Manchester City’s history in European football is a curious case of the premature, the never-has-been and, as of today, the maybe-never-will-be, writes Simon Curtis.

Denmark are second, three points behind the Republic of Ireland in Group D, after Christian Eriksen converted two penalties in a 6-0 rout of Gibraltar.

Manchester City face Newcastle United today on the 10th anniversary of the most significant moment in the club’s history — not the lifting of a trophy or a title win but the day that Sheikh Mansour first announced his Abu Dhabi United Group had bought the club from Thai owner Thaksin Sinawatra to begin one of football’s great projects.

Brendan Rodgers claimed Celtic needed more courage against Zenit St Petersburg after the Hoops crashed out of the Europa League following their 3-1 aggregate defeat in Russia.

Rodgers' Celtic will meet Roberto Mancini's Zenit St Petersburg this evening.

Zenit St Petersburg boss Roberto Mancini will see a “much different” Scott Sinclair when their paths meet again tonight, according to the Celtic winger.

Leicester are on the hunt for a new boss having sacked Craig Shakespeare yesterday.

Leicester have refused to respond to reports that former England manager Roy Hodgson has been approached about their managerial vacancy.

Republic of Ireland boss Martin O’Neill has ruled out leaving his job to return to Leicester.

With Everton’s first proper shot of the afternoon resting comfortably in the back of Claudio Bravo’s net after 34 minutes, it was hard not to think City were already well on their way to claiming a thoroughly unwanted league double on Merseyside this season, writes Simon Curtis.

Antonio Conte has paved the way to take the Chelsea post after it was confirmed the Italy manager would be stepping down following Euro 2016.

Manchester City 4 Aston Villa 0: Here is the ultimate sign of what a crazy Premier League season this has become: It would now be a genuine surprise if Manchester City caught Leicester and finished up as champions.

Jose Mourinho will succeed Louis van Gaal as Manchester United manager, according to the sister of former Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti.

Louis van Gaal does not know whether he will be at Manchester United next season if he fails to qualify for the Champions League.

It was a statement that, perhaps, said more than Manuel Pellegrini intended. 

Midfielder Yaya Toure’s future at Manchester City appears to be drawing to a close as Inter Milan vice-president Javier Zanetti claimed the Italian giants are close to completing a move for the Ivory Coast star.

Though we’re not sure what this says about the choices of Ireland’s finest footballers.

Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City will all miss out on being among the top seeds in the Champions League next season if they qualify and Chelsea win the Premier League title.

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has claimed he is open to “new challenges” and will not stay at a club simply to collect wages.

The hip thing to do in recent times at any mention of the romance of the FA Cup is to scoff, but is anyone else uplifted that for all the talk about a fitting Wembley send-off for Stevie G, the termination of that possibility has simultaneously opened up the prospect of a fairytale story for a Shay G?

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has no concerns about captain Vincent Kompany’s form or state of mind.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has again defended his position following increased speculation over his future.

Burnley 1, Manchester City 0:

Arsenal face an anxious wait to find out the extent of the hamstring injury to England midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Ronny Deila gave a scathing analysis of referee Ivan Kruzliak’s performance following Celtic’s 1-0 defeat by Inter Milan in the San Siro which saw the Hoops exit the Europa League 4-3 on aggregate in the last 32.

Ronny Deila believes it will take Celtic’s best performance of his tenure to get past Inter Milan tonight.

Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini wants his players fully focused from start to finish in Thursday’s Europa League return leg against Celtic at the San Siro.

Celtic 3 Inter Milan 3: Substitute John Guidetti gave Celtic a dramatic Europa League lifeline with an injury-time leveller to draw 3-3 draw with Inter Milan at Parkhead.

Celtic 3 Inter Milan 3

Celtic boss Ronny Deila says tonight’s Europa League clash with Inter Milan will be his toughest test since taking charge of the Bhoys.

Arsenal loanee won’t be part of the Nerazzurri’s Europa League campaign.

Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana’s return to training ahead of schedule has given manager Brendan Rodgers a boost as he heads into a potentially season-defining month.

Manchester City defender Matija Nastasic claims he has no issues with manager Manuel Pellegrini as he prepares to join Schalke on loan.

Schalke have announced the loan signing of Matija Nastasic from Manchester City.

One manager got a little too close to the action recently…

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is confident he has the "many solutions" in attack needed to secure a successful end to the season, but warned against expecting too much too soon from Theo Walcott.

Arsenal have confirmed German forward Lukas Podolski has completed a loan move to Inter Milan for the remainder of the 2014/15 season.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has called for the establishment of an independent panel to help stamp out diving and to retrospectively ban those found guilty.

Mario Balotelli is unlikely to return to Inter Milan in January, according to club vice-president Javier Zanetti.

Manchester City should be assured of complying with Uefa’s financial fair play rules this season after drastically cutting their losses compared to last year.

The Football Association of England is investigating Mario Balotelli over a social media post which appeared to contain anti-Semitic and racist references.

Former Liverpool captain Graeme Souness has questioned the existence of Mario Balotelli’s “football brain” and believes the misfiring striker has to undergo a personality change to survive at Anfield.

Champions League Group D

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