Tag: City

4 April 2024 0

Liam Rosenior: Hull City ‘disgusted’ by racist abuse of head coach

By Total Football News
Liam Rosenior
Liam Rosenior was named Hull boss in November 2022

Hull City have condemned racist abuse directed towards head coach Liam Rosenior on social media and reported it to Humberside Police.

The club said they were “disgusted” and would work with relevant authorities to “identify those responsible”.

“Hull City has zero tolerance of any form of discrimination,” said the club in a statement.

“Our stance is clear: racism has no place

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2 April 2024 0

Man City documentary Together: Treble Winners shows lighter side of players

By Total Football News
John Stones, Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva celebrate during Treble parade
A new docuseries about Manchester City’s Treble-winning season aims to show the players as relatable characters

The new Manchester City documentary streaming on Netflix from Tuesday 2 April is here to bring the fun.

Together: Treble Winners is a new six-part series documenting the club’s 2022-23 campaign, when they became only the second English club in history to win the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in the same

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1 April 2024 0

Erol Bulut: Manager urges Cardiff City to ‘wake up again’ before Coventry City

By Total Football News
Centre-back Dimitrios Goutas shows his disappointment after goals from Adil Aouchiche and Jobe Bellingham gave Sunderland victory at Cardiff City on Friday
Centre-back Dimitrios Goutas shows his disappointment after goals from Adil Aouchiche and Jobe Bellingham gave Sunderland victory at Cardiff City on Friday

Erol Bulut has urged Cardiff City to “wake up again” as they look to end the Championship season with a flourish.

Cardiff go to Coventry City on Monday with their slim play-off hopes all but wiped out after successive defeats.

Having been beaten at Swansea City before the

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1 April 2024 0

Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v UB40 drummer & Birmingham City fan Jimmy Brown

By Total Football News
Sutton's Predictions

Aston Villa were the last team to beat Manchester City, on 6 December, but can the defending champions exact revenge at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday?

“Since that defeat, City have gone 23 games without defeat and, in terms of results, that’s incredible,” said BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton.

“But there is something amiss with them at the moment. I thought they would find a way to beat Arsenal, but

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1 April 2024 0

‘Advantage Liverpool, but Man City are still my Premier League title favourites’

By Total Football News
Alan Shearer column

At the moment it is advantage Liverpool, and Arsenal are not going away, but, with nine games to go, I still see Manchester City as favourites for the Premier League title.

That feeling is not really based on how City are playing right now, though. Pep Guardiola’s side are on a long unbeaten run, stretching back 23 games in all competitions, but they have not hit top form and a

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31 March 2024 0

Manchester City 0-0 Arsenal: ‘Stern and steely Gunners not going away in Premier League title race’

By Total Football News
William Saliba blocks Erling Haaland's shot
Manchester City failed to score in a home Premier League game for the first time since October 2021

Arsenal are almost a year on from the start of the collapse that cost them dearly in last season’s Premier League title race so all vital signs will be placed under the fiercest scrutiny as they face the same pressures again.

The ultimate test remains a visit to Manchester City, who forced

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30 March 2024 0

Manchester City v Arsenal: The similarities between Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta

By Total Football News
Guillem Balague's BBC Sport column

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta go back a long way. The Spaniards’ relationship started in 1997 when Arteta joined Barcelona’s academy – meeting his idol and Barca skipper Guardiola. Their time as team-mates was brief but a friendship had been forged and continued when Guardiola made him his assistant at Etihad Stadium in 2016.

As the pair prepare to go head to head when their

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28 March 2024 0

Premier League title race: Will Arsenal, Liverpool or Manchester City win?

By Total Football News
There's just one point separating Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City with 10 games to go of the 2023-24 Premier League season
There’s just one point separating Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City with 10 games to go of the 2023-24 Premier League season

Sunday is shaping up to be a huge day in the Premier League title race, with Liverpool playing Brighton and Manchester City hosting title rivals Arsenal.

The Reds would go top if they pick up a point or more against the Seagulls – before current leaders Arsenal go to

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28 March 2024 0

Erol Bulut: Cardiff City should hand manager a new contract, says Sol Bamba

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Sol Bamba and Sabri Lamouchi at Cardiff last season
Sol Bamba (left) joined Sabri Lamouchi (right) at Cardiff City having played under the Frenchman when he was Ivory Coast boss

Former Cardiff City player and assistant boss Sol Bamba believes the Bluebirds should hand Erol Bulut a new contract.

Bamba was part of Cardiff’s coaching staff last season before he and boss Sabri Lamouchi departed after steering the club to Championship survival.

Lamouchi’s successor, ex-Fenerbahce boss Bulut, signed a

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27 March 2024 0

Birmingham City: Gary Rowett says Blues ‘need results, not words’

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Gary Rowett was last in the last manager's dug-outs at St Andrew's for the visit of Millwall in September
Gary Rowett was replaced by Gianfranco Zola at Birmingham when he was previously sacked, in 2016

Birmingham City interim boss Gary Rowett says his return to Blues after more than seven years away – to stand in for the recovering Tony Mowbray – is simply about getting good results.

Rowett has eight games to keep Blues in the Championship, starting with Friday’s trip to Queens Park Rangers.

“We have to

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