Jonjo Shelvey further dented Manchester City’s hopes of retaining their Premier League title as they were held to a 2-2 draw at Newcastle.

Kyle Walker struck a late winner as champions Manchester City came from behind to snatch a hard-fought 2-1 win over Southampton in the Premier League.

It is a record sixth time that the Argentina star has been named FIFA’s best player.

After originally announcing new record i,i for the end of the month, Bon Iver took the music world by surprise with the digital release of the new album.

Manchester United may have finished only sixth in the table last season but they comfortably retained their position as the leading developers of Premier League talent.

Vincent Kompany struck a sensational winner as Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League with a dramatic and tense 1-0 win over Leicester.

The PFA Team of the Season was dominated by Manchester City and Liverpool players (plus Paul Pogba). But Daniel Storey's selection spreads the recognition a shade wider.

Football — bloody hell, as a Manchester manager once said after a Champions League match of the highest drama.

When Heung Min Son smashed home the only goal of a dramatic game, to give Spurs a precious 1-0 lead to take to Manchester next week, the roar that erupted in their magnificent new stadium would have been heard loud and clear five kilometres down the Seven Sisters Road, deep in the heart of Arsenal territory.

So it’s over to you, Liverpool.

Daniel Storey looks at the five biggest takeaways from the weekend’s action.

Ger McCarthy picks out the key moments from Manchester City's 2-1 win over Liverpool.

Blame the pitch, perhaps, but what what should have been a Monday night cracker between two of the Premier League’s most exciting sides turned out to be something of a damp squib, writes Gerry Cox

Pep Guardiola admits Joe Hart could make him live to regret the decision to allow him to leave Manchester City.

Were Liverpool’s last three results a reasonable pointer or yet another wicked tease for City fans used to minute crumbs from trips to this part of the world?

Manchester City 1 Lyon 2

Manchester City can consider themselves highly unfortunate not to beat Wolves. They hit the woodwork three times, Rui Patricio made a world-class save from Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus missed a simple chance, and the Wolves’ goal should have been disallowed for handball.

Liverpool are close to smashing the transfer world record for a goalkeeper.

There will be 100 Premier League players in action at the World Cup, spread across 25 international teams.

Brazil boast more recent Champions League experience than even the leading European nations at this summer’s World Cup.

Man City 3 Brighton 1

The celebrations started before kick-off and went on well into the balmy Manchester night at the Etihad Stadium yesterday as Pep Guardiola was finally able to place his hands on the Premier League trophy.

West Ham 1 Manchester City 4: With a century of goals and a host of records set to tumble before the curtain falls on their title-winning campaign, Manchester City’s season continues to set new standards, which manager Pep Guardiola believes will mark them out as the best team in Premier League history.

Arsene Wenger has divided opinion for years now - but he’ll always have a special place in the heart of some Fantasy Premier League managers after what he did this week.

Manchester City have earned the ultimate collective prize for a remarkable season and their players will lift the Premier League trophy on Sunday when they face Swansea City at the Etihad.

Forget the talk of Manchester City ‘crisis’

Liverpool 3 Manchester City 0

Manchester City 1 Chelsea 0: And then there were four. Four games and 12 points which Pep Guardiola and Manchester City require to make mathematically certain of the Premier League title after Bernardo Silva’s goal allowed his team to open up an 18-point lead at the top of the table. 

Manchester City inflicted more pain on Arsene Wenger with a second crushing 3-0 victory over his Arsenal side in the space of four days.

Raheem Sterling is an injury doubt for Manchester City for the Carabao Cup final against Arsenal on Sunday.

Pep Guardiola has revealed he almost joined Wigan when he left Barcelona.

Liverpool forward Sadio Mane believes his season is back on track after a Champions League hat-trick.

Ilkay Gundogan scored twice as Manchester City put one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals.

Sergio Aguero scored four times as Premier League leaders Manchester City showed Riyad Mahrez what he is missing in a 5-1 thrashing of Leicester.

Johann Berg Gudmundsson struck a late equaliser as Burnley grabbed a 1-1 draw against Premier League leaders Manchester City at Turf Moor.

He may have lost Leroy Sane to injury and been priced out of his quest for Riyad Mahrez but if that represented a bad week for Pep Guardiola in his Manchester City wonderland, normal service was quickly resumed on the field last night.

Cardiff City 0 Manchester City 2: Pep Guardiola called for players to get better protection after Leroy Sane was left facing a spell on the sidelines following the FA Cup win at Cardiff.

Man City 3 - Newcastle 1: When it comes to Manchester City, the rest of the Premier League has quite the conundrum to contend with at the moment.

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"There's an agenda against Wilfried Zaha. I don't know why or where it comes from, but it is outrageous to accuse him of being a diver. It's total nonsense."

Pep Guardiola expects Manchester City to lose before the conclusion of the Premier League season.

Two dropped points may mean little in the context of Manchester City’s yawning 14-point lead at the head of the table, but the chasing pack can at least draw comfort from the knowledge that Pep Guardiola’s side are fallible after all, writes Ian Winrow

Daniel Storey reviews the football year.