The Citizen's taking over England...and now Europe - A fred123qwe story

October/November/December Update

City start to return to form


Results

vs. Fulham: 0-3
vs. Wolves: 3-1 (Robinho x3)

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A huge win for Man City

vs. Dinamo (Champions League Group Stage): 8-2 (Maxi Rodriguez, Gourcuff, Tevez x3, Robinho, Arshavin, Adebayor)

vs. West Ham: 2-4 (Maxi Rodriguez, Robinho)
vs. Reading (League Cup 4th Round): 2-0 (Tevez, Gourcuff)
vs. Sheffield United: 2-0 (Gourcuff, Arshavin)
vs. Dinamo (Champions League Group Stage): 5-0 (Tevez x4, OG)

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A stunning finish from Gareth Barry in the 88th minute sent the Manchester City fans into wild celebrations as City stole the match from United.

vs. Man United: 2-1 (Gourcuff, Barry)

vs. Aston Villa: 2-1 (Tevez, Zabaleta)
vs. Everton: 1-0 (Adebayor)
vs. Wigan: 0-1

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vs. Real Madrid (Champions League Group Stage): 2-1 (Lescott, Tevez)

vs. Arsenal: 3-2 (Tevez x3)
vs. Newcastle: 3-3 (Adebayor x2, Zabaleta)
vs. HSV (Champions League Group Stage): 2-0 (Wright-Phillips, Arshavin)
vs. Portsmouth: 2-1 (Toure, Tevez)

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A stoppage time equaliser got City a deserved draw against league leaders Chelsea.

vs. Chelsea: 2-2 (Adebayor, Tevez)

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City battled for a half with 10 men and somehow found an equaliser and hung on till the penalty shoot out to win.

vs. Everton (League Cup Quarter Final): 1-1 (Man City Won 5-4 on Penalties) (Nesta)

vs. Stoke: 3-3 (OG, Tevez x2)
vs. Aston Villa: 4-2 (Tevez x3, Adebayor)

Win/Loss/Draw - 14/3/3
Goals for - 49
Goals against - 28

Overall quite a pleasing few months, with the team still in every possible competition. Losses to Fulham, West Ham and Wigan were disappointing but wins against Man U and Real Madrid more than made up for it.

Star Peformer - Again there can be no other answer but Carlos Tevez. Another outstanding few months, with a record of 20 goals in 18 games including no less than 3 hat-tricks and a four goal haul!

It hasn't just been Man City who have recognised how well Tevez has been playing though and the Argentinian picked up the following awards for his tremendous play over the past year:

World Player of the year
Part of the World Team of the year
European Footballer of the year
European Striker of the year

His record over the past year looks like this:

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Appearances - 51
Goals - 63
Assist - 13
Average Rating - 7.71


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Still a long way adrift of the Leaders but City reckon they can turn it around!

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City surprised even themselves winning the group so easily.

Transfers:

Dzeko, Aguilera and Muniain all joined Man City after agreeing terms earlier in the season.

Other news:

The stadium expansion has been completed and is now a 60,000 seater.
Man City chairman Al Mubarak continues to pump money into the club, putting in another £56 Million into the club.
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Seem to be conceding a few goals mate. A few tweaks to the defence.

Also...

A stunning finish from Gareth Barry in the 88th minute sent the City of Manchester Stadium into absolute mayhem as City stole the match from United
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... was funny cause the match was clearly at The Theatre of Dreams ;)
 
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Seem to be conceding a few goals mate. A few tweaks to the defence.

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... was funny cause the match was clearly at The Theatre of Dreams ;)
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Woops my bad :$

Yeh I know, I've tried a variety of tactics but can't seem to sort it out! I'll keep working at it though.
 
January/February Update
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Dzeko's career with City got of to the perfect start with a debut goal

vs. Chelsea (League Cup Semi-final first leg, home): 1-1 (Maxi Rodriguez)
vs. Liverpool: 2-2 (Tevez x2)

vs. West Brom: 3-0 (Dzeko x3)

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Only Dzeko's fourth match for City and he has a hat-trick to his name

vs. Bolton: 0-0

vs. Chelsea (League Cup Semi-final second leg, away): 2-2 - Man City win with away goals rule (Tevez, Dzeko)

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City battled hard and despite being the underdogs managed to pull of the result to get them to the final.

vs. Bolton (FA Cup 4th Round): 2-0 (Dzeko x2)

Man City and Bolton have no played each other 8 times in the past 18 months!

