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Sengit, City Libas Chelsea
Minggu, 6 Desember 2009 - 02:38 wib
Achmad Firdaus - Okezone


MANCHESTER - Manchester City tampaknya tak bisa diremehkan dalam perburuan gelar Premier League musim ini. Ini terbukti kala The Citizen sukses membekap pimpinan klasemen sementara Chelsea pada lanjutan Premier League, di Stadion City of Manchester Stadium, Minggu (6/12/2009) dini hari.

Dengan kekalahan ini, Chelsea memang masih tetap bercokol di pucuk klasemen sementara dengan koleksi 36 poin. Namun, The Blues gagal menjaga jarak dengan pesaing terdekatnya Manchester United yang beberapa jam sebelumnya sukses melumat West Ham United. Chelsea kini hanya unggul dua poin atas United.

Sementara bagi City, kemenangan ini melesat ke posisi enam klasemen sementara menggeser Liverpool yang harus rela turun ke posisi tujuh setelah mengemas hasil imbang 0-0 dengan Blackburn Rovers. Skuad besutan Mark Hughes mengoleksi 25 poin dari 14 laga atau terpaut satu poin dari Aston Villa di posisi lima dan unggul satu poin dari The Reds.

Duel sengit memang langsung terhampar di City of Manchester Stadium sejak pertandingan dimulai. Baru memasuki menit ke-8, Chelsea langsung membuka keunggulan melalui gol bunuh diri Emmanuel Adebayor. Berawal dari sepakan Branislav Ivanovic dan Nicolas Anelka yang mampu di blok Shay Given, bola justru memantul mengenai tubuh Adebayor yang berada tepat di depan garis gawang, sehingga meluncur ke dalam gawang City. 1-0 Chelsea unggul.

Tertinggal satu gol, City langsung bereaksi dan balik menekan Chelsea. Beberapa peluang pun didapatkan Adebayor, Carlos Tevez dan Micah Richards. Sayang, peluang tersebut gagal menaklukkan apiknya penjagaan Petr Cech.

Setelah beberapakali melakukan percobaan, City akhirnya bisa menyamakan kedudukan menjadi 1-1. Adebayor membayar kesalahannya dengan membobol gawang Cech pada menit ke-37. Berawal dari Shaun Wright Phillips yang memanfaatkan bola pantul hasil tendangan pojok, Adebayor berhasil memanfaatkan kemelut di muka gawang untuk menceploskan bola ke gawang. Skor 1-1 pun bertahan hingga jeda.

Di babak kedua, kedua tim kembali memperagakan permainan cepat dan terbuka. Hasilnya, pertandingan sengit pun kembali mewarnai jalannya babak kedua. City membuka peluang melalui Adebayor pada menit ke-52. Sayang, mantan bomber Arsenal ini gagal memaksimalkan peluang yang didapat menjadi gol.

City baru benar-benar membalikkan kedudukan pada menit ke-56. Berawal dari hukuman tendangan bebas, Carlos Tevez yang tampil sebagai eksekutor sukses melepaskan tembakan mendatar keras yang tak mampu dijangkau Cech yang sempat salah membaca arah bola tendangan striker mungil Argentina ini. City pun balik unggul 2-1.

Tertinggal, Chelsea menaikkan tempo serangan. Namun, diluar dugaan City juga semakin gencar melakukan tekanan demi tekanan. Hasilnya, kengototan kedua tim dalam upayanya mencetak gol membuat pertandingan berjalan keras. Tercatat, sejumlah pemain dari kedua kubu harus menerima kartu kuning dan ditandu keluar lapangan karena cedera.

Chelsea yang membutuhkan tambahan tiga poin untuk menjaga jarak dengan United pun semakin giat melakukan serangan melalui duet bombernya Didier Drogba dan Nicolas Anelka.

