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Manchester City Take One More Step on the Road to Greatness in Spain
City have already achieved domestic respect, sitting five points clear at the top of the Premier League table, and having delivered a 6-1 beating to defending champions Manchester United at Old Trafford.Performances such as this will spread that respect across the continent, and allow City to make a more legitimate claim to becoming a true power.
Back when this group was drawn, fans and pundits universally named UEFA Champions League Group A as “the group of death.”
German champions Bayern Munich won this competition in 2010 and are a traditional force, whereas Villarreal CF made the UEFA Europa League semi-finals last season, and finished fourth in La Liga.
Manchester United vs Manchester City Community Shield match: Yaya Toure fired up
Manchester City will be up against English Premier League titleholders Manchester United in the FA Community Shield on Sunday. With history putting the Red Devils well above the Sky Blues, African star Yaya Toure has asked his team not to be intimidated. He told the press on Monday:“We have to show [Manchester] United we are here, and we want to win this [FA Community Shield] cup for the fans. We have to make a statement from the start.
“We are going to have to fight to show people that City are going all the way to the top. But the squad has real quality in all positions, not just in the starting XI but on the bench, too.”
Manchester City's Resurgence: Should World Football Fear The Dynasty At Eastlands?
35 years Manchester City fans suffered from humiliation when compared to their imminent local rivals. Nevertheless, last week was arguably their best period of time for the last five decades or so. Going up against a battered Spurs team at the City of Manchester Stadium was a tricky tie while their FA Cup final clash against Stoke City was more of a traditional-unpredictable FA Cup pairing. An own goal by Peter Crouch and a typical powerful drive from Yaya Toure was all they needed to craft themselves into the history books of Manchester City.
When Thaksin Shinawatra took over the reigns at Eastlands four years ago, expectations were absolutely towering ahead for the long-suffering fans and the sight of Geovanni smacking in a winner against Manchester United was probably the best tonic needed for their already hiking optimism level. Strangely enough, the Brazilian is being deemed as not good enough for the Premier League standards but can be justified by City's faded season under Sven.
Manchester City Vs Stoke City: Any Success Will Be For My Brother Kolo - Yaya Toure
Yaya Toure was the one that drove City into their FA Cup final at Wembley after scoring that important winner against Manchester United but the Ivorian is adamant that things will not be the same without his brother, Kolo Toure on the field.Kolo Toure was suspended from football after failing a drug test in March although City have coped pretty well with his absence by qualifying for the FA Cup final as well as the Champions League next season. Nonetheless Yaya Toure insists that he will be playing for his brother on Sunday.