Manchester City's European qualification seemed to relax manager Sven-Goran Eriksson - but the Swede continued to sidestep questions relating to the future.

Middlesbrough 8 Manchester City 1

IT could not have gone much worse for Sven Goran Eriksson.

Manchester City 2 Fulham 3

Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is facing a defensive headache ahead of the Barclays Premier League match against Fulham tomorrow.

Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has problems in central defence for the trip to Sunderland after Nedum Onuoha was ruled out for the rest of the season with a dislocated shoulder.

Manchester City 0 Chelsea 2

Birmingham 3 Manchester City 1

Franck Queudrue has been handed his first Birmingham start for two months in today's home Premier League clash with Manchester City.

Reading 2 Manchester City 0

DANIEL STURRIDGE’S first Barclays Premier League goal moved Manchester City back into a UEFA Cup spot as they denied Derby a long overdue victory at Pride Park.

Derby 1 Manchester City 1

Manchester City 2 Reading 1

Manchester City 1 Aston Villa 0

Stephen Jordan could be handed a farewell Manchester City appearance by manager Stuart Pearce at Tottenham tomorrow.

Man City 0 Man Utd 1

Manchester City 0 Aston Villa 2

It was unfortunate that Ben Foster – Watford’s best player this season – should make the mistake that ensured Adrian Boothroyd’s team would be relegated to the Coca-Cola Championship.

Newcastle’s slim hopes of European qualification were ended as Manchester City snatched an invaluable victory at St James’ Park.

Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce could be tempted to field an unchanged side against Middlesbrough tomorrow.

Manchester City 0 Chelsea 1

Bargain-buy Caleb Folan condemned struggling Manchester City to a fourth consecutive Premiership defeat and put Wigan tantalisingly close to survival.

Manchester City goalkeeper Nicky Weaver returns for this FA Cup fifth-round tie at Deepdale today.

Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton misses the Barclays Premiership match at home to Blackburn tomorrow through suspension.

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

Manchester City midfielder Stephen Ireland looks likely to come into contention for the FA Cup clash against Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday after a hamstring injury.

Manchester City face a number of injury doubts ahead of Sunday’s Barclays Premiership clash with Tottenham at Eastlands.

Manchester City have no fresh injury concerns as they look to record their first Old Trafford derby-day win since 1974.

Ousmane Dabo could get a place on the bench as Manchester City look to extend their unbeaten home record against Watford on Monday.

Dietmar Hamann returns to Manchester City’s squad for the trip to former club Liverpool.

Manchester City have sent utility man Sun Jihai to Germany in an attempt to cure his troublesome hamstring problem.

Dietmar Hamann is set to make his Manchester City debut at Blackburn on Sunday.

Manchester City look certain to be without Dietmar Hamann and Andy Cole for the Premiership opener at champions Chelsea.

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Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce will be keeping an eye out for a mysterious ‘man in black’ ahead of his team’s friendly encounter with Japanese side Kashima Antlers in Shanghai tomorrow.

Manchester City will contest the first Shanghai World Series Tournament as part of their pre-season preparations.

Ashley Cole gave England a boost on the day Steve McClaren was named the new manager.

Kiki Musampa is doubtful for Manchester City’s final Barclays Premiership home game against Arsenal tomorrow.

Joey Barton is set to return to the Manchester City squad for tomorrow’s trip to Aston Villa.

Stuart Pearce does not believe skipper Sylvain Distin needs any convincing to commit his future to Manchester City.

Claudio Reyna could make only his fourth appearance since the end of November as Manchester City look to end a run of four successive Barclays Premiership defeats by beating Tottenham at White Hart Lane.

Georgios Samaras is set for a surprise return on Sunday as Manchester City try to revive their flagging campaign against Middlesbrough.

Injury-ravaged Manchester City head to Chelsea for their Barclays Premiership match without 10 senior stars tomorrow.

Manchester City 1 West Ham 2