View From A Blue

Seko Fofana was the star of the show as he fired Manchester City’s EDS to the final of the Manchester Senior Cup – just two months after City suffered heartbreak in last season’s competition! George Glendon had given City the lead in the opening exchanges with a delicate free-kick, before Clive Platt equalised for the [...]

The general perceptions of David Silva and James Milner could not be more different. One is viewed as a gifted artist, blessed with typical Spanish virtues of technical excellence and creative flair. The other is referred to as a willing runner, happy to get stuck in, but regarded as having limited talent. On paper, they [...]

If it had been suggested, ten minutes into this absorbing contest, that the visiting supporters would be casting regular and increasingly anxious glances towards the clock during the closing stages, few would have believed such a notion. Instead, pegged back by a combination of their own side’s defensive mistakes and by Hull’s determination not to collapse [...]

The narrative was inescapable. For all the talk of the managers’ rivalry, the plethora of star players colliding and the battle between the best two teams in the league, it was inevitable that Frank Lampard would have a telling impact. This was a contest between Manuel Pellegrini and Jose Mourinho, Vincent Kompany and Diego Costa, [...]

It was the worst possible way to lose a game. After a performance full of dogged resistance and determination, to concede such a late, deflected goal was desperately crushing. In itself, a loss away to Bayern Munich, one of arguably the top two sides in the world, is no disgrace, but the manner of defeat [...]