The Manchester City Gazette
Squad10 Apr 2028
Omar Marmoush in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Manchester City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Enzo Fernández falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings10 Apr 2028
Scott McTominay ran the middle of the pitch — 7.15
He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 14 combined actions and a mark of 7.15, and not one of them will make a highlights package.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
Dayot Upamecano gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match8 Apr 2028
6 unbeaten for Manchester City
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Manchester City did not have in the autumn.
Market10 Apr 2028
One of our own: Liam Allen joins the Manchester City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Liam Allen is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Apr 2028
One of our own: Anthony Scott joins the Manchester City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Anthony Scott is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Apr 2028
Richard Butler steps up from the Manchester City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Richard Butler has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Apr 2028
Alexander Kelly steps up from the Manchester City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexander Kelly has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad Appearance number 200 for Rayan Cherki
- Squad Defences have started doubling up on Scott McTominay
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Dayot Upamecano's mistake