The Blues sebenarnya memiliki peluang emas menyamakan kedudukan saat wasit memberikan hadiah penalti pada menit ke-83, usai Drogba dijatuhkan Nedum Onuoha yang baru masuk menggantikan Micah Richards yang cedera. Sayang, Frank Lampard yang tampil sebagai eksekutor mengkonversi kesempatan tersebut menjadi gol, setelah tendangannya mampu di baca dan di blok Shay Given.

Gagal menyamakan kedudukan, Chelsea semakin menggila di sisa tujuh menit laga. Sedangkan City juga kerap merepotkan dengan serangan-serangan balik cepat yang didemonstrasikan Tevez dan Adebayor. Beruntung bagi City, hingga wasit meiup peluit panjang tanda berakhirnya laga, skor 2-1 untuk keunggulan City tetap bertahan.

Susunan Pemain:
Manchester City: S. Given, W. Bridge/V. Kompany, K. Toure, M. Richards/N. Onuoha, J. Lescott, N. de Jong, S. Wright-Phillips, G. Barry, C. Tevez, Robinho/P. Zabaleta, E. Adebayor

Chelsea: P. Cech, A. Cole, J. Terry/F. Malouda (88'), Ricardo Carvalho/J. Obi Mikel (64'), B. Ivanovic, M. Ballack/J. Belletti, F. Lampard, Deco, M. Essien, D. Drogba, N. Anelka

[Supernan]

Wow shocking news nih dr eastlands, Sparky di pecat pdhala semalem menang 4-3 loh atas Sunderland.

Mark Hughes sacked by Manchester City: Roberto Mancini to take charge on £9m three-year deal

By Joe Bernstein and Rob Draper, Mail on Sunday Chief Football Writer Last updated at 10:37 PM on 19th December 2009



Mark Hughes was sacked by Manchester City - sparking angry protests from loyal members of his squad.

City, bankrolled by the oil-rich sheiks of Abu Dhabi, moved to axe the Welshman just hours after his team completed a 4-3 Premier League victory over Sunderland. Italian Roberto Mancini will be installed as the new manager on a £9million, three-year deal.

Hughes, who had been at City for 18 months, made an emotional speech to the players after the game, thanking them for their help and urging them to keep giving their all for City.

Many were left bewildered by the speech, being unaware that the axe was about to fall on the manager.

Goalkeeper Shay Given later led a deputation of players to protest against the sacking and remonstrate with chief executive Garry Cook in the boardroom. But the decision to dismiss Hughes was taken last week and the manager went into yesterday's match at Eastlands knowing that it would be his last whatever transpired, with Mancini already having been lined up to succeed him.

Cook and his football adviser, Brian Marwood, finally decided that Hughes was not the man to lead the club after City's dismal 3-0 defeat by Tottenham and were authorised by chairman Khaldoon Al-Mubarak to move quickly to announce a successor in former Inter Milan manager Mancini.

Guus Hiddink and former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho both turned down the opportunity to take over from Hughes, leaving Mancini, who had an outstanding record in Italy, as the most suitable available candidate.

He won the Italian League three times and the Italian Cup twice with the Milan club, having already won the Coppa Italia while working on a more limited budget with his previous clubs Fiorentina and Lazio.
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New manager: Roberto Mancini

Mourinho was sounded out last month but had indicated that he would not leave Inter in the middle of the season and is believed to want to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.

Mancini will earn a £1m bonus if he manages to achieve City's goal of Champions League football and another £1m for every major trophy he wins at City. He will be given money to spend this January to improve the squad, with Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini likely to be targeted in a bid to shore up the defence.

He will also attempt to persuade Robinho to stay, even though Barcelona still expect to sign the Brazil forward next month. Of particular concern for City's owner, Sheik Mansour bin Zayed Al Hayhan, and the club's executives has been the team's defence, on which £70m was spent in bringing in Shay Given, Wayne Bridge, Joleon Lescott, Kolo Toure, Pablo Zabaleta and Sylvinho but which has defended abjectly this season.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...#ixzz0aBPNCqOE

[Supernan]

Mancini moves in at Eastlands



MANCHESTER CITY have appointed Roberto Mancini as manager after sacking Mark Hughes.

