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Manchester City go top of the league Man City crush Aston Villa to replace local rivals United at the top of the Premier League table. Fearsome
Manchester United hold Liverpool at Anfield Steven Gerrard scores to give Liverpool the lead but Man United level the game through a late goal. Scorer?Manchester duo seek Champions League kickstart
October 17, 2011
BERNE, Oct 17 — Manchester rivals City and United have so far not taken their domestic form into Europe and will be among 15 teams attempting to win their first matches in the Champions League group stage this week.
While it is no surprise that the likes of Viktoria Plzen, BATE Borisov and Otelul Galati have failed to register wins as the third round of matches loom, City and United’s poor starts in the competition have raised eyebrows.
After drawing away to Benfica and at home to FC Basel, United know they must return with three points from click here
Malaysian premier Najib Razak is throwing open his home Sunday for football fans to watch Manchester United take on Manchester City, in a rapport-building exercise ahead of expected elections.
Najib, a Manchester United supporter, sent out messages on Facebook and Twitter Wednesday to invite football-mad Malaysians to his official residence in the administrative capital of Putrajaya to watch the match.
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Both Manchester clubs, who will meet at Old Trafford Sunday, remain unbeaten this season and lead the race to top the Premier League
City go on rampage to silence Old Trafford Najib, a Manchester United supporter, sent out messages on Facebook and Twitter Wednesday to invite football-mad Malaysians to his official residence in the administrative capital of Putrajaya to watch the match.
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Both Manchester clubs, who will meet at Old Trafford Sunday, remain unbeaten this season and lead the race to top the Premier League
LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester City humbled Manchester United 6-1 at Old Trafford on Sunday to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League and signal their intent to wrest the title from their arch-rivals.
United collapsed after the sending-off of defender Jonny Evans early in the second half and City carved open their shell-shocked opponents with Mario Balotelli and substitute Edin Dzeko scoring twice each.
City's title challenge was given a further boost when nine-man Chelsea blew the chance to move into second place by losing 1-0 to Queens Park Rangers in the west London derby after Jose Bosingwa and Didier Drogba were sent off in the first half.
Tottenham Hotspur stretched their unbeaten league run to six matches with a 2-1 win at Blackburn Rovers, who fell to the bottom of the table, Arsenal continued their climb up the standings with a 3-1 home win over Stoke City and Everton won 3-1 at Fulham who are now one point and one place above the relegation zone.
Manchester City lead the table with 25 points followed by United on 20, Chelsea and Newcastle United on 19 and Spurs, who have a game in hand, on 16. STUNNING SUCCESS
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 23 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak spent his time tonight with his selected Facebook and Twitter followers watching the English Premier League football match between Manchester United (MU) and Manchester City at Seri Perdana, here.
Najib who is a staunch supporter of MU, arrived at about 8.15pm and was greeted by thunderous applause from the football fans, most of them being strong MU supporters.
In his speech, Najib said he was very pleased when some 2,500 requests were received to attend the event but fortunately it could only accommodate 300 people.
Najib said watching the EPL could spur Malaysia''s young to choose football and the government had embarked on the programme called "1 Mukim 1 Futsal" to help develop the sport further.
"In the recent budget, the government had set aside RM30 million to build about 20 artificial football fields around the country," he said.
The prime minister hoped it would stimulate grassroot development of football in this country, as it was his hope and dream to see Malaysian football at a greater level.
"I also hope that by doing sports development from the grassroot level, we will be able to nurture young talents for the future.
"If we don''t have enough material, we can get Sir Alex Ferguson to be ... Read More
Sir Alex Ferguson insists Manchester United will recover from the worst result of his career after the Premier League champions were thrashed 6-1 by Manchester City at Old Trafford.
The extraordinary defeat represented City's biggest win at Old Trafford since January 1926 as Mario Balotelli and Edin Dzeko claimed two goals each, with further strikes from David Silva and Sergio Aguero.It was the biggest defeat suffered by Ferguson in his illustrious 54-year career as a player and manager, and also United's heaviest Premier League loss.
However, Ferguson, who blamed the defeat on the dismissal of defender Jonny Evans moments into the second half, expects United's players to show their character and bounce back in the League Cup tie at Aldershot on Tuesday.
I'm shattered, I can't believe it," Ferguson said. "It was an incredible disappointment. We played some brilliant football in the first 10 minutes.
"It was hard to believe we were 1-0 down but that’s retrievable. The sending off was the killer blow.
"After that we kept attacking. It's alright playing the history books but common sense has to come into it. When we went to 3-1, 4-1 we should have settled for that.
"But you have to recover. The history of Manchester United says we will recover. Read More
October 26, 2011
Antonio Valencia (centre) of Manchester United celebrates with teammates after scoring against Aldershot Town during their English League Cup match at the EBB Stadium in Aldershot, England on October 25, 2011. ― Reuters picLONDON, Oct 26 − Manchester United beat League Two Aldershot Town 3-0 in the League Cup fourth round yesterday to begin the road to recovery after their humiliating 6-1 defeat by Manchester City Sunday.
Nicely-crafted first-half goals by Dimitar Berbatov and Michael Owen underlined the visitors’ dominance and Antonio Valencia’s stunning strike on 48 minutes put the result beyond any doubt.
“The laughter and the jokes have quietened down a little bit. It was a big kick in the teeth as everyone knows,” former Real Madrid striker Owen told Sky Sports of how his team mates have reacted to Sunday’s humbling.
“We were a little bit under pressure after the result on the weekend. Although no one here started on the weekend we had United’s reputation to look after. Roll on Everton now,” added Owen.
Manager Alex Ferguson was visibly relieved and will hope for a similar performance against Everton in the Premier League on Saturday. Licking their wounds