vs. Tottenham: 0-2
vs. Sunderland: 2-1 (Tevez x2)
vs. West Ham: 1-0 (Tevez)
vs. Swansea (FA Cup 5th Round): 4-2 (Tevez x3, Wright-Phillips)
vs. Zaragoza (Champions League 1st Knockout round, away): 3-2 (Toure, Arshavin, Dzeko)
vs. Sheffield United: 3-1 (Tevez x2, Dzeko)

vs. Fulham: 1-0 (De Rossi)

De Rossi scored his first goal for the club and it was a stunner - a 40 yard screamer

vs. Aston Villa (League Cup Final): 1-1 - Man City win 5-4 on penalties (Arshavin)

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Win/Loss/Draw - 9/1/4
Goals for - 27
Goals against - 12

League Position - 4th
FA Cup - 6th round tie against Everton or Tottenham
League Cup - Winners
Champions League - 1st Knockout Round tie against Zaragoza

Star Peformer - Whist Tevez was still very good for City, its been Dzeko who everyone has been talking about. He has had a great start to life in Manchester City with 9 goals in 14 appearances, making him an instant hit with the City fans.

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March/April Update

Chelsea retain Premier League title with 7 games to spare

Chelsea have once again blitzed the Premier League and have won it with an incredible 7 games to spare. They remain on course for an undefeated season with 4 games left. The race for second, third and fourth is still very much up for grabs however with Man City, Sunderland, Man United and Tottenham all competing for these positions.

Results

vs. Wolves: 2-2 (Dzeko, Tevez)
vs. Everton (FA Cup 6th Round): 2-1 (Dzeko, Srna)
vs. Zaragoza (Champions League 1st Knockout round, home): 2-0 (Won 5-2 overall) (Dzeko)
vs. Everton: 2-1 (Dzeko, Tevez)
vs. Blackburn: 3-2 (Dzeko, De Rossi)
vs. Wigan: 1-0 (Tevez)
vs. Inter Milan (Champions League Quarter Final, home): 1-1 (Dzeko)

vs. Man United: 1-0 (Gourcuff)

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City completed a historic league double over United with a third minute goal from Yoann Gourcuff

vs. Inter Milan (Champions League Quarter Final, away): 2-4 (Lost 5-2 overall) (Gourcuff, Arshavin)

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A devastating turn of events meant that City crashed out of the competition. Having been in a winning position with 15 minutes left, Inter went onto score twice more and end City's dream of European glory.

vs. Chelsea (FA Cup Semi Final): 2-1 AET (Dzeko, Arshavin)

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After the nightmare of losing to Inter just a few days earlier, the City players showed incredible will and determination to book their place in the FA Cup final. Being slight underdogs, City played with a 'nothing to lose' attitude and it paid off when Arshavin stunned Chelsea by scoring in the 2nd half of extra time.

vs. Arsenal: 2-0 (OG, Lescott)
vs. Newcastle: 2-0 (Dzeko, Tevez)

Win/Loss/Draw - 9/1/2
Goals for - 22
Goals against - 12

Star Peformer - For once a striker doesn't pick up the award, Shay Given has peformed fantastically well over the last couple of months, picking up the Man of the match award 4 times in the last 12 games. A bit of an unsung hero for City who have had problems at the back and Given has saved them time after time.

League Position - 2nd
FA Cup - Final vs. Arsenal
League Cup - Winners
Champions League - Knocked out in Quarter Finals
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End of Season Update

Can Man City win the FA Cup and complete a historic cup double? All they have to do is beat an Arsenal team who is unbeaten in their last 7 games, winning 6 of them...

Results:

vs. Chelsea: 0-2
vs. Stoke: 2-0
vs. Portsmouth: 2-1

CHAMPIONS!

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vs. Arsenal (FA Cup Final): 1-0 (Arshavin)

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City secured their second trophy of the season with a confident display against an attacking Arseanl team. Arshavin got the goal against his old club much to the horror of the Arsenal fans!

Win/Loss/Draw - 3/1/0
Goals for - 5
Goals agaisnt - 3

Fans player of season: Yoann Gourcuff - A series of dazzling displays against rivals Man United and several other teams has made him a fan favourite. The skillful young player is fast becomming a top player.
Signing of season: Edin Dzeko - Him and Tevez formed an awesome partnership which devastated many of the worlds best defences.
Most dissapointing signing: Daniele De Rossi - After such a huge payment was made for him (£56 Million) he didn't quite live up to his name. He had an average rating of under 7 and didn't have the impact that

Best players:

Carlos Tevez: Appearances - 60, Goals - 46, Assists - 21, Average Rating - 7.39
Edin Dzeko: Appearances - 30, Goals - 19, Assists - 5, Average Rating - 7.29
Joleon Lescott: Average Rating - 7.17

Season Summary

Premier League - Finished 2nd
FA Cup - Winners
League Cup - Winners
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Top scorer - Carlos Tevez - 28 goals (Doesn't quite match his 37 goals last year but still a brilliant total!)
Players' Young player - Chris Wood
Most over-achieving club: Sunderland - Shocked many fans with their champions league finish
Most under-achieving club: Liverpool - A disappointing finish for the Reds

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Chelsea fell at the penultamite hurdle in their quest for an unbeaten season, losing to Liverpool 1-0! Unlucky!




