Following his latest complaints of being underappreciated, Yaya Toure has laid out an a comprehensive plan for how the world should praise him properly.
Tag: Manchester City
Manuel Pellegrini and Brendan Rodgers are losing their minds
We’re only seven matches into the Premier League season and Premier League managers are already going insane. Jose Mourinho’s struggles in this area have been well documented here, but he’s not the only one.
After losing 4-1 to Spurs and conceding first place to Man United, Man City manager Manuel Pellegrini got so worked up that he couldn’t even properly execute a press conference storm-out.
Kelechi Iheanacho: Man City’s low-priced match winner
After a summer in which Man City signed Kevin De Bruyne for £54 million, Raheem Sterling for £44 million, and even Patrick Roberts for £12 million, it was 18-year-old Kelechi Iheanacho, called up after a season in City’s youth setup, who scored the 90th-minute winner against Crystal Palace.
So who is the lesser known match winner standing out from the club’s expensive youthful acquisitions? Let’s take a look…
If it continued… (Man City v Chelsea)
After a full week of medical staff controversy, Chelsea lost 3-0 to Man City in a match that had them on their heels from the opening seconds. The result marked the first time since 1998 that Chelsea failed to two either of their first two Premier League matches of the season and emphasized the club’s need for further investment.
Still, Jose Mourinho insisted that Chelsea were the better team in the second half, despite conceding twice in the final 11 minutes after a Ramires goal was wrongly disallowed for offside. “The best team in the first half won the game. The best team in the second half was Chelsea, for sure. We had a difficult first half. We didn’t create a lot and our goalkeeper made a few important saves. If the 1-0 was a doubtful result at minute 70, 3-0 is completely fake,” he said.
So if this result was “fake,” we have an obligation to ask “What if it continued?”
Raheem Sterling thwarts steward’s attempt to protect fans from him
Human embodiment of evil Raheem Sterling took a break from constantly using hippy crack and lending his Mercedes to people just so they could crash it to make his Premier League debut for Manchester City in their 3-0 win at West Brom.
Man City’s 2015/16 away shirt has moon sleeves
MOON SLEEVES! Man City’s new away shirt features a “lunar print” on the sleeves inspired by “Blue Moon,” the club’s anthem. There isn’t really much more one can say about it, other than, well…moon sleeves.
DTotD: Keylor Navas obliterates Yaya Toure during friendly
With Iker Casillas out of the picture, Keylor Navas is getting his chance as Real Madrid’s No. 1 and he’s going hard to prove himself. Perhaps a little too hard.
During Real’s friendly against Man City in Australia, Navas attacked the ball, but ended up smashing into Yaya Toure instead. He then landed on top of Sergio Ramos. He seems to have taken the Miley Cyrus song “Wrecking Ball” a bit too literally.
This has been the Dirty Tackle of the Day: a chronicling of unfortunate events.
A timeline of Fabian Delph’s bizarre double U-turn to Man City
[This post was originally published on July 11. It has been modified and updated to reflect the latest in Fabian Delph’s terrible decision making process.]
July 3 — Aston Villa captain Fabian Delph is linked to Man City, who are reportedly willing to trigger his £8 million buyout clause.
July 8 — Villa signing (and former City player) Micah Richards tells the press that Delph asked him about City and his opinion of the situation.
July 10 — The BBC reports that Delph’s move to City is all but done, pending a medical scheduled for the next day.
July 10 (later) — Delph’s comments from just six months ago, when he signed a four and a half year extension with Villa, do the rounds on social media. Vitriol is directed his way and he is widely mocked.
Raheem Sterling’s first day at Man City in pictures
Raheem Sterling completed his move from Liverpool to Man City on Tuesday, making the 20-year-old the most expensive English player ever. So when he arrived at the Etihad, there was a lot of excitement.
