Tag: CSKA Moscow

  • Yaya Toure apologises to Man City fans

    Yaya Toure apologises to Man City fans

    Yaya Toure has apologised to Manchester City supporters for getting sent off in the Champions League defeat to CSKA Moscow on Wednesday evening. The Ivorian midfielder scored during the game but saw his goal cancelled out by two Seydou Doumbia goals in a result which leaves City tinkering on the brink of elimination from the…

  • Pellegrini baffled by Champions League form

    Pellegrini baffled by Champions League form

    Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has conceded that he is baffled at why his players cannot perform on the Champions League stage. The Premier League champions lost 2-1 at home to Russian side CSKA Moscow on Wednesday night in a result which leaves them looking highly likely to be eliminated from the competition. Two goals…

  • Man City all-but crash out of Champions League

    Man City all-but crash out of Champions League

    Manchester City are on the verge of Champions League elimination after their nine men lost 2-1 at home to CSKA Moscow. Seydou Doumbia was the man who caused City all sorts of problems as he scored either side of a Yaya Toure free-kick to earn the Russian side a deserved win and one that has…

  • UEFA rule out CSKA Moscow punishment

    UEFA rule out CSKA Moscow punishment

    CSKA Moscow will not be punished for having 500 people in attendance at Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Manchester City, despite having to play the game behind-closed-doors. The Russian side were handed a three-game stadium ban after travelling fans threw flares and started fights at Roma’s Stadio Olimpico in September. However, around 500 people were…

  • Kompany fuming with CSKA fan presence

    Kompany fuming with CSKA fan presence

    Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has expressed his unhappiness after CSKA Moscow fans attended Tuesday night’s game, despite being banned. The Russian champions were ordered by UEFA to deny any supporters from attending the game, but reports claimed that almost 700 people (family members, reporters and business men) were in attendance. City took a half-time…

  • Former Arsenal winger not worried by Man City

    Former Arsenal winger not worried by Man City

    Former Arsenal winger Gervinho is confident his Roma side can beat off the likes of Bayern Munich and Manchester City after thumping CSKA Moscow 5-1 on Wednesday. Roma have been under somewhat of a resurgence of late, testing Juventus for the Serie A title last season and started the season with two wins in two…

  • Roma and Porto score big, Barca beat APOEL

    Roma and Porto score big, Barca beat APOEL

    It was goals galore in the Champions League as Roma and Porto both scored big, whilst Barcelona beat a resilient APOEL. We start in Amsterdam as Ajax and Paris Saint Germain battled it out for three points and it looked as though the latter would be the winning side after Edinson Cavani put them ahead…

  • BLOG: West Ham’s Morrison on his way out

    BLOG: West Ham’s Morrison on his way out

      West Ham boss Sam Allardyce is seemingly at the end of his tether with his problematic midfielder Ravel Morrison and the no-nonsense coach is believed to be pressing on with his abiding plans to get shot of the player. It is no secret Allardyce and the 21-year-old have not been seeing eye to eye…