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It's 25 years since
#MCFC
beat Gillingham at Wembley to win the play-off final, following a remarkable comeback in the closing stages. I spoke to all the City players involved (plus Joe Royle) for my book to get the story of the day:
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Every now and then I remember that City once had to play a UEFA Cup preliminary round match at Barnsley because they’d accidentally qualified for Europe after already having booked a Bon Jovi gig the Etihad.
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Erling Haaland and Phil Foden were both 11 the first time David De Gea conceded six in a Manchester Derby.
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No, he hasn't "ignited a debate". He's empowered a load of bigots to be bigoted and put himself front and centre of the media narrative. I'm not prepared to accept that someone's gender can affect their ability to understand and analyse football. It's just nonsense.
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Can't wait until City buy Kyle Walker-Peters and Spurs just pluck out Kyle Walker-Peters-Smith from out of nowhere.
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It's about time City got a tricky draw in one of the cups after only getting Chelsea, Arsenal and Man Utd in the FA Cup last season; Chelsea and Liverpool in the League Cup last season; and Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in the Champions League last season.
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If you’re ever in a pub quiz and don’t know the answer to a question that is the first footballer to do something, guess at Kelechi Iheanacho.
First goal awarded by VAR in England, first fourth substitute in the FA Cup, and now this.
7 - Kelechi Iheanacho is the first player in Premier League history to score a goal on all seven days of the week within a single season in the competition. Heaven.
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Let’s be clear here: Simon Jordan is being homophobic here. If the reason a feature on LGBTQ+ fans has no place on a show is that it is a family show, you’re saying the existence of LGBTQ+ people is not family-friendly and that is homophobic.
Football Woke-us! Why are the BBC box-ticking with midday sexuality segments on a family show? And the problem with Alex Scott, by SIMON JORDAN
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If ever proof were needed that “anyone can manage City and win titles with their spending power” is complete tripe, it’s United 2013-present.
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The "most exciting title race in Premier League history" will be the most boring again by tomorrow morning, can see it already.
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Ruben Dias, shirt off, wearing the captain's armband, thumping his chest is an absolute MOOD.
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Laporte has just called all the players out of the tunnel to come and applaud the fans.
#MCFC
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I asked Alfie Haaland to do a
@BlueMoonPodcast
interview last year and received my favourite ever knock-back.
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"At last Arsenal have cracked the City code!"
Just play badly, hope they're not much better and grab a massive deflection? Yeah, let's run with that.
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Rico Lewis is just not arsed in the slightest, is he? He's a child playing with big brutes and he's swanning around like he's been playing in this team for years. Brilliant stuff.
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That'll need to change if he's going to fit in at City.
Nathan Aké made ZERO errors leading directly to a goal in 117 Premier League games for Bournemouth.
[via
@btsportscore
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That's about the 25th game this season that City wouldn't have won in previous years.
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"Will Ederson be worrying about his place now?"
Tbh, I don't think Ederson has worried about anything ever.
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Probably not. Rodri was 11, Haaland was 7, De Bruyne was 16 and Ederson was 14.
THIS is pre-Abu Dhabi Manchester City.
THIS is Manchester City without oil money, without state funding.
Do Rodri, Haaland, De Bruyne or Ederson sign for THIS Manchester City?
Do Aguero, David Silva or Yaya Toure sign for THIS Manchester City?
Does Pep Guardiola join THIS
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Lost count of Bellingham’s career-ending injuries tonight.
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Virgil Van Dijk should consider a move to Manchester City |
@DavidMooney
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Two game changers on the bench in Foden and Grealish. Can’t wait to see precisely Jordan Henderson introduced on 75 minutes.
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Darius Vassell. Fulham at home. *chef’s kiss*
Who’s up for a little competition?
Football is incredible. I want to know your favourite iconic football moments ⚽️
Any team. Any moment. There’s an incentive…
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Sprinting after and shielding the ball is not interfering? That is a scandalous decision.
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“Chelsea's transfer business this summer has been what everyone thinks City do, except no one cares about them doing it.” - said by a friend of mine this morning.
If this were Newcastle, Man City or PSG spending £62 million on Cucurella, I can imagine the outcry on here. But its American private equity money so its all good I guess......
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Just for everyone pissing their pants: It’s not about total unavailable players, it’s about stopping the chance of this outbreak at City also becoming an outbreak at Everton.
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If the Premier League brings this in, some of the games at the Etihad will probably carry over into the next day when all the stoppage time is added for goal kicks.
The EFL say it will be making added time more accurate next season.
Match officials will add the exact time lost when certain game events happen.
