Manchester City 0 Bolton 1

Norwich 2 Manchester City 3

Dutch midfielder Paul Bosvelt returns to the Manchester City squad at Norwich after a suspension caused him to miss the defeat by Manchester United.

Injury-plagued Claudio Reyna is on course for a long-awaited Manchester City first-team return after being lined up for a second-string outing on Friday.

Paul Bosvelt will find out “within a month” whether he will be offered a new one-year contract at Manchester City.

Antoine Sibierski returns to the Manchester City squad for Sunday’s trip to Premiership leaders Chelsea.

STRIKING stalwarts Alan Shearer and Robbie Fowler both found the net at Eastlands on yet another night of frustration for under-achieving Newcastle.

Tonight's Premiership team news.

New arrival Kiki Musampa will go straight into the Manchester City side for tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership encounter with Newcastle.

Robbie Fowler has been passed fit to play for Manchester City in tomorrow’s televised Barclays Premiership clash at West Brom, despite missing training earlier this week with a slight knee problem.

Nicolas Anelka will have a scan later today in an effort to discover the extent of the injury which has sidelined Manchester City’s record signing for the last fortnight.

Arsenal 1 Man City 1

Team line-ups from tonight's Premiership games.

Manchester City boss Kevin Keegan expects to have Ben Thatcher available for tomorrow’s trip to Arsenal.

Man City 2 Southampton 1

Kevin Phillips returned to the Southampton line-up for this afternoon’s encounter with Manchester City – but there was still no place in Harry Redknapp’s squad for James Beattie, whose departure from St Mary’s is due to be confirmed in the next 72 hours.

Steve McManaman and Ben Thatcher are back in Manchester City’s squad for tomorrow’s encounter with Southampton.

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Joey Barton is set to earn an immediate recall as Manchester City look to bounce back from their Boxing Day defeat at Everton by inflicting more misery on rock-bottom West Brom at Eastlands.

Everton 2 Manchester City 1

Disgraced midfielder Joey Barton will be in Manchester City’s squad for the Boxing Day trip to Everton.

Bolton 0 Man City 1

Nicolas Anelka returned to the Manchester City side at the Reebok Stadium today.

Blackburn: Friedel, Neill, Todd, Short, Matteo, Reid, Flitcroft, Ferguson, Emerton, Dickov, Bothroyd. Subs: Stead, Pedersen, Enckelman, Johansson, Gallagher.

Kevin Keegan faces a selection dilemma over whether to restore Nicolas Anelka to his Manchester City starting line-up for tomorrow’s trip to Bolton.

Manchester City 0 Tottenham 1

Middlesbrough 3 Man City 2

Nicolas Anelka looks set to miss Monday’s televised trip to Middlesbrough after failing to recover from an ankle injury.

Nicolas Anelka looks set to miss Monday’s televised trip to Middlesbrough after failing to recover from an ankle injury.

Manchester City striker Nicolas Anelka will miss the game against Aston Villa tomorrow because of a groin strain.

Robbie Fowler is standing by to make his first Manchester City start since the middle of September as Nicolas Anelka battles for fitness ahead of tomorrow’s match against Aston Villa at Eastlands.

Frustrated Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has left his misfiring strikeforce in no doubt there are no excuses for their current pitiful form.

Alex Ferguson’s search for goals saw him leave Wayne Rooney out of his starting line-up for the Old Trafford derby-day clash with Kevin Keegan’s City.

Manchester City boss Kevin Keegan will offer his youth brigade a chance to shoot down Manchester United on enemy territory for the first time since 1974.

Nedum Onuoha and Jonathan D’Lareya will both be handed their senior Manchester City debuts in tomorrow night’s Carling Cup clash with Arsenal at Eastlands.

MANCHESTER CITY boss Kevin Keegan was furious with referee Steve Dunn after again finding himself on the wrong end of a seven-goal thriller against his old club Newcastle.

Nicky Butt returned to the Newcastle starting line-up for this afternoon’s Barclays Premiership clash with Manchester City.

Trevor Sinclair is set to return to the Manchester City squad for the first time in four weeks against Newcastle on Sunday.