Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler believes Manchester City are determined to not allow their team to become overgrown with older players unlike his former club.
17.04.2023 - 20:35 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Here are your Manchester City evening headlines on Monday, April 17.
Aymeric Laporte says Manchester City’s chances of defending their Premier League crown depends on how well they can remain focused and keep consistency during the run-in.
The Blues have a Champions League quarter-final second-leg clash with Bayern Munich on Wednesday before an FA Cup semi-final against Sheffield United on Saturday. Their next Premier League match is the gigantic meeting with Arsenal on April 26. City are still on for the treble and were given a title boost when West Ham held the Gunners to a 2-2 draw on Sunday following their own 3-1 win over Leicester on Saturday.
It means a win over Arsenal coupled with three points in their game in hand would take them top of the table. Laporte - who started his seventh league game of the season against Leicester - says the squad is “in a good mood". But with potentially another six cup games to play in addition to their eight remaining league games, the 29-year-old said he and his teammates must remain fully attentive to the task in hand.
“I think the team is in a good mood now, winning a lot of games in a row (10),” he told club media. “We have to keep focused as we have over the last few weeks and even months. We have to focus on ourselves, that’s all.”
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Kevin De Bruyne is feeling ready to play every game for Manchester City as he explained his unhappiness at being taken off against Bayern Munich.
De Bruyne had appeared to suffer an injury shortly before his substitution but was clearly irked as he was replaced by Julian Alvarez, and Pep Guardiola confirmed afterwards that the change was tactical. The Belgian was fit enough to start against Leicester days
Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler believes Manchester City are determined to not allow their team to become overgrown with older players unlike his former club.
There was surprise to see Ederson on the bench for Manchester City against West Ham.
They might be at perceived polar ends of the football spectrum but a healthy mutual respect exists between new Leeds United manager Sam Allardyce and Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola will be able to welcome back Nathan Ake in midweek as West Ham visit the Etihad Stadium.
Phil Foden will go on to become Manchester City's next David Silva or Ilkay Gundogan as Rio Ferdinand feels Pep Guardiola does fully trust the England man but has so many quality players at his disposal.
Julian Alvarez has called for a whole team effort as Manchester City enter a run of nine 'finals' in their bid to win three trophies this season.
Fulham manager Marco Silva felt 50/50 decisions went against his side during the 2-1 defeat to Manchester City at Craven Cottage.
Manchester City moved to the top of the Premier League table after securing an important victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday afternoon.
Manchester City were given an injury concern on Sunday as Kevin De Bruyne wasn't fit enough to travel to Fulham in the Premier League.
Manchester City supporters want to see Aymeric Laporte return to the starting line-up against Fulham in the Premier League this weekend.
Manchester City will have the chance to move above Arsenal in the Premier League table when they take on Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday afternoon.
Manchester City can go top of the league with a game-in-hand over title rivals Arsenal if they can bring home three points from Craven Cottage when they face Fulham. The reigning league champions have capitalised on Arsenal's dip in form which included the midweek win at the Etihad Stadium against the Gunners.
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher believes it would be increasingly difficult to argue that Manchester City are not the greatest English football team if they win the Champions League this season.
Former Manchester United striker Michael Owen believes Manchester City have "got one hand" on the Premier League title following their 4-1 win over Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday evening.
Kevin De Bruyne says Manchester City trained to target Arsenal’s goal kicks to help them create chances in their 4-1 win over the Gunners.
Manchester City took a giant leap towards retaining their Premier League crown with an emphatic 4-1 win over title rivals Arsenal on Wednesday.
Pep Guardiola said that Manchester City's game with Bayern Munich convinced him that Manu Akanji was the best option to go up against Bukayo Saka.
Riyad Mahrez gave Pep Guardiola plenty to think about with a wonderful hat-trick against Sheffield United on Saturday and Manchester City fans are backing him to start against Arsenal this evening.
Kevin De Bruyne is enjoying the "privilege" of chasing down a historic treble with Manchester City and believes the Blues can achieve the holy grail of Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League this season.
Rio Ferdinand has heaped praise on Jack Grealish for 'doing everything' Pep Guardiola wants him to do at Manchester City.