EPL 2019/2020: Full list of Man City games as Premier League announces fixtures

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EPL 2019/2020: Full list of Man City games as Premier League announces fixtures

 

Manchester City’s first fixture of the 2019/2020 Premier League campaign is against West Ham United.

The game will be played on Saturday, August 10.

Manchester City disclosed this through the club’s official Twitter page on Thursday.

The Premier League champions’ first home fixture next season comes the following week against Tottenham Hotspur.

Pep Guardiola’s men won the Premier League last season ahead of Liverpool.

See Man City’s 2019/2020 Premier League fixtures:

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EPL: De Bruyne reveals how he felt after Manchester City won title ahead of Liverpool

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EPL: De Bruyne reveals how he felt after Manchester City won title ahead of Liverpool

 

Manchester City playmaker, Kevin De Bruyne, has said he has no sympathy for Liverpool, after they pipped them to the Premier League title by just a point, because they were the better team in the end.

Liverpool lost just one match all season to finish on 97 points, the highest total ever by a runner-up.

It was a number that would have been enough to win the title in all-but three Premier League seasons.

“It’s a remarkable effort [from Liverpool], but it means that we were just better than them in the end.

“I don’t feel sorry for them, because I don’t think they’d feel sorry for us.

“I don’t think anybody felt sorry about the way we went out of the Champions League. You take it. I know how they feel, because you’re going to feel disappointed. We’d feel the same if it happened to us. But we’re still competitors. We want to win as much as they do, but I can understand the feelings they have.

“It’s the general view of athletes. You feel compassionate with other teams, but in the end the most important thing is, if you play an individual sport, it’s yourself, and when it’s your team, it’s your team. It’s been a great battle. But to feel ‘sorry’ for them is maybe going a little too far,” De Bruyne told reporters ahead of their FA Cup final against Watford.

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Transfer: "Don't worry Barcelona, we can't afford Griezmann - Man City boss, Guardiola

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Transfer: "Don't worry Barcelona, we can't afford Griezmann - Man City boss, Guardiola

 

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has joked that they could not afford Antoine Griezmann, ruling out a move for the France international.

Griezmann has informed Atletico Madrid that he wants to leave after five seasons, with Barcelona favourites to land the player.

City are set to bring in three or four new faces during the summer, but Guardiola ruled out a move for the 2018 World Cup winner.

“For the people of Barcelona, I say: ‘Don’t worry, guys.’ Manchester City is not going to buy Antoine Griezmann, we cannot afford him.

“For the people of Barcelona, don’t worry. We are not interested in Griezmann,” he told a news conference ahead of the FA Cup final against Watford.

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EPL: Vincent Kompany reveals who will succeed him as Man City’s captain

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EPL: Vincent Kompany reveals who will succeed him as  Man City’s captain

 

Manchester City captain, Vincent Kompany has backed midfielder, Bernardo Silva, to become the club’s next captain.

The 33-year-old, who is in the later stage of his career at Etihad, believes the Portuguese international is the right player to succeed him at the club, adding that the 24-year-old is strong and honest.

Speaking on who should succeed him as Man City’s captain, Kompany told Breaking Sport TV: “Bernardo Silva. I say to him often you are 50% clown, 50% leader.

“When he becomes 25% clown, 75% leader he will become the captain of this team.

“He is so strong and to be honest there is nobody who deserves this title more.”

Kompany is expected to hold talks with the club on his future after their FA Cup final against Watford on Saturday.

The Belgian has won four English Premier League titles as captain.

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Guardiola emerges EPL Manager of the Year ahead of Klopp

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Guardiola emerges EPL Manager of the Year ahead of Klopp

 

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has been named League Managers Association (LMA) Premier League Manager of the Season, ahead of Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp, Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino and Wolves’ Nuno Espirito Santo.

The 48-year-old has picked up the award for the second year in a row, after he oversaw City’s successful title tilt against Liverpool.

Guardiola’s men amassed 98 points, the second-highest in Premier League, a total only beaten by City themselves the previous year.

The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss, is just the third Premier League manager to retain the title after Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho.

“It’s an honour to receive this award.

“I want to share it with my players because they are the artists of everything, to my staff because we fought a lot [against] all the managers in the Premier League, especially Jurgen Klopp, an incredible contender to face till the end.

“It was a pleasure to play against all of them and hopefully do big, big battles again to win an incredible title,” Guardiola said in a pre-recorded video shown at the LMA dinner on Tuesday.

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EPL: Klopp speaks on Man City’s title win, reveals what Liverpool must do next season

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EPL: Klopp speaks on Man City’s title win, reveals what Liverpool must do next season

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp has revealed that his side must need to be very close to perfection to win the Premier League title ahead of Manchester City next season.

Klopp stated this while congratulating Pep Guardiola’s side for winning their second successive English top-flight league title on Sunday.

Klopp’s side finished runners-up to Guardiola’s men with a point separating the two teams, but Klopp believes the Reds must be near perfect to beat Man City next term.

Speaking to reporters after Liverpool defeated Wolves 2-0 on Sunday, Klopp was quoted by Mirror UK as saying: “First of all I have to say congratulations to City. “They played an incredible season, we did too.

“As long as City are around with the quality they have, the financial power and all that stuff, it’s not like any other team will pass them easily.

“That’s clear. So we need to be very, very close to perfection to win the Premier League.

“But we have made unbelievably big steps and I really expect there’s more to come.”

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EPL: Manchester City To Extend Guardiola's Stay In Etihad

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EPL: Manchester City To Extend Guardiola's Stay In Etihad

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, is close to signing a 12-month contract extension, after securing his first Premier League title at the club.

Guardiola is almost two years into the three-year deal he signed in June 2016.

After delivering his first trophy – the Carabao Cup in February – the former Bayern Munich and Barcelona boss has now secured the title with five games left.

Although Guardiola stated throughout his time in England that he will not stay for long, ESPN reports the Spaniard is now ready to commit to another year.

The new contract is reportedly worth £20million and would make him the world’s best paid manager, keeping him at The Etihad until 2020.

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