Season 3 coming soon!


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Ok I shall be trying a slightly different layout for the upcoming season, I will update it in bigger chunks (a few months at a time) and the layout will hopefully look a bit slicker!
 
Good story so far, you're doing well. Keep it up and hopefully you can beat Chelsea to the title next season :) .
 
Aaron Lennon! In my story were I just sim all the games and see what happens, hes been sold for 28 million and comes in premier league player of the season top 3 every time! so get him now , cheap :)
 
Sorry I haven't updated this in a while it was my birthday yesterday. I will have an update on in a few hours hopefully!

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2011/12 Season

After a decent season and winning his first two trophieade a statement that he was confident he could take the Citizen's to Premier League glory. "My squad is looking better than ever and we have a few transfer targets which c
Transfers In:

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Sergio Aguero - £60 Million - A true quality player who can play either behind Tevez and Dzeko or with one of them. Could make a real difference to City's title chances.

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Yury Zhirkov - £20 Million - A very versatile player who can be used to fill in at Left back or left midfield.

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Guillermo Ochoa - £10.75 Million - A bright talent in goal who is going to be used as the first team keeper as Given is getting rather old now.

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Lucio - £4 Million - Nesta announced he would be retiring at the end of the year so Lucio was brought in. A vastly experienced defender.

Total - £95 Million

Transfers Out:

Emmanuel Adebayor - £12.5 Million
Maxi Rodriguez - £11 Million
Roque Santa Cruz - £6 Million

And various other players

Total - £34.5 Million

Total Spent - £60.5 Million

Pre-Season:

The Citizen's cup made its first appearance! Man City, Schalke, Toluca and Argentinos all lined up for this friendly tournament.

Man City vs. Celtic: 2-0 (Dzeko, Arshavin)
Man City vs. Hiberian: 2-1 (Adebayor, OG)
Man City vs. Feyenoord: 0-0
Man City vs. Bury: 8-1 (OG, Toure, Gourcuff x2, Arshavin x2, Dzeko, Barry)
Man City vs. Rangers: 1-0 (Ireland)
Man City vs. Toluca: 5-0 (The Citizen's Cup match semi final) (Dzeko, Tevez x2, Robinho, Muniain)
Man City vs. Schalke: 1-1 (City won 5-4 on Penalties) (Arshavin)
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August - October Update

Premier League Results:
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Man City vs. Portsmouth: 3-0 - Robinho, Gourcuff, Tevez
Man City vs. Man United: 4-2 - Arshavin x2, Tevez x2
Man City vs. Burnley: 3-1 - Tevez x2, Robinho
Man City vs. Birmingham: 2-0 - Robinho x2
Man City vs. Liverpool: 1-0 - Arshavin
Man City vs. Bolton: 0-0
Man City vs. Arsenal: 3-1 - Gourcuff, Tevez x2
Man City vs. Aston Villa: 1-0 - Gourcuff
Man City vs. Chelsea: 2-2 - Tevez, Aguero
Man City vs. Wigan: 2-0 - Barry, Robinho
Man City vs. West Ham: 2-0 - Gourcuff, Aguero
Man City vs. Wolves: 1-0 - Aguero

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A near perfect start for Man City in the league. The only result which will disappoint the fans is the goalless draw against Bolton at home but apart from that its been spot on from the Citizens


Champions league Results:

Man City were handed a tough group with AC Milan, PSV and AS Nancy Lorraine. However the fans and the board still very much expect Man City to qualify from this group.
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Man City vs. AS Nancy Lorraine: 6-1 - Arshavin x2, Dzeko x2, Tevez, Ireland
Man City vs. AC Milan: 1-1 - Ireland
Man City vs. PSV: 1-0 - Dzeko
Man City vs. PSV: 1-2 - Tevez

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Despite crushing AS Nancy Lorraine and taking a point from the San Siro and 3 from against PSV at home, City suffered their first meaningful defeat of the season away against PSV.
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League Cup results:
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Man City vs. Wolves: 3-0 - Robinho, Dzeko x2
Man City vs. Stoke: 3-1 - Dzeko x3

The board isn't too worried with how City do in the League Cup but are pleased that they beat both Wolves and Stoke with slightly weakened sides.

