City fined 59.73 EUR million?

Manchester City rumored to be receiving a very heavy punishment from the European Football Union (UEFA) for violations of the Financial Fair Play (FFP).

Not only that, a double punishment awaits City following the 'wisdom' they spend money and not in line with the total income of the club.

According to reports in Europe, Uefa set fined a total of RM270 million and should be completed over three years.

City also was sentenced to only pick 21 players for the Champions League campaign against 25 players can be registered.

In addition, they should also be listed eight players from the academy club City.

Liverpool Vs Manchester City Preview

Liverpool Vs Manchester City Preview

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Both teams are attack-minded and high-scoring with exciting forward players, and both have weaknesses in defence, despite City's recent improvement at the back.

So the battle for control of the game in midfield will be vital at Anfield, particularly how each team tries to protect their back four.

For Manchester City, Fernandinho is seen as their main defensive midfielder, but there is much more to his game than that.

His energy will be vital for Manuel Pellegrini's men, not just when it comes down to winning the ball back from Liverpool, but also in turning defence into attack.

I sometimes hear people describe Fernandinho as being an anchor man in the mould of former Chelsea star Claude Makelele, because they think Yaya Toure is the City midfielder who gets forward.

But in fact Fernandinho and Toure work in tandem as a pair of box-to-box players. They have got a great partnership because they share defensive and attacking responsibilities in City's usual 4-2-3-1 formation.

It is Toure who grabs the headlines because of his rampaging runs but Fernandinho is an unsung hero for City because of the energy he brings to their team, his mobility, and the amount of work he puts in.

Defensively, Fernandinho covers a lot of ground when City do not have possession and puts the most pressure on the ball. If you add up interceptions and tackles, he has won it back more than any other City player this season.

So i pick City will win 2-0.

Arsenal and City Preview

Today's game which will host in the emirates, is the game to watch. Recently, Wenger have raised his white flag for the race of league title.

The Citizens meanwhile, is set to continue their winning record in the league after the lost to Barca in the Champions League.

Arsenal fans are worried, and little wonder. Injuries have hit and the team's confidence is fragile while they encounter a City side fresh from their humbling of Manchester United and who remain as most people's title favourites.

Arsène Wenger has them down as the side to beat.

Arsenal's manager might have to temper his natural instinct to get on to the front foot – City bite. 

The visitors still have to go to Liverpool but they see this as a key staging post. 

Manchester Derby Preview

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Victories over Olympiakos and West Ham, the former overturning a 2-0 deficit to secure United's progression in the Champions League, have served to dampen criticism of the Scot.

However, Moyes knows that murmurings could intensify if the seventh-placed Red Devils again come up short at home against a bitter rival following their recent 3-0 home hammering by Liverpool.

While the Old Trafford faithful will be far from satisfied by another game in which their sole aim is to hinder a rival's Premier League title aspirations, a triumph would be a feather in the United boss's cap.

"We'll go into our next game confident and ready to get a result," a bullish Moyes told the press after Saturday's 2-0 win at Upton Park.

For City, the game carries similar significance at the start of what will likely prove a season-defining run of fixtures. Currently six points behind leaders Chelsea with three games in hand, Manuel Pellegrini's men head to their neighbours brimming with confidence after a 5-0 drubbing of Fulham on Saturday.

But the visitors will be aware, too, that the derby precedes trips to Arsenal and Liverpool, which sandwich a tricky home game against Southampton.

Pellegrini will not be able to call on the services of key striker Sergio Aguero, who is another week away from fitness as he continues his rehabilitation from a hamstring injury, but Edin Dzeko looks set to be fit after being taken ill before the Fulham game and Stevan Jovetic should also be available, having returned from injury for the final eight minutes on Saturday.

"I think that this team doesn't depend just on one striker," Pellegrini remarked to reporters. "Maybe in the last week we had some problems with Aguero and Jovetic. Now Jovetic is coming back and I hope Aguero will be, next week, with the team. If they don't score there are other players that will do it."

