Euro 2020 Group A: Italian renaissance will need goals

Team guide: Wales will need some Gareth Bale magic while Turkey are a threat

Guardiola worked out a way of combining possession with defensive resolve

Title was confirmed on Tuesday night having never been in doubt since March

PSG show a little backbone as they hang on to ditch champions Bayern

Germans win second leg in Paris but go out on away goals rule

Manchester City made €147m loss during Covid-hit 2019-2020 season

Club confident of return to profit this season thanks to delayed income from fixtures and player sales

Holders Bayern Munich breeze past Lazio into last eight

Marco Parolo did pull late goal back for Lazio but tie was settled

Bayern and Liverpool looks an excellent world title match-up

Robust, concussive style seems ideally suited to lockdown football

Michael Walker: Chelsea might be best placed to close gap on Liverpool

Frank Lampard still needs to sort out things at the back before they can mount a real challenge

Stakes high for Guardiola and City as Real Madrid come to town

Conquering Europe still the holy grail for manager and owners

Centre back Nathan Aké heading to Manchester City in €43m deal

Aké’s departure became inevitable after Bournemouth’s relegation on final day

Manchester City agree €27m deal for Valencia’s Ferran Torres

The 20-year-old became Valencia’s youngest goalscorer in the Champions League

Bayern Munich agree €45m deal for Man City’s Leroy Sané

24-year-old winger returns to native Germany after turning down a new deal

Pep Guardiola wary of the challenge facing Man City next season

Manager suggests wantaway winger Leroy Sané is unlikely to be replaced if he leaves

Defining period awaits a Man City side now in transition

Pep Guardiola has a new assistant and Uefa ban could lead to De Bruyne’s departure

Werner-to-Liverpool might turn out to be an era-defining non-signing

Non-signing of German another part of commercially-sound team-building strategy

Manchester City scouting teenage Ajax forward Sontje Hansen

Netherlands player won golden boot at 2019 Under-17 World Cup

Pep Guardiola believes Man City deserve some luck in Europe

Manager says a change of fortune can help his side beat Real Madrid

Pep Guardiola backs Carlo Ancelotti to be a success at Everton

Manchester City boss: ‘I think it is incredible for English football that he is back’

Another full house for English clubs in the Champions League

Super clubs dominate with Ajax departure a sign of the times

Guardiola confirms Agüero will miss Manchester derby

City need a point against Shakhtar Donetsk to reach last-16

Bayern Munich beginning to find their name alone is not enough

European superpower dominate in Germany but are no longer having it all their own way

Ken Early: Guardiola’s radical collectivism faces sternest test

Manchester City boss needs to avert loss of faith in system after series of setbacks

Northern Ireland believe pressure is on Germany and Holland in qualifying group

O’Neill’s side have given themselves the best chance against the two heavyweights after winning their first four games in the group

Man City make predictably light work of Brighton

De Bruyne scores after 68 seconds as Seagulls get their wings clipped by clinical champions

Guardiola hints at lack of warmth between him and Pochettino

Manchester City coach calls Spurs boss ‘high standard, even if he doesn’t believe me’

All in the Game: Hourihane has final say after achieving his Premier League dream

Sheridan still believing in miracles . . . fun and games in Serie A . . . summer awards round-up . . . quotes of the week

Manchester City confirm Leroy Sane has suffered cruciate ligament damage

German winger faces lengthy spell on sideline after surgery

Ken Early: Lethargic Liverpool may have turned up just in time

Taking the plaudits is great, but now it’s time for City and Liverpool to get back to work

First blood to Manchester City after Wembley shootout win

Wijnaldum’s missed spot kick the difference as Pep Guardiola’s side win the phony war

Guardiola denies Klopp’s claim that City live in ‘fantasia land’

Manager claims champions won title with a net spend of £17m last season

In the end Man City will be judged on Champions League expectations

Only Europe needs to be conquered by Pep Guardiola and his juggernaut team

Champagne stuff nearly drowns Graeme Souness’s sorrows – and silky suit

TV view: Former Liverpool captain given a bubbly bath as City celebrate title win

Vincent Kompany screamer breaks Leicester and Liverpool hearts

Manchester City captain scores from distance to beat impressive Leicester team

Ken Early: Football’s new age neutralises philosophies of the past

Analysis based on yesteryear is pointless in game that has changed unrecognisably

Agüero breaks Burnley resistance as Man City return to the top

Defending champions two wins from the title as their pressure finally tells at Turf Moor

Solskjaer doesn’t dispute Roy Keane’s ‘bluffers’ comments

United manager says that only the players with right attitude will be kept at the club

Manchester City see off United to retake top spot from Liverpool

Pep Guardiola’s team prove at Old Trafford why they’re Manchester’s dominant force

Raheem Sterling the star as Man City pile on the pressure

Forward scores a brace before Gabriel Jesus soothes late nerves against Crystal Palace

Son’s goal puts Tottenham on top but Kane loss could be key

South Korean scores late goal against man City after skipper limps off with ankle injury

Joachim Low delighted with his young team’s win in Amsterdam

Leroy Sane and Serge Gnabry’s goals put the visitors in control before Dutch comeback

City still fighting on all fronts after FA Cup drama

City come from two goals down to win 3-2 at Swansea

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