With Christmas Day just eight sleeps away, the magical anticipation of a visit from Santa Claus knows no boundaries in the mind of a child. It kind of comes close to how Manchester City fans are feeling, after landing the dream tie of Barcelona in the Champions League knockout stages in February and March. There’s substantially more sleeping to be done before Messi, Neymar, Iniesta, Xavi, Sanchez and Co come […]

Today’s the day Manchester City fans find out if Manuel Pellegrini’s grasp of English is any better than his knowledge of basic maths. Having overseen one of the most memorable nights in the club’s history and beaten the reigning European champions in their own backyard, Pellegrini proceeded to receive ‘pelters’ for not knowing one more goal would have put City on top of Group D, ahead of Bayern Munich. Such […]