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Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez Joins Saudi Club Al-Ahli | Football News
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Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez Joins Saudi Club Al-Ahli | Football News

[ad_1] Manchester City forward Riyad Mahrez has joined Saudi side Al-Ahli, the two clubs announced on Friday, becoming the latest big-name player to be lured to the cash-rich league in the Gulf state. The 32-year-old Algerian winger joined Pep Guardiola's team in 2018 from Leicester, winning 11 major trophies at the club. "The wait is over: Riyad is real," the Saudi Pro League club said in a social media post. City agreed a fee understood to be worth up to £30 million ($38.6 million) with Al-Ahli last week. "To play for Manchester City has been an honour and privilege," Mahrez told City's website. "I came to City to win trophies and enjoy my football and I achieved all that and so much more."I have had five unforgettable years with this football club, working with unbelievable players, f...
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Riyad Mahrez Treble Fires Manchester City Into FA Cup Final | Football News
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Riyad Mahrez Treble Fires Manchester City Into FA Cup Final | Football News

[ad_1] Riyad Mahrez fired Manchester City into the FA Cup final as the Algerian's hat-trick sealed a 3-0 win against Sheffield United at Wembley on Saturday.Mahrez's superb display dispatched the Championship underdogs, ensuring City ended their run of three successive FA Cup semi-final defeats.The 32-year-old shattered United's resistence with a penalty late in the first half and completed his treble with two clinical finishes after the interval.City's opponents in the Wembley final on June 3 will be the winners of Sunday's semi-final between Manchester United and Brighton.Pep Guardiola's side are back in the final for the first time since 2019, when they won the FA Cup for the only time in the Spaniard's reign.They are the first team to reach the final without conceding a single goal s...
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Josko Gvardiol On Target As Manchester City Held At Leipzig In Champions League | Football News
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Josko Gvardiol On Target As Manchester City Held At Leipzig In Champions League | Football News

[ad_1] RB Leipzig centre-back Josko Gvardiol scored a second-half header, cancelling out Riyad Mahrez's strike to earn a 1-1 with Manchester City in their Champions League last 16 clash on Wednesday. One of the breakout stars of the Qatar World Cup as the cornerstone of Croatia's miserly defence, Gvardiol showed his attacking flair, launching himself above the City defence to head in the equaliser in the 70th minute. City took the lead after 27 minutes through Mahrez and looked on course for a comfortable away win but their fluency deserted them after the interval in the first leg tie.The home side, who have only lost once in their past 20 games, found their zip in the second half and looked the team most likely to head to the Etihad for the return leg with a victory under their belt.Cit...
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Pep Guardiola Blasts ‘Happy Flowers’ Manchester City Despite Tottenham Hotspur Fightback | Football News
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Pep Guardiola Blasts ‘Happy Flowers’ Manchester City Despite Tottenham Hotspur Fightback | Football News

[ad_1] Pep Guardiola said Manchester City will be "destroyed" by Arsenal in the Premier League title race if they do not improve despite a stirring second half fightback to beat Tottenham 4-2 on Friday. Two goals in three minutes just before half-time from Dejan Kulusevski and Emerson Royal saw City staring down the barrel of a second consecutive defeat. But Julian Alvarez, Erling Haaland and Riyad Mahrez struck in a 12-minute period early in the second half before Mahrez added his second late on to move Guardiola's men to within five points of leaders Arsenal, who have a game in hand.City and Arsenal are still to face each other twice in the league this season, but Guardiola took aim at his players for resting on their laurels after winning four league titles in five seasons."We cannot ...
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Manchester City Knock Out Holders Liverpool In League Cup Thriller | Football News
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Manchester City Knock Out Holders Liverpool In League Cup Thriller | Football News

[ad_1] Nathan Ake's header proved decisive as Manchester City knocked holders Liverpool out of the League Cup in a dramatic 3-2 win at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday. This last-16 clash marked the return to competitive action of two of English football's heavyweights following the World Cup break with City's Kevin De Bruyne the outstanding player in a high-class field. Premier League champions City twice led through Erling Haaland and Riyad Mahrez, only for Liverpool to waste little time in drawing level thanks to goals from Fabio Carvalho and Mohamed Saleh.But after Ake made it 3-2 shortly before the hour mark, the visitors were unable to fashion a third equaliser."After the World Cup and a long time of not playing, both teams were incredible with high level and intensity," City manager...
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Manchester City Beat Chelsea As Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur Crash Out Of League Cup | Football News
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Manchester City Beat Chelsea As Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur Crash Out Of League Cup | Football News

[ad_1] Manchester City increased the pressure on Graham Potter with a 2-0 win over Chelsea to progress to the last 16 of the League Cup on Wednesday as Arsenal and Tottenham crashed out. The Gunners were beaten 3-1 at home by Brighton, while Spurs laboured to a 2-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest despite starting Harry Kane. Holders Liverpool also survived a scare as they needed penalties to see off League One Derby after a 0-0 draw at Anfield. City won the battle of two much-changed sides at the Etihad as two goals in five second-half minutes from Riyad Mahrez and Julian Alvarez put Pep Guardiola's men through to the next round.Mahrez curled in a brilliant free-kick from the edge of the box to break the deadlock after a tight first 45 minutes.Alvarez then made the most of another chance to ...
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