Friday, May 14, 2021
Premier League 2011 2012 : Money Time Arsenal Manchester City & Manchester United Queens Park Rangers
Roberto Mancini concedes Manchester City's title hopes could be over by Sunday night. The long-time Premier League leaders have fallen five points behind their rivals Manchester United with just seven games remaining following a series of costly results in March. City could even be trailing by eight points by the time they kick off in their next match at Arsenal on Sunday if United beat Queens Park Rangers earlier in the day. Should that happen, and City then lose at the Emirates Stadium, Mancini would accept the race was over. "If we lose against Arsenal and they beat QPR – yes," said Mancini, when asked if that would be the case. But the Italian insists he is not thinking that way as he prepares for the crucial trip to north London. ity, who led the table by two points at the start of last month, have come unstuck in recent weeks after a defeat at Swansea and draws against Stoke and Sunderland. Mancini said: "I think always positive, I can't think this. Against Sunderland we didn't play very well, for me we were so flat in the first half. But we shot 25 times on goal, we had 65% ball possession. Sunderland shot three times at goal and scored three goals. "We did some mistakes defensively but we were unlucky. But now we can say nothing, we can't think about Sunderland. We should think positive for the next seven games. "I think it may be more difficult but it is my opinion that this championship is not finished." Mancini hopes supporters will keep faith and takes encouragement from the difficulties United have had in securing victories in recent games against Fulham and Blackburn. He expects his own team to beat United when they meet in their much-hyped derby at the Etihad Stadium on 30 April and believes they can still drop points elsewhere. He said: "Maybe, in this moment, there is someone that maybe doesn't believe because it is difficult, but we believe always. Also we should play a derby – the derby will be three points, and I think in six games they can lose other points."
Premier League 2011 2012: Money Time Norwich Manchester City
Manchester United semblait avoir titre gagné après avoir porté son avance sur Manchester City à huit points en tête de la Premier League. Le son de cloche pourrait être bien différent dimanche. Alors que City a fait le plein de points et de confiance en laminant West Bromwich Albion (4-0) puis Norwich City (1-6), United est descendu de son nuage avec une défaite à Wigan (1-0) mercredi. Les Red Devils n'ont plus que deux longueurs d'avance sur leur voisin au moment d'affronter Aston Villa (17h00) à Old Trafford. Tout autre résultat qu'une victoire des hommes de Sir Alex Ferguson relancerait définitivement la course au titre, et donnerait une dimension encore plus importante au derby entre les deux équipes le 30 avril à l'Etihad Stadium.
Major Soccer League 2011 Philadelphia Union Vancouver Whitecap
regular season
26th march 2011
26th march 2011
For the first time in team history, the Philadelphia Union have a winning record. Yes, it's a mere 1-0-0 record, and yes, it's a reminder of the impact that brutal 8-away-games-in-first-ever-10-matches had on the club's record last year, but hey, it's better than being 0-1-0, and Union fans will surely take what they can get. And as a reward, the Union return to Philadelphia and will play their second match of the season at PPL Park, which will celebrate its first-ever home opener.