Comunity Shield:
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Man City vs. Chelsea: 2-2 (Chelsea won 5-4 on penalties) (Robinho, Tevez)

Not a result that City will worry about too much, they played well and showed Chelsea just how dangerous they will be this upcoming season.
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Analysis of new signings:

Aguero - After a slightly disappointing start to his career at Man City, things are beginning to take shape with 3 goals in his last 4 games. Part of his role is to supply goals however and he has shown that he is more than capable with 5 assists to his name already. Rating - 8/10

Lucio - His experience and wisdom of the game have shown through as he has helped City concede just 6 goals in 11 games. Despite his age he has had no problems with staying fit and has started all but one of the Premier League games so far this campaign. Rating 7/10

Ochoa - A player with a bright future ahead of him. Already with 10 Clean sheets this season, he has kept Shay Given out of the team in every match so far. With a series of sterling peformances from the young mexican, it looks like City have found an absolute gem of a player in Ochao. Rating - 9/10

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Top Scorers for this update:

Tevez - 11
Dzeko - 8
Robinho - 7

Win/Loss/Draw: 14/2/3
Goals for: 39
Goals against: 13
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So does everyone think the layout looks a bit better than before? Next update coming soon!
 
AMAZING mate, ignore people saying it's too easy

Left wing-Juan Manuel Vargas
Centre Mid - Marek Hamsik
Keeper - Enke, Akinfeev
 
Thanks but I already signed other players a while back! I'm not looking for players in those positions anymore lol..
 
November - January Update

Manchester City have taken the world by storm with their blistering peformances over the

Premier League Results:
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Man City vs. Sunderland: 3-1 - Tevez x2, Dzeko
Man City vs. Watford: 5-2 - Ireland, Aguero, Tevez, Lucio, Dzeko
Man City vs. Everton: 4-0 - Dzeko, Toure, Tevez, Aguero
Man City vs. Tottenham: 2-1 - Dzeko x2
Man City vs. Blackburn: 1-0 - Robinho
Man City vs. West Brom: 3-0 - Dzeko, Tevez x2
Man City vs. Fulham: 2-0 - Arshavin, Aguero
Man City vs. Man United: 3-1 - Aguero, Robinho x2
Man City vs. Portsmouth: 1-0 - Aguero
Man City vs. Birmingham: 3-0 - Dzeko, Lucio, OG
Man City vs. Burnley: 4-3 - Aguero, Dzeko x2, Gourcuff
Man City vs. Liverpool: 2-0 - Barry, Dzeko
Man City vs. Arsenal: 3-1 - Aguero, Tevez x2

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A fantastic run of form in the league for City - breaking the Premier League record for the most wins in a row with 16 straight wins and running! They seem to be literally unbeatable at the moment, the only team that came close to taking a point from City was Tottenham who suffered the heartbreak of a last minute goal from Dzeko. Great wins away at Arsenal and Liverpool in succession put City 8 points clear of holders Chelsea!

FA Cup Results:
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Man City vs. Middlesborough: 3-1 - Ireland, Muniain, Barry
Man City vs.Bristol City: 3-1 - Tevez, Dzeko x2

Two solid wins and a fifth round match against Nottingham Forest coming up.

Champions League Results:
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Man City vs. AS Nancy Lorraine: 2-0 Dzeko, Robinho
Man City vs. ACMilan: 4-2 - Robinho, Arshavin, Tevez x2

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A brilliant peformance against Milan put City top of the group and gave them a tricky match against last years winners Inter Milan - the team that dumped City out of the competition last year at the same stage!

League Cup Results:
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Man City vs. Arsenal: 1-1 (Arsenal won 5-4 on penalties) - Gourcuff

Top Goal Scorers for this update:

Dzeko - 13 (21 overall)
Tevez - 11 (22 overall)
Aguero - 7 (10 overall)

Win/Loss/Draw - 17/1/0 (31/3/3 overall)
Goals for - 49 (88 overall)
Goals against - 11 (24 overall)

Notable Matches:

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A fantastic last gasp winner from Dzeko sealed an important win for City.

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A famous win for City as they ran riot against Milan.

Transfer Rumours:

Chelsea tried their luck with a £20 Million bid for Carlos Tevez which was laughed at by City before being rejected. City were looking for at least double that amount for Tevez who has been in incredible form for the past few seasons.

Man City were reportedly interested in Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas but after a £30 Million bid was rejected no fur
 
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Yeah he is awesome. Just thought I would post this random match between Fulham and Watford - what a match it was!!:

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From 4-1 down after 60 minutes Fulham pulled back to 4-4 and then scored an injury time winner to win!
 
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