ERLING HAT-TRICK😤💙

Games taken to reach 50 senior international goals (select players):

🇳🇴 46, Erling Haaland
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 71, Harry Kane
🇫🇷 90, Kylian Mbappé
🇵🇱 90, Robert Lewandowski
🇦🇷 107, Lionel Messi
🇵🇹 114, Cristiano Ronaldo

[via OptaJoe]

2️⃣7️⃣ hat tricks

Still only 25.

#ManCity confirmed Txiki Begiristain would leave the club at the end of the 2024/25 season and be replaced by Hugo Viana of Sporting CP, one year ago today. ♻️

🚨 BREAKING:

Erling Haaland has been sent back to Manchester following Norway’s 5-0 trashing of Israel last night according to various Norwegian media outlets.

He’ll therefore miss Norway’s friendly against New Zealand.

This allows Haaland some much needed rest amid busy match schedule.

Victory at Anfield! 💪🤩

okx 🤝

69 minutes for Kovacic, 30 minutes for Gvardiol off the bench in Croatia’s 3-0 win vs Gibraltar. ✅

Rico Lewis: “With #ManCity I’m probably one of the younger ones, I listen to older players, use them as a guide, but when you come here [England U21], I have to put myself in a different pair of shoes and see there are players that look up to me. I’m more experienced in games and bigger games. So it’s nice and something I think will help me in future to flip into that role as I get older…” [via HaytersTV]

Goodnight😂💙

#ManCity are set to physically release a 2025/26 EA Sports fourth kit - available from September 16 - featuring a dark green base with geometric triangle patterns inspired by EA Sports FC branding, with light blue logos and neon detailing.

[via Footy_Headlines]

#ManCity’s EA Sports Fourth Kit will be released on Wednesday 15 October. 🕹️

Joey Barton to Wayne Rooney on #ManCity 3-2 QPR in 2012: "Sometimes people tell you stuff and you want to believe it because it fits your narrative; 'We didn't win the league because there was an agenda against us!' It might be the same fellas who say, 'If you get one more hair transplant it might grow back this time, this might be the time you get a fringe'. As you've found out, that is complete nonsense. Stop wasting your time on nonsense.

"The game at Man City was not thrown. Man City won the league, Man United never. Am I happy? Abso-f******-lutely because I hate Man United. But I didn't go out of my way to make City win the league. We were intent on QPR staying up, so to say me, Djibril Cisse, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nedum Onuoha, or Paddy Kenny have somehow concocted to make sure you don't win the league is b*******. You should've got yourselves in a better position. Man City had to beat QPR on the last day at home, who are in the bottom four, to win the league. That's your fault. The fact you even had a sniff is a testament to QPR and the battle they put up because that was an easy f****** win for City..."

"You wouldn't have f****** made them score two in injury time. You've won a load of leagues Wayne, but that wasn't a conspiracy that got away from you. That was just a f****** mad result on a mad day. And that was better for footy; City win their first Premier League, happy days. QPR stayed up, happy days. And you c**** were all crying on the pitch at f****** Stadium of f****** light, which is f****** triple whammy. Get f*****..." [via Common SensePod]

Man City goalkeeper Oliver Whatmuff (17) kept three clean sheets across his four appearances for Rochdale in September.

In total, the goalkeeper has now kept seven clean sheets in his 11 appearances with the National League side this season - topping the table in the process.

Issa Kabore in September, on-loan at Wrexham from ManCity:

▪️ 3 Appearances
▪️ 3 Assists
▪️ 78.7 Minutes Per Assist
▪️ 15 Duels Won
▪️ 8 Recoveries
▪️ 7 Chances Created
▪️ 6 Clearances
▪️ 6 Passes Into Final Third
▪️ 5 Accurate Crosses
▪️ 5 Tackles
▪️ 4 Interceptions

Updated Man City most assists, 2025/26:

🇳🇱 Reijnders [3]
🇧🇪 Jeremy Doku [3]
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Foden [2]
🇭🇷 Josko Gvardiol [2]
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rico Lewis [1]
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oreilly Nico [1]
🇳🇴 Oscar Bobb [1]
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Divine Mukasa [1]
🇳🇴 @Erling_Haaland [1]
🇵🇹 Bernardo Silva [1]
🇪🇬 Omar Marmoush [1]

Finlay Gorman (17) has been named in GUARDIAN SPORT's Next Generation 2025, a list of the 20 best talents at Premier League clubs. ⭐️

Previous Man City players named: Stephen Mfuni, Matty Warhurst, Joel Ndala, Luca Barrington, Luke Mbete, Oscar Bobb, Tommy Doyle, Ivan Ilic, Jadon Sancho, Demeaco Duhaney, Tosin Adarabioyo.

Jeremy Doku vs Wales:

1 Assist
55 Touches
24 Accurate Passes
86% Pass Accuracy
9 Ground Duels Won (Most)
9 Touches In Opposition Box
8 Successful Dribbles (Most)
3 Recoveries
3 Chances Created
2 Passes Into Final Third
1 Shot on Target
1 Accurate Long Ball

Three lions 🦁

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