3 February 2025
Manchester City live on Showmax Premier League
Let’s take a look at the reigning champions. Can they repeat the feat this season?
Where to stream all Manchester City’s Premier League matches
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Five facts about Manchester City FC
- Nickname: The Citizens (Cityzens), The Blues, The Sky Blues
- Short name: Man City
- Founded: 1880 as St. Mark’s (West Gorton)
- Ground: Etihad Stadium
- Current League position: 4th ( Played: 24 Won: 12 Lost: 7 Drawn: 5)
Most recent result
- Arsenal 5-1 Man City (Martin Odegaard, Thomas Partey, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Kai Havertz & Ethan Nwaneri; Erling Haaland)
Next Premier League fixture: (Saturday, 15 February 2025)
- Manchester City v Newcastle : Etihad Stadium: 17:00 – Live on Showmax Premier League
Latest news:
Pep Guardiola blasted his own “fragile” Manchester City players, claiming that “they have a duty and they didn’t do it” in their 5-1 defeat away to Arsenal.
He could not hide his frustrations, especially regarding the closing stages of the match, as the Gunners dominated and pulled away after goals from Martin Odegaard, Thomas Partey, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Kai Havertz and Ethan Nwaneri.
When asked about the fragility of his squad due to numerous setbacks and injuries throughout a disjointed campaign, the head coach hit back by saying: “They can be fragile, it happened many times, but they have a duty and they didn’t do it.”
Summer signings:
- Savinho
- İlkay Gündoğan
- Abdukodir Khusanov
Man City XI
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Pep Guardiola made a stunning start to life at City when he joined in 2016, winning his first 11 games in charge and was twice nominated for the Premier League Manager of the Month award in August and September 2016.
In his second season he guided the Blues to the Premier League title and the Carabao Cup, smashing records along the way in a stunning season.
He picked up four successive Manager of the Month awards and was voted the Premier League Manager of the Season and the LMA Manager of the Year.
He was again voted Premier League manager of the year after guiding City to four more trophies in 2018/19 to become the Club’s most successful boss ever with six trophies in three seasons. City added the Carabao Cup and Community Shield to Pep’s list in 2019/20, but the Catalan won yet more silverware in 2020/21, with another Premier League title and Carabao Cup success.
He also became the first City boss to take his side to a Champions League final in May 2021, taking his trophy haul to 10.
His incredible spell at the Etihad saw him claim a fourth Premier League title in five years in 2021/22 as well as reaching the Champions League semi-final.
The Catalan then signed a new two-year contract extension with the Club in November of 2022, a deal that will take him through to the summer of 2025. He reached another impressive milestone in April 2023, claiming a 100th home Premier League win in record time when City beat Liverpool 4-1 at the Etihad Stadium.
City’s winning form has continued for the remainder of the season under Guardiola’s leadership, helping City lift our third consecutive Premier League title with three games remaining of the 2022/23 campaign.
And to top off another history-defining season under Pep’s tenure, an FA Cup final win over Manchester United followed by a Champions League final win over Inter saw City named Treble winners.
The manager continues to take City to new heights as he led the Club to their first-ever Super Cup victory in our debut appearance in the European showpiece. Pep also won his fourth FIFA Club World Cup in December 2023 as City beat Fluminense 4-0 in Jeddah.
And last season Pep led his City team to yet another Premier League title, making history as the only Premier League club to win four Premier League titles in a row
Goalkeepers
Ederson
Scott Carson
Stefan Ortega
Defenders
Manuel Akanji
Nathan Ake
Joao Cancelo
Ruben Dias
Josko Gvardiol
Rico Lewis
John Stones
Kyle Walker
Joshua Wilson-Esbrand
Abdukodir Khusanov
Midfielders
Oscar Bobb
Kevin de Bruyne
Jeremy Doku
Phil Foden
Jack Grealish
Mateo Kovacic
Matheus Nunes
James McCatee
Maximo Perrone
Rodri
Savinho
Bernardo Silva
İlkay Gündoğan
Forwards
Erling Haaland
Read more about Manchester City:
Manchester City’s midfield maestra Rodri: The silent assassin- https://stories.showmax.com/za/manchester-citys-midfield-maestra-rodri-the-silent-assassin
Manchester City v Arsenal: Rival fans’ view: https://stories.showmax.com/za/manchester-city-v-arsenal-rival-fans-view
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