Barclays Premier League clubs review - Manchester City and Stoke City
MANCHESTER CITY
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Manchester has recalled John Guidetti, who was on loan at the Championship club Burnley. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 under-21 striker joined Burnley in late November on one month deal.
The young attacker of Manchester City started twice in five appearances for the Championship side and scored once in Burnley’s away win at Barnsely.
League Position and Recent Form
Manchester City are currently placed 2nd in the Barclays Premier League only two points adrift of their city rivals and league leader Manchester United; however, the Citizens have played two more games than the Red Devils.
The Citizens have managed to bag 42 league points out of 22 league fixtures and they are one of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/The-Strongest-c40725 contenders to win the Barclays Premier League title this season.
The East Lands outfit are unbeaten in their last five matches and their last defeat came against Everton when they were defeated by two goals to one on Boxing Day.
Manchester City endured a goalless draw in their last Premier League fixture away against Arsenal, who are placed third in the table.
Roberto Mancini’s men also drew FA Cup third round fixture against Leicester City by two goals to each side. The second leg of this tie of FA Cup will be played next week at City of Manchester Stadium.
Next Premier League Fixture
Manchester City will play their 23rd Premier League fixture against Mick McCarthy’s Wolverhampton Wanderers at City of Manchester Stadium. Manchester City will have a daunting task of winning against the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wolves-c40952, who have performed extremely well
against the top clubs of the Barclays Premier League.
STOKE CITY
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The Potters manager, Tony Pulis, feels his team should be satisfied with their results against Manchester United this season, even though Stoke City were defeated in both legs of the Premier League fixture.
However, Stoke City manager believes that his players were much better this season and said that he was happy that his team were defeated by a small margin.
Stoke City’s overall record against Manchester United is very poor and their last win at Old Trafford came almost 40 years ago.
The Potters were close to snatching points against Manchester United in both fixtures in this season of Barclays Premier League; however, both times they were denied. For http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tony-c35440 Pulis, even getting close to victory, calls for celebration and feels that his
team can draw a lot of satisfaction from such close results.
Stoke City lost their last match against Manchester United at Old Trafford by two goals to one. Moreover, it was Stoke City’s first goal at Manchester United’s home in 37 years.
Tony Pulis said: “It was important to put in a good performance after the defeats we suffered here in the last two seasons and we pushed them all the way to the final whistle this time. It's a little frustrating that we didn't get something out of the game
after getting ourselves back into it early in the second half, but they produced something special to win it. People keep saying that United are not at their best, but they know how to win games. It's engrained in the football club and that can often give
you a vital edge."
League Position and Recent Form
Stoke City are currently placed 10th in the league standings with 27 points to their name out of 21 league games.
Stoke City’s recent form is not very good as they have lost their 3 matches out of recent six and are placed 13th Form Guide table of the Barclays Premier League.
Next Match
The Potters will play their next Premier League match against Bolton Wanderers at Britannia Stadium.
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