Chief among the supporting cast is Yaya Toure, who boasts 16 Premier League goals this term following his hat-trick against Fulham.

Moyes will, therefore, be buoyed to have Rio Ferdinand available, having been forced to play Michael Carrick at centre-back against West Ham. Ferdinand was rested for that game but United will again be without Nemanja Vidic, who serves the second of his two-game ban.

At the other end, Moyes will surely deploy Juan Mata behind Wayne Rooney again as Robin van Persie continues to be sidelined.

City, boosted by the return from a ban of captain Vincent Kompany, head to United following four successive Premier League clean sheets and are bidding for a third straight victory at Old Trafford in a row. 

Manchester City vs Fulham 5-0 All Goals & Full Highlights 22/3/2014 EPL HD

Yaya Toure was the man of the match with his hat-trick last night.

Watch all the goals and definitely the most amazing goal is Yaya toure.

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C.Ronaldo's Generous Gesture for Sick Baby

I am The Citizens fan, but I hold great respect for C. Ronaldo. I know he has worked so hard to be where he is today. What he did for that child just shows that he still have both his legs on the ground. He might seem arrogant, but he is just so concentrated on always doing his best. He deserves respect both as a footballer and as a person.

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His latest act of generosity, however, is probably the most touching and inspiring story we've yet to hear.
The Real Madrid star was asked to donate a pair of old boots and a used shirt for 10-month-old Erik Ortiz Cruz, who suffers from a terrible brain disorder called cortical dysplasia.

Little Erik suffers seizures up to 30 times a day due to the illness, and is in desperate need of an operation costing £50,000. His entire village of Villaluenga de la Sagra has been saving and raising money for months to try and cover the costs.

On hearing of little Erik's plight, Ronaldo immediately agreed to help - but rather than just donate his boots and shirt, he paid the entire cost of the operation in full.

Spanish newspaper AS reports the heartwarming tale. It might just be a couple of days wages for the superstar, but how often have you heard of a celebrity helping raise money for charity and wondered why they don't just put their hands directly in their own pockets?

With all the goals and fame in football, he is still a generous person.

Champions League:Zabaleta Slams Refferee

It was a shock decision when Pablo Zabaleta get a red card when Edin Dzeko was clearly tackle inside the penalty box. Manchester City defeat 2-1 to Barcelona.

Argentine defender Zabaleta was sent off at the Nou Camp for two bookable offences, picking up his second booking for his protests to Lannoy over his failure to award City a penalty when Edin Dzeko appeared to be felled by Gerard Pique inside the box.

Barcelona also had a strong penalty appeal of their own waved away in the first half, while the home side had a goal controversially ruled out for offside even though replays showed Jordi Alba was onside before he crossed for Neymar to score.

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Zabaleta was insistent that City should have had a penalty for the Dzeko incident and he claims he is in the dark as to why he was sent off.

"It was very clear," Zabaleta said. "I think Pique was behind me and made the tackle on Dzeko and the referee was only two metres away from that.

"I don't know why I was sent off. I went to him to talk to him in a good way.

"I was a little bit angry to him because he didn't give a penalty but I have always been very respectful to him.
"I am frustrated. I think it was a shocking decision.

"Sometimes in the game you are nervous because you are trying to get the result, and sometimes shocking decisions by the ref make you a bit angry."

Zabaleta also felt City should have received a free-kick before Barcelona opened the scoring through Lionel Messi, feeling Dzeko was fouled in the build-up to the goal.

"It was also a foul against Dzeko just before Barcelona's first goal," added Zabaleta. "He held the ball and turned, and Pique had hold of his shirt, and the ref gave a free-kick to Barcelona."

"I am disappointed but also very proud of the team because I think we played a fantastic game.

Manchester City played a good game since beginning but when the French referee Stephane Lanno acts like this, it just killed the game.