David Silva struck twice as Manchester City made light of their absence of strikers to brush troubled Crystal Palace aside 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium. Yaya Toure also got on the scoresheet as the champions moved level on points with Chelsea at the top of the Barclays Premier League. It was in-form City's eighth successive win in all competitions - one short of equalling a club record. Palace...Full Story »

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini says his side's victory at Southampton proves they are capable of challenging Chelsea for the Premier League title. City climbed to second in the table with a 3-0 win over Southampton and are six points behind the unbeaten Blues."We can complain about a lot of things from this team this year," he said."But the only thing we cannot complain about in the s...Full Story »

Yaya Toure and Frank Lampard's strikes took Manchester City up to second in the Barclays Premier League table and handed Southampton an ominous start to a daunting run of festive fixtures coming up. Toure and Lampard provided the crucial calm finishes before Gael Clichy blasted home his first City goal in a 3-0 win at St Mary's which lifted the defending champions above Saints in the league sta...Full Story »

Yaya Toure responded to Manuel Pellegrini's rallying call as he fired champions Manchester City to a 2-1 Barclays Premier League win over Swansea. The City midfielder, below par for much of the season but continually backed by boss Pellegrini, powered forward to strike the winner just after the hour at the Etihad Stadium. City had needed to respond after Wilfried Bony struck early for the visi...Full Story »

Yaya Toure has once again opened the door for a possible move away from Manchester City by saying he would never turn down the chance to play for a bigger club. Toure has been strongly linked with a move to Paris Saint-Germain even though he only committed his long-term future to the Premier League champions during the summer. But the Ivory Coast international has struggled to produce his be...Full Story »

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has rubbished claims the club are ready to offload Yaya Toure. Toure, so influential in last season’s title-winning campaign, has struggled to hit top form this season and was sent off during the midweek Champions League defeat to CSKA Moscow. There have been widepsread reports that City are now preparing to cash in on the Ivorian, with Paris Sai...Full Story »

Manchester City's Fernandinho and Yaya Toure have apologised for their red cards during Wednesday's 2-1 defeat to CSKA Moscow. The result left City in deep trouble in their Champions League group, with qualification now out of their hands. The good news is they are only two points behind second place with two games to go, despite having yet to win in this season's competition. However, City w...Full Story »

THE second Twitter troll who racially abused Manchester City's Yaya Toure has apologised via the Daily Star. ABUSED: Yaya Toure was subjected to racial abuse on Twitter yesterday evening [GETTY] The Chelsea supporter tweeted the abuse to Toure moments after the Ivory Coast international rejoined the social networking site yesterday evening. Under the username @CFCZone, he tweeted: "@YayaToure...Full Story »

· Manager confident Ivorian midfielder is back to his best· Tie against CSKA Moscow crucial to City’s chances· CSKA’s Musa: ban against ‘weak’ Manchester City ‘unfair’· Leonid Slutsky plots Manchester City’s downfall Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes Yaya Touré is coming into form at exactly the right time. Ma...Full Story »

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes Yaya Toure is ready to deliver as he returns to the scene of last year's Russian controversy. Toure was racially abused by home supporters when City played CSKA Moscow at Khimki Arena in the Champions League last October. He will now take to the same field again almost exactly a year on after this season's draw pitted City in the same group as...Full Story »