The loss by City has widened the gap at the top of the table
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A day before the protest, which also saw the crowd disparaging the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari, facts had emerged that $20,000 had been budgeted to mobilise people to the venue
City must now score at least twice when the two sides meet for the second leg at the Camp Nou next month
Toure’s running power and goals have certainly been missed in City’s midfield and his return could not come a moment sooner, with the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Barcelona on Wednesday
The Gunners beat Man City 2-0 last time out in the league and needed to back that superb win up in Sunday’s early kick-off
In a statement by the team’s Media Officer, Samm Audu, the Flying Eagles said English Premier League champions, Manchester City, have sent words to the Nigeria Football Federation on this
Within the first 10 minutes of the game, a marauding Seamus Coleman lost the ball midway into the City half, which led to the hosts counter-attacking and nearly opening the scoring through Stevan Jovetic
Everton head into Saturday’s clash at Goodison Park looking to arrest a run of four straight league defeats that has seen them drop to 13th on the table
Toure equalled Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o as a four-time winner
The Citizens found themselves a goal behind heading into the final 25 minutes
Pellegrini’s side are currently riding the crest of a wave, however, after a 3-2 victory over Sunderland on New Year’s Day moved them level with Premier League leaders Chelsea
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
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