View From A Blue

From the Bernabeu to the Etihad, the Champions League to the Premier League, from European excitement and adventure to everyday domestic matters. Following on from the disappointing, yet also encouraging, defeat to Real Madrid, attention turns to an important encounter with Arsenal. Both sides have recorded exactly the same start to the campaign, winning two [...]

After the distraction of international football comes the resumption of the Premier League and a challenging fixture for the Blues. A trip to the Britannia Stadium to face Stoke is, as has become the cliché, a real test of a side’s credentials and Roberto Mancini has spoken of his delight at this fixture coming now, [...]

Here is the side that Roberto Mancini has selected for today’s fixture with QPR. Subs: Pantilimon, K. Touré, Clichy, Milner, Razak, Sinclair, Balotelli

Here is the side that Roberto Mancini has selected for today’s encounter with Liverpool at Anfield. Subs: Pantilimon, Lescott, Savic, Razak, Rodwell, Silva, Dzeko

Following on from the enthralling opening day victory at home to Southampton, this visit to Anfield to face a Liverpool side in somewhat of a transitional phase will pose another, totally different, challenge. Whilst the Blues secured a hugely entertaining and dramatic 3-2 win last weekend, Liverpool were humiliated by West Brom as they made [...]