Kevin McDonald had the last word in an amazing 3-3 draw which brought Burnley their first away point of the season and condemned Manchester City to a fifth successive draw. Graham Alexander’s penalty and a Steven Fletcher effort seemed to have Burnley well placed for their first top-flight away win since April 1976.

But Shaun Wright-Phillips breathed fresh life into the home side two minutes before half-time and Kolo Toure and Craig Bellamy seemed to have set the stage for a City win in 15 raucous minutes either side of the break.
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Goalkeeper Shay Given produced a superb display to earn Manchester City a point their below-par performance barely deserved against Birmingham at St Andrew’s on Sunday. The former Newcastle player made a string of fine saves, the highlight a second-half penalty stop to deny James McFadden.

It was a fourth successive draw in the Premier League for Mark Hughes’ side, who nonetheless moved into the top four on goal difference. (more…)

In a wide ranging interview C Ron sits chats it up with Steven Howard of the Sun and talks about a lot, Castrol’s new player rankings, Man U and Man City, the difference between England and Spain, and a few other things…

From the Sun:

SO it finally came round to the famous wink in Gelsenkirchen.

The one that followed a chat with the referee and ended in a red card for Wayne Rooney in the 2006 World Cup quarter-final.

And Cristiano Ronaldo was still unrepentant. Sitting just a couple of feet away from me in a studio a mile or so from the Bernabeu Stadium, the £80million man stopped playing with the ring on his finger and said: “Winking?

“I do it all the time - not just in World Cup quarter-finals. And I had done it many times before.” (more…)

Manchester City’s Robinho is reportedly continuing with his public admiration of La Liga Champions Barcelona while recovering from a foot stress fracture in his native Brazil.

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Clint Dempsey capped a storming Fulham recovery from 2-0 down as Mark Hughes’ shell-shocked Manchester City were forced to settle for their third straight Premier League draw. Hughes’ men were cruising home when Martin Petrov fired home their second on the hour, seven minutes after Joleon Lescott had knocked home the opener. (more…)

Clint Dempsey headed in Jonathan Greening’s free kick to lead the gutsy Cottagers to a tie with Manchester City at Eastlands.

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Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor has been handed a suspended two-match ban and £25,000 fine by the Football Association for his controversial goal celebration against Arsenal last month.

The Togo striker ran the full length of the pitch at Eastlands to toast his goal in front of the Gunners’ travelling support, provoking ugly scenes in the stands. (more…)