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Manchester City celebrate winning the 2011/2012 English Premier League title. (Getty Images)

Manchester is blue: Joleon Lescott on City’s rise to the top of English football

The former player identifies the game that changed it all for Manchester’s noisy neighbours and talks about the club’s challenges in Europe

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – JUNE 24:  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp looks on prior to the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Crystal Palace at Anfield on June 24, 2020 in Liverpool, England. (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Klopp and his Beatles move on from ‘Yesterday’

The wait was long and painful, from the endless jokes to that Steven Gerrard slip. But after 30 years Liverpool are finally Premier League champions of England

“We could not attack in this way last year because we did not have Benjamin Mendy, he is so clever to go up and down,” Pep Guardiola said. (David Klein/Reuters)

Five things that have gone wrong for Manchester City

Just a few weeks ago City seemed unstoppable as they started their title defence with a 15-game unbeaten run

“We are at home and we should play much better against Wolves. We are here to attack,” Pogba told the media after the match. (David Klein/Reuters)

Pogba takes aim at Mourinho’s negative tactics

The draw left United in seventh, eight points behind leaders Liverpool

Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp (left) and his Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola are two managers who will eagerly pounce on the stagnation of others. (Stu Forster/Getty Images)

​New Premier League era begins

Innovation and enterprise are key as the Wengers and Fergusons wither

Yaya Touré has slammed Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola for ‘having problems with Africans wherever he goes’.

The curse of the Pep in Yaya’s step

The Ivorian’s contentious comments offer pause for thought about his stifled career opportunities

Mourinho ‘very positive’ that Ferguson will recover

The former United manager needed ​emergency surgery last weekend after a fall at his home near Manchester

(John McCann/M&G)

Football unites in support of Ferguson

Messages of support poured in for the legendary former Manchester United manager who was left fighting for his life following emergency surgery

Sir Alex Ferguson has received messages of support from around the world over the past few days

Sir Alex Ferguson undergoes emergency brain surgery

The 76-year-old retired as the most successful manager in British football when he called time on his Manchester United career five years ago

Shaun de Waal reviews Richard Poplak’s ‘Until Julius Comes’

Jose Mourinho lashes out at ‘critical’ Paul Scholes

Scholes singled out Paul Pogba, the club’s record signing, after his anonymous performance in the weekend draw with Southampton.

Champions League absence takes financial toll on Man United

The 20-times champions are still struggling with what has been a dismal transition since Alex Ferguson retired in 2013, and total revenue has fallen.

Sir Alex Ferguson at his last game as manager of Manchester United. (Reuters)

Manchester road named after Sir Alex Ferguson

A road near the Old Trafford football stadium is to be renamed after Fergie to honour the long-serving manager of Manchester United.

The Gupta soap opera reveals more twists and U-turns

Weekend 101: Bieber, Bieber, Bieber … oooh

The Gupta soap opera reveals more twists and U-turns, Alex Ferguson calls it quits and Justin Bieber turns teen girls into maniacs.

Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney is carried from the pitch after being injured during his team’s 3-2 win over Fulham in their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester

‘Gash’ could put Rooney out for a month

Wayne Rooney faces four weeks on the sidelines after the England striker needed hospital treatment on a nasty leg injury.

Red Devils edge closer to the League title

Red Devils edge closer to the League title

Manchester United have moved five points clear of their city rivals after two late goals got them the win against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park

Ferguson learns from rare mistakes to master mind games with smile

Ferguson learns from rare mistakes to master mind games with smile

Sir Alex Ferguson’s reign as Man United manager has been filled with titles but along the way he also mastered the art of mind games.

Fergie relishes United’s flying start

Fergie relishes United’s flying start

Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United’s flying start to the season is all the more impressive considering the severity of their fixture list.

Stop asking which squad is the best

Fergie backs United to finish the job

Sir Alex Ferguson insists his Manchester United stars will have no problem getting the point they need to clinch the club’s record 19th league title.

Man United’s Ferguson expects busy festive season

Ferguson aiming for Paisley’s treble

Age not an issue as Sir Alex pushes to equal the top European Cup score.

Stop asking which squad is the best

Fergie backs Hernandez to fire United’s Euro bid

Alex Ferguson believes Mexican striker Javier Hernandez has provided Manchester United with the extra fire-power required to win the Champions League.