Goals from David Silva and Fernandinho had put City in control at the break but Burnley produced a spirited second half performance to come back and were good value for a draw
Browsing: Manchester City
The London club have won six of their last seven home games in the league, including victories over Liverpool and Manchester City
“We don’t want to be known as a good playing team that never wins, we’d rather win ugly and not play great football
The Blues sit three points clear of second-placed Manchester City heading into the hectic festive programme
The Eagles, who are just one point above the bottom-three, certainly didn’t roll over at the Etihad Stadium and impressed with a familiarly stubborn performance
Chelsea are now unbeaten in 21 matches in all competitions
It was the home side who looked the most dangerous in the opening exchanges
The result sees City move within just six points of league leaders, Chelsea
Sunderland’s efforts in holding Chelsea to a 0-0 draw on Saturday, combined with a win for City at Southampton the following day, cut the gap between the two to six points
With table-topping Chelsea held to a 0-0 draw against Sunderland on Saturday, victory for City at fortress St Mary’s took them above Southampton into second place with 27 points from 13 matches, six behind Jose Mourinho’s pacesetters
Garry Monk’s side travel to the Etihad Stadium on the back of a three-game unbeaten run
United played with 10 men from the 39th minute after centre back Chris Smalling’s sending-off, and Aguero broke down stubborn resistance from the visitors’ makeshift defence when he turned in Gael Clichy’s cross in the 63rd
Mikel who has since been left out by manager Jose Mourinho tasted 27 minutes of action, replacing Willian in the 63rd minute of the encounter
The 36-year-old is a legend in west London after scoring 211 times in 648 appearances for the club over 13 seasons before leaving in the summer on a free transfer
Super Eagles’ combative midfielder, Ogenyi Eddy Onazi has rejected SS Lazio of Italy new deal. The EagleOnline can report.
Bayern Munich have control of their UEFA Champions’ League group, but only just barely. They needed a 90th minute miracle goal from a defender to down Manchester City, but they all count the same, and the Bavarians have three points after a 1-0 victory.
A Martin Demichelis header prevented the Premier League champions from falling to a second defeat in a row.
Stoke new boy Victor Moses says the players will go into Saturday’s clash with Leicester still buzzing from that famous win over Manchester City.
Nigerian international, Osaze Odemwingie has been left off Stoke City’s 25-man squad for the season as the player faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines with a knee injury that could require surgery.
While Moses was involved for 79 minutes of the game, his Nigerian compatriot, Odemwingie was introduced at half time for Charlie Adams