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Mahrez had only missed once for City before today. He’s the penalty taker. It really isn’t any deeper than that.
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Sam went to see The Weeknd at the Etihad this evening. They turned the stadium blue when the full time whistle went in Istanbul.
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At this rate, by Sunday evening, Liverpool’s inevitable victory is going to be the underdog story of the century.
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Turns out I still love watching City, like the hypocrite scum that I am.
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Put that VAR check on Liverpool’s penalty today and the VAR check on the one not given to David Silva at Bournemouth side-by-side and you see how much of a farce the current system is. If there’s no consistency, just let the referees be inconsistent on their own.
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Sorry, but why is he digging out the fans tonight? The turnout was pretty good - not a sell-out, but not far off - and we've just had a week of messing about around not being able to transfer tickets until 10 minutes before the game. Chuck in an ONGOING PANDEMIC, too.
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Carlos Alcaraz is the first Wimbledon champion who’s only ever known Manchester City as a Premier League team.
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Interesting that Anthony Taylor has just told Gundogan that he'll book Ederson if he doesn't stop slowing it down on goal kicks, given that whenever he's refereeing at the Etihad and the opposition do the same, that conversation doesn't seem to happen before 80 minutes.
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City haven't "made light work of it" today. They've worked really fucking hard to be as on top as they have been. Just look at how good they've been on second balls and the choices they've made when back in possession. It's the bald man doing bald man things.
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Can't help but really feel for Joe Hart. His legacy seems to be ruined after a poor few seasons and it's looking like he'll be remembered as bang average (at best). But for years, he was fucking fantastic for City and a big driving force behind the successes in 2011-16.
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Interesting the psychology of this because I remember Guardiola saying he once didn’t pick Mahrez because Algeria had lost and he came back from AFCON too upset to be in the right frame of mind for City.
"I would be happy if they go out at the Group stage!" 😅
Jurgen Klopp jokes about his parting words to Mo Salah and Wataru Endō before they went to represent their national teams 🇪🇬🇯🇵
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City haven't been knocked out of the League Cup since Barack Obama was the US President.
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The worst bit about Foden missing that is that now that Bernardo run will be forgotten about. Thank God Sane scored when De Bruyne beat 14 Stoke players with a through ball that time.
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It doesn't matter if City are guilty of the Premier League charges or not.
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I honestly think that was the worst experience of my entire life.
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That original must go down as the greatest marketing move in history soon.
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How does Haaland sound more like Stones than Stones?
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Aguero is on a run of 18 goals in his last 14 PL home games. That’s ridiculous.
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Would I take City not winning a thing this season to see United relegated?
Of course, I would, it’s not even a close decision.
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Ederson is literally the only goalkeeper who ever gets booked for time-wasting before the 89th minute. All for it, but fucking hell get the yellow out at the Etihad in the first half in future, then.
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I remember having to justify myself as a City fan as a kid because City weren’t winning things. I’ve given up justifying myself as a City fan because I don’t have to justify myself to anyone. Equally, the idea that it was more fun or fans were happier back in the day is wrong.
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For all of
#mcfc
's great football of recent years, I think this remains the best action I've ever seen in a Manchester City game.
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The biggest threat to humanity may be the paradox created by the sheer volume of people not caring about Manchester City but choosing to spend their days discussing that indifference to great length. Could eat the whole of reality and force the space-time continuum in on itself.
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Genuinely the best live game I’ve ever seen.
#OnThisDay
:
#ManCity
5-3 Monaco [2017]
⚽️ [26']
@sterling7
⚽️ [58', 71']
@aguerosergiokun
⚽️ [77'] J. Stones
⚽️ [82']
@leroy_sane
-
⚽️ [32', 61'] Falcao
⚽️ [40'] K. Mbappé
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Can’t believe I have to say this (lol I absolutely don’t) but:
1. Haaland incident isn’t a card. The defender comes from behind him, the risk is relative low. It’s hardly Mane on Ederson/Cantona on that fan.
2. Blocking a goalkeeper’s roll has ALWAYS been a foul. It just has.
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He's a centre-back playing out of position at left-back playing one-twos on the edge of the box and finishing with his wrong foot. Christ.
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‘United’s treble winners were better because that team was shit actually’ is a hell of a take.
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It's amazing that Oscar Bobb started pre-season as a youngster who might get a few minutes in dead rubbers this season and he's surely now a fully-fledged first team member.
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I wouldn't rank that display like the previous ones at Spurs under Guardiola: Previously City have been in full control and lost on the counter. They had no control after 15 minutes today (for many reasons), but I don't think it's fair to say we've seen that before.
