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The Last City Derby Hat-trick Until Haaland & Foden

On this day (12 December) in 1970 a hat-trick from Francis Lee was City’s last hat-trick in a Manchester derby until Haaland and Foden in October 2022! The 1970 game also saw a goal from Mike Doyle to gave City a comfortable 4-1 victory over Manchester United before an Old Trafford crowd of 52,636.  That victory meant City had won 5 and only dropped 4 points in 8 consecutive League derby meetings with the Reds. There was also a devastating injury to Glyn Pardoe (more on that in another post!). Here is the background, report and verdict of that game…

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Manchester City 3 Leipzig 2

Today (28 November) in 2023 City came back from being 2-0 down to win 3-2 against RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League. You can see highlights here: https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/manchester-city-rb-leipzig-highlights-63836808 The victory meant that City won the group.

City’s scorers were Haaland, Foden and Alvarez.

Manchester City Through to Last 16

On this day (25 November) in 2020 City defeated Olympiakos in the UEFA Champions League to progress to the last 16. Subscribers can read about that game below:

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Manchester City 3 Young Boys 0

On this day (7 November) in 2023 Manchester City defeated Young Boys 3-0 in the UEFA Champions League. This was recorded as City’s 100th win in major European competitions (don’t get me started on whether a win on penalties is counted as a win in sequence records!) and extended the club’s unbeaten run in Europe to 18 matches (this was a new record for English teams).

You can see film of the game here:

https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/city-3-0-young-boys-highlights-63834993

The City scorers were Haaland (2) and Foden.

Club Record Established: Manchester City 6 Bournemouth 1

Today (4 November) in 2023 Manchester City defeated Bournemouth 6-1 and established a club record 21 successive home victories. The win put City top of the Premier League and you can watch highlights here:

https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/city-6-1-bournemouth-premier-league-extended-highlights-63834732

The City scorers were Jeremy Doku, Bernardo Silva (2; photographed), Manuel Akanji, Phil Foden, and Nathan Ake.

Manchester City 5 Burnley 0

The Covid hit season continued on this day (22 June) in 2020 with City defeating Burnley 5-0 at the Etihad. The goals were scored by Foden (2), Mahrez (2) and David Silva (his statue is the image shown). You can watch highlights here:

https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/city-5-0-burnley-extended-match-highlights-63728462

A Covid Return

On this day (17 June) in 2020 football returned to the Etihad after the pause in the 2019-20 season caused by the Covid pandemic. The first game there saw Manchester City defeat Arsenal 3-0 with goals from Sterling, De Bruyne and Foden. You can watch highlights here:

https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/man-city-3-0-arsenal-long-highlights-63728028

World Champions Beat Everton

On this day (27 December) in 2023 Manchester City and Everton met at Goodison Park in City’s first game back in England following the FIFA Club World Cup. The world champions defeated Merseyside’s Blues 3-1 with goals from Foden, Silva and Alvarez.

Highlights here:

https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/everton-v-manchester-city-extended-highlights-1-63839298

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Champions of the World

On this day (22 December) last year Manchester City became the first English club to hold the Premier League, FA Cup, UEFA Champions League, Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup at the same time, following their 4-0 victory over Fluminense in the FIFA Club World Cup. It was an extraordinary achievement.

Julian Alvarez opened the scoring after 40 seconds, when he chested in from close range after Nathan Ake’s long-range strike hit the post.

In the 27th minute Nino turned Phil Foden’s cross into the back of his own net to make it 2-0.

In the second half Foden darted through the middle to send home a cross from Alvarez. Alvarez made it 4-0 with his second in the 88th minute.

Afterwards manager Pep Guardiola reflected: ‘It was an incredible year. Today we closed the chapter. We won everything we could. Now time to try again.’

Highlights here:

https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/city-v-fluminense-fifa-club-world-cup-five-minute-highlights-63838943

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City’s history via players

I’m always keen to find links between today’s Manchester City and the key players of the past and so a while back I set myself the task of trying to find connections from the club’s first competitive game in 1890 through to the Premier League successes of today. The idea was to see how few players I could find to form a chain through the decades. 

I did this in 2021 and today (December 2024) the same number of players still link that first year of competitive football 134 years ago with today. For those wondering how many players I’ve used to link the beginning to today: the answer is 16. But who are they and can you do better?

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