{"id":20070,"date":"2011-12-23T07:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T07:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/joleon-lescott-wants-manchester-city-to-win-every-game-to-claim-first-premier-league-title\/"},"modified":"2011-12-23T07:46:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T07:46:00","slug":"joleon-lescott-wants-manchester-city-to-win-every-game-to-claim-first-premier-league-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/23\/joleon-lescott-wants-manchester-city-to-win-every-game-to-claim-first-premier-league-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Joleon Lescott wants Manchester City to win every game to claim first Premier League title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/people\/england\/12699\/joleon-lescott\">Joleon Lescott<\/a> has given his assessment on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/teams\/england\/109\/manchester-city-fc\">Manchester City<\/a>&#8216;s impressive start to the season, insisting that matching cross-town rivals <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/teams\/england\/97\/manchester-united\">Manchester United<\/a> is now the club&#8217;s target to ensure the Premier League trophy heads to the Etihad Stadium.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span readability=\"29\"><br \/>Roberto Mancini&#8217;s side are top at Christmas for the first time since 1929 and have lost just one game in the league in a dominant opening few months of the season.<\/p>\n<p>However, rivals United are just two points adrift, and Lescott insists keeping ahead of Sir Alex Ferguson&#8217;s side is key to their chances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main goal is to win every game, home and away, and match United\u2019s results,\u201d Lescott told <em>The Mirror<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are scoring a lot of goals and winning games and we have an air of confidence about us. But that is controlled \u2013 you don\u2019t want it to be too arrogant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main thing is to keep it going, keep progressing and keep our feet on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last season&#8217;s third-place finish saw City concede the fewest goals across the league but a lack of goals occasionally hindered their chances of sustaining a challenge for the Premier League trophy<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast season we got a lot of negative publicity because the goals weren\u2019t flowing freely,\u201d added Lescott.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were hard to break down but not scoring so many goals. This season we have a better balance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had the belief and confidence to score more goals and the strength and organisation to keep clean sheets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"45\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Joleon Lescott has given his assessment on Manchester City&#8217;s impressive start to the season, insisting that matching cross-town rivals Manchester United is now the club&#8217;s target to ensure the Premier League trophy heads to the Etihad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Roberto Mancini&#8217;s side are top at Christmas for the first time since 1929 and have lost just one game in the Premier League in a dominant opening few months of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However rivals Manchester United are just two points adrift, and Lescott insists keeping ahead of Sir Alex Ferguson&#8217;s side is key to their chances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<span><span>The main goal is to win every game, home and away, and match United\u2019s results,\u201d Lescott told<\/span> <em><span>The Mirror<\/span><\/em><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<span>We are scoring a lot of goals and winning games and we have an air of confidence about us. But that is controlled \u2013 you don\u2019t want it to be too arrogant.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<span>The main thing is to keep it going, keep progressing and keep our feet on the ground.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last season&#8217;s third place finish saw City concede the fewest goals across the league but goalscoring occasionally hindered their chances of sustaining a challenge for the Premier League trophy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<span>Last season we got a lot of negative publicity because the goals weren\u2019t flowing freely,\u201d Lescott added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<span>We were hard to break down but not scoring so many goals. This season we have a better balance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<span>We have had the belief and confidence to score more goals and the strength and organisation to keep clean sheets.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Mancini has echoed Lescott&#8217;s thoughts, stating the need to acquire 90 points this year if the club are to secure the title.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><em>How do you stay up to date with football when on the move? With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/info\/683\/main\/2009\/09\/16\/1505389\/visit-mgoalcom-on-your-mobile\">http:\/\/m.goal.com<\/a> \u2013 your best source for mobile coverage of the beautiful game.<\/em><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Joleon Lescott has given his assessment on Manchester City &#8216;s impressive start to the season, insisting that matching cross-town rivals Manchester United is now the club&#8217;s target to ensure the Premier League trophy heads to the Etihad Stadium. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Joleon Lescott wants Manchester City to win every game to claim first Premier League title - 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