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Liverpool and the police are investigating an incident which took place during last night’s 5-1 FA Cup third-round win over Oldham at Anfield, where visiting defender Tom Adeyemi was seemingly the target of abuse from fans.

Sheffield Wednesday started their npower League One campaign with a 2-0 victory over Dagenham & Redbridge.

Lucky Fulham avoided being dumped on the Carling Cup scrapheap along with Premier League rivals Bolton, Hull and West Brom when skipper Danny Murphy’s deflected stoppage-time drive put them in the third round.

Manchester City are facing a major striker crisis ahead of their Barclays Premier League opener with Aston Villa on August 17.

Manchester City have released Paul Dickov, Geovanni and Emile Mpenza.

Premier League footballer Joey Barton will go on trial for assault today.

Micah Richards has demanded more new faces for Manchester City to ensure the Blues have ’no excuses’ at the end of the season.

Kasper Schmeichel has been told he will remain Manchester City's first-choice goalkeeper even though experienced Andreas Isaksson is back in full training.

Sven-Goran Eriksson has warned his fringe players to leave the club now or face being left out in the cold for the rest of the season.

Manchester City have made Ousmane Dabo, Danny Mills and Paul Dickov available for transfer.

Shrewsbury 0 Man City 2

Emile Mpenza could return for Manchester City in their Premiership clash with Aston Villa at Eastlands.

Injury-plagued Manchester City duo Trevor Sinclair and Paul Dickov hit the comeback trail again tonight with a reserve team outings against Sheffield United.

Micah Richards misses out for the fourth game running as Manchester City look to extend their unbeaten run to five matches against Liverpool at Eastlands.

Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce has no fresh injury concerns ahead of tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership clash with Chelsea at Eastlands.

Stuart Pearce believes his Manchester City players have the mindset to clinch a place in the FA Cup semi-finals tomorrow.

Manchester City strikers Darius Vassell and Paul Dickov could come into contention for the FA Cup quarter-final against Blackburn on Sunday.

Emile Mpenza may have to wait for his Manchester City debut.

Darius Vassell seems certain to miss Manchester City’s FA Cup fifth-round tie at Preston on Sunday.

Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce has confirmed he has opened contract talks with Republic of Ireland midfielder Stephen Ireland.

Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha is facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering a knee injury in training.

Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce is closing in on a striking reinforcement.

Manchester City striker Paul Dickov has been ruled out for up to eight weeks because of a broken toe.

Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton is available after suspension for the Barclays Premiership match against Bolton at the Reebok Stadium tomorrow.

Manchester City will monitor the fitness of Richard Dunne ahead of the visit of Everton after the defender played against West Ham while suffering from illness.

Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce could be forced to push Micah Richards into midfield for tomorrow’s trip to West Ham.

Stuart Pearce has revealed the only contact between Manchester City and Chelsea over new signings has come from the Eastlands outfit.

Manchester City have launched an immediate appeal against Joey Barton's red card, which should clear the midfielder for the crucial St Stephen's Day visit to Sheffield United.

Manchester City 1 Tottenham 2

Even television paymasters Sky are struggling to talk up the two horse “title race” this season. The relentless hype masks the listless encounters between sides whose only priority is to avoid defeat. Jason Mellor and Mark Ogden name and shame the guilty parties.

New England star Micah Richards was back on club duty today as Manchester City looked to extend their run of home clean sheets to seven league games against Fulham.

Darren Bent scored again as Charlton clung on for only their second Premiership win of the season after Manchester City failed to end their away-day misery.

Ben Thatcher was handed an instant recall to the Manchester City starting line-up by manager Stuart Pearce for tonight’s Premiership encounter with Middlesbrough.

Steve McClaren missed a masterful performance from Emile Heskey as Wigan put their early season misery behind them at the expense of hapless Manchester City whose fans turned on them at the end.

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Manchester City defender Micah Richards has apologised for his shirt-throwing tantrum at Reading on Monday.

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Reading 1 Manchester City 0

Bernardo Corradi misses Manchester City’s clash with Portsmouth tomorrow through suspension.

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Manchester City had double cause to celebrate today as Joey Barton and Micah Richards signed new four-year contracts.

Bradley Wright-Phillips has joined Southampton from Manchester City.

Dietmar Hamann is expected to agree a move to Manchester City, paving the way for Joey Barton to move from Eastlands.