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I see there is the opinion today that City’s move for Rice is *another* attempt to simply stop a rival from signing a good player, as if that’s ever what City have done in the post-takeover era. They had the smallest squad last season and have just lost a player in that position.
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You might not think it, Duncan, but this is the sort of comment that encourages casual homophobia. Men who wear pink aren't "real men". Men should be red-blooded and masculine, and there's no room if they're not. Football has a problem with homophobia. Think about what you say.
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There'll be no full-backs, then. I'll tell the children.
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Sean Dyche: "For fuck's sake, it's all fucking game, ref."
Commentator: "Apologies if you heard any industrial language."
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Sometimes Kevin De Bruyne chooses to just hit it really hard and there’s not much that can be done about it. Great fun to watch, though.
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Oh no! I've just discovered Carabao will sponsor the League Cup until 2024 - which means City will have to win the next three in a row to be the only ever winners of the Carabao Cup. The task just gets harder.
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I’m not getting into the tribalism of who thing is better than the other’s thing because I just can’t care. But what I do care about is the fundamental misunderstanding I often sense from opposition fans that, as a City fan, I should be ashamed of City’s bad periods. I love them.
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25 years ago today,
#MCFC
lost 2-1 away to York City. It’s widely considered the lowest point in the club’s history, leaving them 12th in the third tier for Christmas 1998.
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Incredibly surreal evening, as -- having recorded with Nedum this afternoon -- he texted me and asked if I could play football tonight. So I've spent the night making a few good saves (ignore the goals that went in) for a team with Nedum, Steven Ireland and Joleon Lescott.
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I genuinely don't think there's a single person that was at City in 2009 that will have been anticipating that one image mocked up at that time would have worked as well as it has done.
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Mancini whoa-oh
Mancini whoa-oh
He comes from Italy
To manage Italy
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Saturday’s team will be HILARIOUS.
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Another fucking stadium to fill? Give us a chance.
Man City is partnering with Sony "to create a global online fan community where fans can interact with the Club and each other within an online ‘metaverse’ which will be a virtual recreation of the Etihad Stadium."
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I remember when it was impossible to compete with City because of all the squad depth they have.
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There’s no other way to spin the coverage of yesterday’s MOTD news/football from GB News than homophobic. Whether its audience is enough to say “mainstream” is debatable, but that there is an audience for this sort of stuff and that they can just feel ok broadcasting it is scary.
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Does this suggest that City's achievements in 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2019 have been downplayed, given the disadvantage they had in playing games in front of open doors? 🧐
Since COVID-19 prevented clubs from playing in front of all their fans, Man City have picked up 17 more Premier League points than Liverpool 😳
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Give it a rest. There’s about 100 worse days in my lifetime, let alone anyone older than me.
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Someone in the crowd keeps screaming "Oh Canada!" whenever Alphonso Davies gets the ball.
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Leicester, managed by former City/Guardiola assistant Enzo Maresca, scoring what could have been a Manchester City goal. Football is changing (and has been for a while) and it's really interesting and entertaining to watch.
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Ranking the displays this afternoon so far:
1. Fireworks
2. Cheltenham Town
3. Manchester City
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These celebrations are reminiscent of Fulham last year. Lap of honour.
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Don’t be sad that it’s over. Be glad that you were there to see it happen. It’s been an honour,
@21LVA
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City’s penalty at Old Trafford yesterday was their first there since the invention of the text message.
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"Have you thought about sticking Darren Randolph on and getting Lukasz Fabianski up front, David?"
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If there are teams who can’t fulfil their Carabao Cup fixtures, I think it’s only fair that the holders retain the trophy or at the very least are reinstated.
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First goal any City fans have seen live since Sergio Aguero scored at Hillsborough in March 2020.
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Can’t believe one of the punishments open to the Premier League if City are found guilty is to make them knock down the Etihad, rebuild Maine Road and move back there.
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I maintain nobody has paid attention to City in about six years and then when I/others explain the issues they just decide it can't be true because it doesn't add up to their preconceived ideas of what City are.
Keep hearing journos on podcasts talking about how City are still favourites for the league and it just makes you think has anyone actually been watching them play?
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Sorry, you're right. A satirical cartoon about a sycophantic interview with little journalistic merit is definitely on a par with decades of objectification of women. I don't know why we didn't spot it sooner.
So we can't have
#gridgirls
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#walkongirls
because the imagery is 'demeaning'.
But the publicly-funded BBC can broadcast this about 2 men?
Any comment,
@Ofcom
?
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Can I just shock you?
I, a City fan, do not believe Jeremy Doku fouled Alexis Mac Allister. There's your headline.
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