{"id":360064,"date":"2011-04-02T06:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T06:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/02\/manchester-city-sunderland-preview-citizens-still-pushing-for-champions-league-while-black-cats-hopes-of-europe-start-to-fade\/"},"modified":"2011-04-02T06:46:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T06:46:00","slug":"manchester-city-sunderland-preview-citizens-still-pushing-for-champions-league-while-black-cats-hopes-of-europe-start-to-fade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/manchester-city-sunderland-preview-citizens-still-pushing-for-champions-league-while-black-cats-hopes-of-europe-start-to-fade\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City &#8211; Sunderland Preview: Citizens still pushing for Champions League while Black Cats&#8217; hopes of Europe start to fade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Steve Hewlett<\/h3>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"55.60614908966\">\n<div>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"6.8988073726057\"><\/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\/04\/96f76d66kitbagsmall.png.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>Shop for the latest footy kit<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Manchester City<\/strong> have not conceded a goal at Eastlands since February 27 in their 1-1 draw with Fulham.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sunderland<\/strong> have failed to score in their last three games.\u00a0 They  were shut out against Everton, Arsenal and in their last outing at home  to Liverpool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Neither side have played for exactly a fortnight. Players from both  sides were involved in international games during the break though.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunderland have struggled away from Wearside all season. In 15  league games they have managed 15 goals. The form book suggests that  will not change here as City have given up a miserly 11 goals in their  15 home league games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>With the departure of Darren Bent went a true goal scoring threat for Sunderland. The  weight has been transferred to the shoulders of Asamoah Gyan who has  nine, and on-loan Danny Welbeck, who has picked up six goals so far this  term. Gyan scored for Ghana at Wembley last Tuesday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>These teams have met frequently over the years &#8211; 119 times in fact &#8211; City holding the advantage with 55 victories to Sunderland\u2019s  44. Sunderland\u2019s last win at Manchester City was in the old Division  One back in January 1998. The game, played at Maine Road, was decided by  a Kevin Phillips winner, with former City favourite and current  Sunderland chairman, Niall Quinn partnering Phillips. Also on show that  day were illustrious names from City\u2019s past such as Georgi Kinkladze and  Uwe Rosler.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The meeting between these two back in August finished amid much  controversy.\u00a0 A Darren Bent penalty in the last minute was all that  separated the two.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Mario Balotelli\u2019s City career has been far from uneventful. He  continues to make headlines for the wrong reasons, but the fact remains  that he is the second highest scorer for Mancini\u2019s men.\u00a0 Skipper Carlos  Tevez leads the way with 24 goals, and the young Italian is second on  10.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>This game last year was eventful for more than just the result. The  game finished 4-3 but the day also marked the end of the Mark Hughes era  in east Manchester. Mancini was brought in to ensure the club qualify for  the Champions League; should they lose here that could be in jeopardy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/8bc78fa6107874hp2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"355\" \/><br \/>August 29 2010: Sunderland 1-0 Manchester City<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Controversial circumstances were the deciding factor with a last-minute penalty converted by\u00a0 Darren Bent, now at Aston Villa, giving the Black Cats all three points.<\/p>\n<div><em>Follow the Premier League <strong>LIVE<\/strong> on Goal.com:<br \/>Commentaries, Stats, Player Ratings and much more,<br \/>Visit Goal.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/live-scores\/fixtures?tab=all\">Live Scores<\/a>!<\/em><\/div>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/8bc78fa6107874hp2.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/02\/2420313\/manchester-city-sunderland-preview-citizens-still-pushing\" title=\"Manchester City - Sunderland Preview: Citizens still pushing for Champions League while Black Cats' hopes of Europe start to fade\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City &#8211; Sunderland Preview: Citizens still pushing for Champions League while Black Cats&#8217; hopes of Europe start to fade<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Steve Hewlett Related Links Teams Players Shop for the latest footy kit Manchester City have not conceded a goal at Eastlands since February 27 in their 1-1 draw with Fulham. Sunderland have failed to score in their last three games.\u00a0 They were shut out against Everton, Arsenal and in their last outing at home to Liverpool<\/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-360064","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 - Sunderland Preview: Citizens still pushing for Champions League while Black Cats&#039; hopes of Europe start to fade - 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\/04\/02\/manchester-city-sunderland-preview-citizens-still-pushing-for-champions-league-while-black-cats-hopes-of-europe-start-to-fade\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester City - Sunderland Preview: Citizens still pushing for Champions League while Black Cats&#039; hopes of Europe start to fade - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Steve Hewlett Related Links Teams Players Shop for the latest footy kit Manchester City have not conceded a goal at Eastlands since February 27 in their 1-1 draw with Fulham. 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