BREAKING: Man City Women's Super League fixture postponed over Covid-19 outbreak

direct to your inboxGareth Taylor heaped praise on Chloe Kelly as Manchester City Women netted seven goals for the second successive week. After a 7-0 victory over Aston Villa last weekend in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League, City followed it up with a 7-1 win away at Brighton & Hove Albion.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola believes the focus should be on improving current leagues rather than starting new ones. There has been regular suggestions for years that the best clubs in Europe could break away and form a new competition, and reports this week suggested Manchester United, Real Madrid and AC Milan were driving plans for 15 permanent clubs as well as five other clubs to play between 18 and 23 matches a season against each other.

direct to your inboxAn ever-changing Premier League title race has taken another twist as Manchester City talisman Kevin De Bruyne has been ruled out for the next month.City have gone from eight points behind Liverpool before Christmas to four ahead of the Champions with a game in hand and two behind Manchester United.

direct to your inboxAnother midweek round of Premier League fixtures has almost been competed, and we have seen yet more changes at the top of the table.Leicester City’s win over Chelsea on Tuesday temporarily moved them to the summit, before Manchester City leapfrogged them with a controversial victory over Aston Villa.Then the league’s top position changed hands again after Manchester United came from behind to beat Fulham at Craven Cottage.Last season’s champions Liverpool are in action this

straight to your inboxAston Villa are ready to face Manchester City, according to manager Dean Smith, who confirmed the Premier League fixture will go ahead. Smith confirmed that Villa returned to training this week after nine players tested positive for Covid-19 in the last fortnight.

direct to your inboxSunday's goalless draw between Liverpool and Manchester United will no doubt have been the result Man City were hoping for in the title race.City can now go top of the league if they win their game in hand, although they currently sit two points behind leaders United.Liverpool sit a point further back in fourth, with Leicester City also level on points with Man City.Yet, with most clubs yet to even reach the halfway point of their fixture list, there is still plenty to play

direct to your inboxThe date and kick-off times for the FA Cup forth round have been confirmed.Manchester United will welcome fierce rivals Liverpool to Old Trafford on Sunday, January 24, with kick-off coming at 5pm. It will be shown live on BBC One.

direct to your inboxThe Premier League title race is set to take more twists and turns this week as Liverpool host Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday.The top two go head-to-head in a mouthwatering match that should have a significant impact on the race to be crowned Premier League champions. The intrigue is further added to by the fact United and Manchester City are in action this midweek to play their games in hand on Liverpool.

straight to your inboxBrighton will be without five key men when they take on Manchester City at the Etihad this week. After playing 120 minutes on Sunday in the FA Cup away on a poor pitch at League Two side Newport, Brighton next travel to City on Wednesday in the Premier League.However, they will have to do without four injured players who would have likely been in line to start in Graham Potter's strongest starting XI.

straight to your inboxAston Villa have shut their first team training centre after a number of players returned positive Covid-19 tests.Villa's last fixture was the 2-1 defeat at Manchester United and they are set to face Manchester City two weeks. Their first positive tests were returned on Monday, three days after facing United.

direct to your inboxManchester United and Manchester City are locking horns in a Carabao Cup semi-final tonight.City, winners of the competition in each of the last three seasons, tackle a United side looking to lift the competition for the first time since 2017. With the country having entered a third lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Old Trafford will once again be without fans but it remains a fiercely-anticipated clash.

direct to your inbox Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed Manchester United have a 'very strong squad' available for their semi-final clash against Man City in the Carabao Cup.

straight to your inboxFerran Torres, Ederson, and Tommy Doyle are the three Manchester City players that tested positive ahead of the Everton game on Monday. Pep Guardiola was without Kyle Walker and Gabriel Jesus for the Newcastle game on Boxing Day after the pair were confirmed to be carrying the virus following the team's trip down to London to play Arsenal before Christmas.

straight to your inboxRoy Keane believes that Manchester City's lack of intensity out of possession has led to their downturn in form this season and think they will regret not signing a striker in the summer.Pep Guardiola's side sit eighth in the Premier League table ahead of their clash with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Victory would take them above Chelsea and on to 29 points, four points behind Manchester United and Liverpool, with a game in hand.

straight to your inboxManchester City might use their academy players for the FA Cup clash against Birmingham City in order to field stronger teams against Chelsea and Manchester United.The new year begins with a big Premier League clash against Chelsea on Sunday, before a Carabao Cup semi-final at Old Trafford and an FA Cup third round tie at home to Championship side Birmingham.With at least five City players set to be missing for the Chelsea trip due to Covid tests, Guardiola will have to

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola blasted Everton for their reaction to the postponement of their Premier League game with Manchester City and insisted that he had personally phoned Carlo Ancelotti to inform him of the situation.

straight to your inboxFrank Lampard says Hakim Ziyech could return against Manchester City on January 3, should the game go ahead.City's most recent Premier League fixture against Everton was postponed on health grounds after a number of positive Covid tests in the Blues squad, and the Chelsea game could be in doubt if more cases emerge. However, no new positive tests were returned when the City squad were tested on Wednesday, and first-team training has resumed.