend, a Manchester City was on the receiving end of a two-footed challenge in last night's match against Liverpool. And it went unpunished. Glen Johnson dived into a challenge with Joleon Lescott.

szólj hozzá: City v Liverpool 0:1 EXTENDED

Have at the 20 minutes highlights before it is taken down. Stefan Savic brings down Daniel Agger and Steven Gerrard converts the PK in the 12th minute. Liverpool were much the better team for large parts of the match in the first half. In the second they played good hard defensive ball to deny City at the Etihad.

Liverpool will take a 1-0 advantage back to Anfield after defeating Manchester City in their Carling Cup semi-final on Wednesday.
A first-half penalty from Steven Gerrard was all that separated the sides at the Etihad Stadium after City defender Stefan Savic clumsily felled a charging Daniel Agger in the box.

By Chris Wright

This just appeared on Vincent Kompany's official Facebook page; a personally written note touching on the Manchester City captain's failure to get his red card against Manchester United overturned yesterday...

All-in-all, right or wrong, a very level-headed and considered response from an impressively intelligent footballer.

Goal: ‘In 30 years I have never seen a sending off for a tackle like this' Roberto Mancini perplexed by red card for Manchester City's Vincent Kompany

The Belgian is suspended for four matches after second red of the season, and his manager is upset his appeal failed following dismissal against Manchester United in the FA Cup

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Goal: ‘In 30 years I have never seen a sending off for a tackle like this' Roberto Mancini perplexed by red card for Manchester City's Vincent Kompany

The Belgian is suspended for four matches after second red of the season, and his manager is upset his appeal failed following dismissal against Manchester United in the FA Cup

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Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has failed in his attempts to have the 4 match suspension he received following his red card against local rivals Manchester United rescinded. Kompany was given a straight red in the early stages of his team's FA cup 3rd round clash with United for a 2 footed sliding tackle - although replays seemed to show he did win the ball cleanly in the challenge.

Not a surprise that the FA has turned down Vincent Kompany's appeal for the straight red card that he picked up in the Manchester derby on Sunday.

The Man City captain will now miss City's next four games (its four games and not three as this is his second red card of the season).

Kompany, who has arguably City's best player over the last two seasons, will miss tomorrow night's Carling Cup semi-final first-leg with Liverpool.

With Liverpool given a boost following the refusal of the FA hearing committee to reduce or resind Vincent Kompany's four game ban, plus the the lose of Yaya & kolo Toure's participation at The African Nation's Cup. Kenny Dalglish's team have a great opportunity to progress to the Carling Cup final.
We still have to be at our best to beat these guys as the likes of Nasri and Balotteli lie waiting in the wings.