Pep Guardiola said victory over Fulham was the perfect way to celebrate 250 games in charge of Manchester City and 700 overall in management.
The Spaniard s glittering career in has seen him ply his coaching trade in three countries, winning top-flight titles in Spain, Germany and England.
His pursuit of a third Premier League continued with a 2-0 win over Fulham, thanks to a goal from Raheem Sterling and a Kevin De Bruyne penalty.
In his 700 matches to date, Guardiola has tasted victory 507 times and lost just 82 of those, leaving him with a superb win percentage of 72.4.
Well, important first, of course, is being in the present – the present is the victory, of course, he told City s website.
You know, my 250 games here at the same time w…
Manchester City F.C. boss Manuel Pellegrini has played down reports linking the English champions with a January move for Swansea City striker Wilfried Bony.
The Côte d Ivoire international, 26, joined the Swans from Dutch Eredivisie side Vitesse Arnhem for a club record fee of £12 million in the summer of 2013, and has been worth every penny for the Welsh club.
With Edin Dzeko, Sergio Aguero, and Stevan Jovetic all sidelined due to injury, recent reports in the English media are suggesting is lining up a move to bring in a new striker in the New Year.
However, a move for Bony would require additional changes, as City must comply with the European Financial Fair Play rules.
I think that is just one of the 20 or 30 names I have read fro…
Juanfran says Atletico Madrid s La Liga disappointment will only serve to reinforce their determination to end the season with some silverware in the Champions League final.
Atletico lost 2-1 at relegated Levante on Sunday – a defeat which, combined with Barcelona s 5-0 thrashing of Espanyol – saw their hopes of regaining the title they won in 2014 come to an end.
It is now left to Barca and Real Madrid to battle it out on the final weekend of the season, with the Catalan giants leading by a point ahead of a trip to Granada, while Real visit Deportivo La Coruna.
But Atletico still have one major prize to play for as they take on Real in Milan on May 28 in a repeat of the 2014 Champions League final.
The Levante defeat hurt a lot, that s …
Callum Wilson revealed being dropped by both Newcastle and England fuelled his determination to fight back.
The striker’s post-World Cup slump saw him confined to the bench at Newcastle as he scored just once in 13 appearances.
It also saw him left out of the opening Euro 2024 qualifying wins over Ukraine and Italy in March.
However, Wilson is back to face Malta on Friday before Monday’s visit of North Macedonia to Old Trafford after scoring 11 goals across his final 12 games for Newcastle to fire them to fourth place in the Premier League.
He said: “I was finding myself on the bench and was used to playing week in, week out. All of a sudden, I was watching from the sidelines and coming on for 10 minutes at the end of the game.
“I didn’t…
Victor Osimhen believes Napoli are good enough to win the Champions League after they reached the competition s quarter-finals for the first time with an emphatic win over Eintracht Frankfurt.
Osimhen scored twice as Napoli ran out 3-0 winners in Wednesday s last-16 second leg at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, securing a 5-0 aggregate success over last season s Europa League winners.
Piotr Zielinski also netted from the penalty spot as Napoli posted their fourth win in as many home Champions League games this season – the Partenopei have scored three or more goals in each of those victories.
With Napoli s tally of 26 Champions League goals unmatched by any other team this campaign, Osimhen believes the runaway Serie A leaders are capable of delivering Europ…
Michael Laudrup believes his former clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid deserve to be considered as favourites for the Champions League.
The LaLiga giants face tough tasks in the last 16, with Barca taking on Chelsea and double defending champions Madrid meeting Paris Saint-Germain.
While Laudrup was most impressed by PSG and Manchester City in the group stage, the Dane said Madrid and Barca s experience gave them a huge advantage.
With my experience, I will still put my money on the people who are used to getting there, the Al-Rayyan coach told Omnisport.
That means my two ex-clubs from Spain, Real Madrid and Barcelona, and then my outsider would be Manchester City.
They [City] can almost make two teams. I think it s one of the few clubs in footb…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang netted twice to help Borussia Dortmund to a 3-2 friendly win over St. Pauli on Thursday.
The Gabon international enjoyed a sublime 2015-16 campaign during which he scored 39 goals in all competitions and a similar season could be on the cards if his form in Austria is anything to go by.
Aubameyang opened the scoring after just three minutes, slotting home after being set up by captain Sven Bender.
The former Saint-Etienne star then doubled BVB s lead when he converted a penalty, with the referee pointing to the spot after Adrian Ramos had been brought down inside the area.
Thomas Tuchel then made a host of changes at half-time and St. Pauli quickly got back into the game, Nico Empen pulling one back around the hour mark.
Yaya Toure is eyeing a repeat of Manchester City s 2011 FA Cup triumph, which saw them beat Stoke City in the final.
English Premier League champions City look set to surrender their title to Manchester United but are hoping to rescue their season by winning the FA Cup, and Toure has underlined their determination to beat Chelsea in Sunday s semi-final.
The midfielder knows the game against Rafael Benitez s side will be difficult, but he believes Manchester City have enough quality to overcome the Blues.
All we can do is do everything in our power to win the game both individually and as a team, Toure told the official Manchester City website.
We have a really tough challenge because Chelsea are a very good team and they have some fantastic players and …
Fenerbahce head coach Aykut Kocaman will be hoping his side refocus quickly ahead of their UEFA Europa League semi-final versus Benfica.
Kocaman s team lost for the first time in 11 matches in all competitions on Sunday when they went down 2-0 away to Genclerbirligi in the Turkish Super Lig and have just four days to recover before they take on Benfica in Istanbul in their semi-final first leg.
Thursday s match will be Fenerbahce s first appearance in the final four of a European continental competition and Kocaman will be stressing the importance of winning their home leg.
In the 12 UEFA Europa League semi-final matches since the competition s name was changed from the UEFA Cup, 10 have been won by the home side, suggesting that if Fenerbahce fail to defeat Benf…
Georginio Wijnaldum will travel with Liverpool to the Club World Cup despite appearing to injure his hamstring in Saturday s Premier League win over Watford.
The midfielder s participation in Qatar became uncertain after he limped off in the 59th minute of the 2-0 victory at Anfield.
Liverpool confirmed Wijnaldum had suffered a muscle problem but the 29-year-old will still fly out on Sunday as part of a 20-man selection.
Jurgen Klopp will be without defender Dejan Lovren, who has been left behind as he recovers from a muscle issue sustained in the Champions League game against Salzburg.
Young midfielder Harvey Elliott and striker Rhian Brewster have also been trimmed from the initial 23-man squad announced earlier this month.
Liverpool begin the t…