Bolton boss Owen Coyle has confirmed talks are ongoing aimed at bringing Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips to the Reebok Stadium.

Manchester United 2 Manchester City 1

West Ham 1 Manchester City 1

Man City 1 Stoke 1

MANCHESTER CITY boss Mark Hughes is relishing a two-legged derby clash with rivals Manchester United in the semi-finals of the Carling Cup after a 3-0 win over Arsenal at Eastlands last night.

Manchester City 4 Arsenal 2

CARLOS TEVEZ opened his Manchester City goals account after the Premier League superstars were given a Carling Cup fright by Crystal Palace.

Manchester City 1 Wolves 0

Blackburn 0 Man City 2

Shaun Wright-Phillips will miss England’s World Cup qualifying double header with Kazakhstan and Andorra next month with a knee injury.

Man City 2 Aston Villa 0

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has hit out at the Football Association over their decision to charge Shaun Wright-Phillips with violent conduct.

RECORD signing Robinho and new arrival Craig Bellamy both paid the first instalment of a debt to manager Mark Hughes by ensuring a Manchester City win against ailing Newcastle last night.

Man City 2 Newcastle 1

AFONSO ALVES proved the scourge of Manchester City once again as his 53rd-minute penalty helped Middlesbrough to victory.

Middlesbrough 2 Manchester City 0

England 5 Kazakhstan 1

WELL, we’re in it now.

AC Omonia 1 Manchester City 2

Sunderland 0 Manchester City 3

Fulham 1 Chelsea 2

Chelsea 2 Sunderland 0

Derby 0 Chelsea 2

Two delightful first-half goals from Chelsea, inspired by Shaun Wright-Phillips and finished by Frank Lampard and Juliano Belletti, were enough to see Chelsea past struggling Wigan at the JJB Stadium.

STEVE McCLAREN has pointed to England’s best performance of his difficult time in charge and warned his players not to drop below those standards in future.

CHELSEA winger Shaun Wright-Phillips has been backed by his club to solve England’s problems on the right flank for the crucial double-header.

Chelsea 0 Manchester United 0

West Ham 1 Chelsea 4

Tottenham 1 Chelsea 2

Stuart Pearce has admitted he would be interested in bringing Shaun Wright-Phillips back to Manchester City.

Bradley Wright-Phillips has joined Southampton from Manchester City.

STUART PEARCE has admitted there is virtually no chance of luring Shaun Wright-Phillips back to Manchester City.

Stuart Pearce has admitted there is virtually no chance of luring Shaun Wright-Phillips back to Manchester City from Chelsea.

The Football Association have hit back at Alex Ferguson’s claims that their compliance unit “has no purpose”.

Alex Ferguson has called for referees to be given greater powers to drive the diving cheats out of the game.

Rising star Bradley Wright-Phillips must become more consistent if he is to secure a regular place in Manchester City’s starting line-up.

Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce expects star striker Andy Cole to be in contention to face Everton at Eastlands on Sunday.

Manchester City have lodged a formal £1m (€1.4m) offer for Bolton midfielder Stelios Giannakopoulos.

Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce has warned Chelsea they will not get Shaun Wright-Phillips on the cheap.

Manchester City will not let Shaun Wright-Phillips talk to Chelsea until they have agreed a fee for the England winger.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed his bitter frustration at waiting on Chelsea to make their move for Shaun Wright-Phillips.

Shaun Wright-Phillips returned for pre-season training with Manchester City today with huge confusion still surrounding his future.

Manchester City 3 Birmingham City 0

Shaun Wright-Phillips is out of England’s World Cup double-header with Northern Ireland and Azerbaijan later this month after being forced to have knee surgery.