Manchester City made rather of a mess of their previous two title defences but Liverpool are discovering that this version of the champions are a different proposition and will not give up their crown so easily. On a night when a potentially tricky assignment was smoothed by Willy Boly’s early red card and Wolverhampton Wanderers were forced to play for 71 minutes with 10 men, two goals from a resurgent Gabriel Jesus and an own goal from Conor Coady were enough for City to reduce the gap at the top back to four points. Liverpool will have the opportunity to put the pressure back on City against Crystal Palace at Anfield on Saturday, 24 hours before Pep Guardiola’s side travel to managerless, bottom club Huddersfield, but the City manager’s message to his players is simple: Hang in there and be ready to pounce if Liverpool falter. “I said to the players, ‘Don’t watch the calendar for the Liverpool games, forget about it because if you don’t you … [Read more...] about Manchester City brush aside 10-man Wolves thanks to Jesus double to stay hot on Liverpool’s heels in title race
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Locked up in 2018, the people put behind bars in Manchester this year
From the love affair police officers who met for 'drug-fuelled' nights in hotel to the dad who dropped three-year-old daughter from bridge and blamed ‘aliens’ The man jailed after a court case collapses over a 'Traveller's Biggest Grass' threat on YouTube. The men involved in a gangland knee-capping outside Albert's Restaurant in Salford. These are just some of the court cases our reporters have covered in 2018. We've seen hardened criminals and gangsters jailed thanks to brilliant, patient police work; first offenders who have found themselves behind bars over one life-changing incident - and a couple of people driven to take the law into their own hands for revenge. An open, transparent criminal justice system is an important part of how our democracy works - so we make no apologies for devoting so much time and resources to letting you know what happens in our publicly-accountable courts. And we'll be back for more in 2019. January The burglar who broke into a care home … [Read more...] about Locked up in 2018, the people put behind bars in Manchester this year
668 people locked up in Greater Manchester in 2018
January The burglar who broke into a care home and sexually assaulted a woman in her 90s A man who sexually assaulted a woman in her 90s after breaking into a care home was jailed. Police said ‘shameless’ Jake Morris, 24, had ‘no place in society’ after he was caged for the shocking attack on the pensioner, who has dementia. He denied sexually assaulting her at the Leigh facility when interviewed by officers. During the court case Morris changed his plea and finally admitted his sickening crime. Morris, of no fixed abode, also pleaded guilty to burglary and assault and was jailed for six years and four months. The ‘dangerous predator’ who posed as taxi driver to rape woman on her way home from night out A ‘dangerous predator’ who posed as a taxi driver to rape a woman on her way home from a night out was jailed. Marius Dolhascanu targeted his 30-year-old victim in Wigan in 2016. After the terrifying ordeal Dolhascanu, of Hey Street, … [Read more...] about 668 people locked up in Greater Manchester in 2018
668 people who were put behind bars in Greater Manchester in 2018
January The burglar who broke into a care home and sexually assaulted a woman in her 90s A man who sexually assaulted a woman in her 90s after breaking into a care home was jailed. Police said ‘shameless’ Jake Morris, 24, had ‘no place in society’ after he was caged for the shocking attack on the pensioner, who has dementia. He denied sexually assaulting her at the Leigh facility when interviewed by officers. During the court case Morris changed his plea and finally admitted his sickening crime. Morris, of no fixed abode, also pleaded guilty to burglary and assault and was jailed for six years and four months. The ‘dangerous predator’ who posed as taxi driver to rape woman on her way home from night out A ‘dangerous predator’ who posed as a taxi driver to rape a woman on her way home from a night out was jailed. Marius Dolhascanu targeted his 30-year-old victim in Wigan in 2016. After the terrifying ordeal Dolhascanu, of Hey Street, … [Read more...] about 668 people who were put behind bars in Greater Manchester in 2018
Kyle Walker rocket gives Man City three points against the defensive walls of Newcastle
1 September 2018 • 7:24pm Auto update On Off 7:24PM Some stats for you Look at how many touches the City players had here. All the possession. Possession isn't the only thing that matters though and City turned theirs into shots. Plenty of them: 7:22PM Time on ball (at full time) 7:22PM Average touch positions (full time) 7:21PM FULL TIME That's it! Man City get their three points. Newcastle put up a bit of a fight in the same way that Anthony Joshua's sparring partner does when he fancies a bit of a go. City controlled it from start to finish. 7:19PM 90 mins +2 - Man City 2 Newcastle 1 The ball drops for Gundogan to smash from 20 yards but he swipes at it and blasts the ball into the stand. AGUERO IS AWAY! It's an incredible pass from Fernandinho, who splits the defence open after Newcastle give the ball away and then Aguero goes round the goalkeeper but can't shoot. He turns, looks … [Read more...] about Kyle Walker rocket gives Man City three points against the defensive walls of Newcastle