Thug barred from pub called security staff 'grass' and came back with a bloke with an axe

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola says Manchester City need to take their Champions League dead rubber seriously if they want to consider themselves a big team. The Blues confirmed top spot in the group with a drab 0-0 draw at Porto, ensuring an easier draw on paper in the last-16 of the knockout competition next year.

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City morning headlines for Monday, 30 November.Guardiola calls on defenders to stamp out errorsManchester City boss Pep Guardiola has challenged his defenders to avoid making mistakes if they want to keep their place in the starting line-up.

straight to your inboxHere are the Manchester City evening headlines for Friday, November 27.Pep Guardiola has revealed that Manchester City have no new injury concerns ahead of tomorrow’s game against Burnley.Fernandinho, Benjamin Mendy and Aleks Zinchenko all returned to the squad as the Blues beat Olympiakos in the Champions League on Wednesday night.Nathan Ake is the only potential absentee with a knock sustained while on international duty with the Netherlands.In his pre-match press

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puppy was found, but the stranger who spotted the dog refused to give her back. Newborn pooch, Nelly, disappeared from her owner's garden in Aston-under-Lyne in Tameside, Greater Manchester, last Saturday.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola says no player loved football more than Diego Maradona, as he led Manchester City's tributes to the Argentina legend.Maradona has passed away at the age of 60, leading to tributes to be paid from around the world in respect of one of the greatest players to play the game.The sad news was confirmed before City's Champions League win in Olympiacos, with Guardiola paying tribute to Maradona in his post-match media commitments.Guardiola also offered his

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has confirmed the entire Manchester City squad is fit apart from Nathan Ake ahead of tomorrow's Champions League meeting with Olympiacos.City had been without Ake as well as Benjamin Mendy and Fernandinho in recent weeks while Sergio Aguero returned during the weekend's defeat against Tottenham.The Blues can all but secure passage to the knockout stages of the competition with a victory in Greece after winning all three of their group stage fixtures thus

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola insists his Manchester City future beyond 2023 will depend on the success he achieves in the next two and a half years - but crucially did not rule out any further contract extensions.The manager has just committed his future to City for another two and a half years, with the ink on his new contract barely dry before talk has moved to what will happen when this deal expires.Before signing the new contract, Guardiola had always said he must earn any extension

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola says Manchester City's response to the coronavirus pandemic was a key factor in convincing him that he was at the right club. Speaking to the media for the first time since signing a new two-year contract extension, Guardiola explained how a conversation with chairman Khaldoon Al-Mubarak was the key factor in convincing him to sign the new deal that will keep him at the club until 2023.

straight to your inboxTottenham boss Jose Mourinho has told Gareth Southgate to name the Premier League managers who put pressure on him to leave their players out of the England squad.Manchester City ace Raheem Sterling withdrew from the England squad during the international break but Mourinho believes that he will feature at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday.Three members of Mourinho's Tottenham side all played at least two games during the international break, with Harry Kane playing

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola wants Lionel Messi to finish his career in Barcelona, despite speculation linking Manchester City with a fresh move for the Argentine playmaker.

straight to your inbox every day, freeHere are your Manchester United morning headlines for Friday, November 20. Manchester United youngsters Owen Dodgson and Calen Gallagher-Allison have both left the club’s academy to join Burnley.

straight to your inbox every day, freeWest Brom boss Slaven Bilic is under no illusions about the size of his team's task at Old Trafford on Saturday night.Manchester United host the Baggies looking for their first home Premier League win of the season, at the fifth attempt. United are desperately trying to eradicate inconsistencies in their form under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer this term and build on an excellent win at Everton before the international break.

was 'intimidating and excessive'.One video shared online appears to show university security staff filming students as they entered the campus.It was retweeted by Gorton MP Afzal Khan who wrote: "This seems unnecessarily heavy handed.

straight to your inboxLeeds United midfielder Kalvin Phillips has revealed his conversation with Pep Guardiola after his side's draw with Manchester City last month.The midfielder put in an impressive performance in the 1-1 draw, which saw Leeds come from behind to grab a deserved point against City, who led through Raheem Sterling's 17th-minute opener.Speaking to The Times, Phillips admitted he feared for the worst after conceding first due to how well Guardiola's side were playing.Yet he felt

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City evening headlines for Thursday, November 12. Ake injury updateAfter being withdrawn just six minutes into the Netherlands’ friendly against Spain on Wednesday night, Manchester City defender Nathan Ake has described his injury as “frustrating”.The 25-year-old suffered a suspected hamstring injury in the 1-1 draw, which saw Rodri, Eric Garcia, and Ferran Torres feature, and will now return to City, Frank de Boer has confirmed.

straight to your inboxComing into this Manchester City squad must be a daunting experience for any new signing, but goalkeeper Zack Steffen says Pep Guardiola makes the transition as easy as possible.Steffen signed for the club last summer, before spending the 2019/20 season on loan at Fortuna Dusseldorf.

straight to your inboxNathan Ake has described his injury as 'frustrating' after the Manchester City defender lasted just six minutes of the Netherlands' friendly against Spain on Wednesday.Ake, starting in the left centre-back role for Holland, picked up an early hamstring injury and had to be replaced in the opening stages, giving City another injury concern.Now, Ake has pledged to be back in action soon, taking to social media after the game to say: "Frustrating night! Hope to be back