{"id":288978,"date":"2011-03-04T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T08:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/04\/manchester-city-wigan-athletic-preview-kolo-toure-suspended-by-eastlands-outfit-after-failing-a-drug-test\/"},"modified":"2011-03-04T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T08:34:00","slug":"manchester-city-wigan-athletic-preview-kolo-toure-suspended-by-eastlands-outfit-after-failing-a-drug-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/04\/manchester-city-wigan-athletic-preview-kolo-toure-suspended-by-eastlands-outfit-after-failing-a-drug-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City &#8211; Wigan Athletic Preview: Kolo Toure suspended by Eastlands outfit after failing a drug test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Matt Monaghan<\/h3>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"53.3007303078\">\n<div readability=\"14.5642458101\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Roberto Mancini, Manchester City (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/868076df108947_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Roberto Mancini, Manchester City (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"1.95394358089\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitbag.com\/stores\/kitbag\/football.aspx?portal=OGQCV6S9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/96f76d66kitbagsmall.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>Shop for the latest footy kit<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manchester City have accumulated just five points in their last five Premier League games.<\/li>\n<li>If  City lose, and Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur win in this round of   fixtures, they will drop outside the Champions League qualifying   positions for the first time since September 19, 2010.<\/li>\n<li>The Eastlands outfit have lost two home games in the league this season, while Wigan have won only two on the road.<\/li>\n<li>City have kept eight clean sheets in 14 Premier League games this season.<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Tevez (18) has scored three times more than his closest club rival Mario Balotelli (6).<\/li>\n<li>Wigan sit bottom of the Premier League on 27 points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Last weekend&#8217;s 4-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester United put Wigan&#8217;s goal difference on -22, which is the worst in the divison.<\/li>\n<li>The Latics have won just one league game in 2011 &#8211; a 4-3 victory over Blackburn Rovers on February 5.<\/li>\n<li>Wigan are one point and six places worse off this season than after 28 games of their last campaign.<\/li>\n<li>Hugo Rodallega is the only recognised centre forward to have scored for Wigan in the Premier League this term.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/d385e910109804hp2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>September 19, 2010: Wigan Athletic 0-2 Manchester City<br \/><\/strong><\/span><br \/>Goals  from Tevez and Yaya Toure saw City claim a 2-0 victory at the DW  Stadium in September. The result saw manager Roberto Mancini&#8217;s men climb back  into the Champions League qualifying places.<\/p>\n<div><span><em>Follow the Premier League <strong>LIVE<\/strong> on Goal.com:<\/em><\/span><br \/><span><em>Commentaries, Stats, Player Ratings and much more,<\/em><\/span><br \/><span><em>Visit Goal.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/live-scores\/fixtures?tab=all\">Live Scores<\/a>!<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/868076df108947_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/04\/2378297\/manchester-city-wigan-athletic-preview-kolo-toure-suspended\" title=\"Manchester City - Wigan Athletic Preview: Kolo Toure suspended by Eastlands outfit after failing a drug test\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City &#8211; Wigan Athletic Preview: Kolo Toure suspended by Eastlands outfit after failing a drug test<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Matt Monaghan Roberto Mancini, Manchester City (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Shop for the latest footy kit Manchester City have accumulated just five points in their last five Premier League games. If City lose, and Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur win in this round of fixtures, they will drop outside the Champions League qualifying positions for the first time since September 19, 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-288978","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>Manchester City - Wigan Athletic Preview: Kolo Toure suspended by Eastlands outfit after failing a drug test - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/04\/manchester-city-wigan-athletic-preview-kolo-toure-suspended-by-eastlands-outfit-after-failing-a-drug-test\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester City - Wigan Athletic Preview: Kolo Toure suspended by Eastlands outfit after failing a drug test - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Matt Monaghan Roberto Mancini, Manchester City (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Shop for the latest footy kit Manchester City have accumulated just five points in their last five Premier League games. 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