The former Inter Milan coach has been handed a three-and-a-half year contract to replace Hughes.

Italian tactician Mancini, 45, won three Serie A titles with Inter during his four-year spell in charge at the San Siro before Jose Mourinho replaced him at the helm last year.

Hughes waved goodbye to the Eastlands faithful after his side's 4-3 win over Sunderland.

And City did not take long to confirm the news that SunSport exclusively revealed this morning.

His side have lost just twice in the Premier League this season but chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has grown tired of their inconsistent form.

Al Mubarak said: "Roberto is a hugely experienced manager with a proven track record of winning trophies and championships.

"His experience and track record speak for themselves.

"What is absolutely clear is that Roberto believes in Manchester City's potential to achieve at the highest level and importantly in his own ability to make this happen.

"My hope is that our incredible fans will join us in welcoming Roberto to the football club."

Brian Kidd will assist Mancini but Mark Bowen, Eddie Niedzwiecki, Kevin Hitchcock and Glyn Hodges have all left with immediate effect.

Hughes led City to just 29 points from a possible 51 in the present campaign, despite spending over £100million on the likes of Carlos Tevez, Emmanuel Adebayor and Gareth Barry last summer.

They are currently four points off a Champions League place and a massive 11 points behind leaders Chelsea.

In a statement on City's official website, Al Mubarak explained why the club decided to sack Hughes.

He said: "Prior to the current season beginning, with significant investment in players and infrastructure in place, the consensus between the board and coaching staff was that appropriate agreed targets should be set for the 2009/2010 season.

"The targets were agreed as a result of the player acquisition strategy of the club being radically accelerated in the summer as a result of very favourable conditions for any buying club.

"It was also based on the fact that the infrastructure of the club had been overhauled completely at great cost in order to create the best possible environment for the team.

"This is a particularly difficult announcement given the personal investment over the past 15 months on all sides and we would like to put on record our respect for and thanks to Mark Hughes and we wish him the best in his future career."

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz0aBPfUcGy

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Manchester City sack Mark Hughes and appoint Roberto Mancini as manager

• 'Two wins in 11 games is not in line with targets,' say City
• Mancini signs three-and-a-half year deal at Eastlands



Roberto Mancini has been plotting a pathway to the Premier League for months and last night the former Internazionale coach was appointed by Manchester City to replace Mark Hughes.

The Welshman was sacked by a club who felt he could not meet their target of a place in the top four despite being given £200m to spend on players and further huge investment in training facilities and other infrastructure at the club.

Hughes, well aware he was about to be sacked, stood impassively in the technical area throughout City's 4-3 win at home to Sunderland yesterday and waved to the crowd at the end as well as shaking hands with every City player.

The victory, combined with Liverpool's 2-0 defeat at Portsmouth, actually strengthened City's chances of a top-four finish but Mancini – the winner of three straight Serie A titles with Inter – rather than Hughes, will be the beneficiary.

"Roberto is a hugely experienced manager with a proven track record of winning trophies and championships," said City's chairman, Khaldoon al-Mubarak. "What is absolutely clear is that Roberto believes in Manchester City's potential to achieve at the highest level and importantly in his own ability to make this happen."

Mancini, who is believed to have been at Eastlands yesterday, is understood to have a three-and-a-half-year contract. Brian Kidd, a former City striker with extensive coaching experience, has stepped up from a role with the club's youth team to assist the Italian, who has been out of work since leaving Inter in May 2008.

Hughes and his coaching staff had recently begun to feel that Garry Cook, the club's chief executive, and Brian Marwood, the football administrator, wanted them dismissed. However, City sources insisted that Mubarak, the appointed chairman of the club's owner, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, was responsible for the decision.

The sacking of Hughes, who arrived 18 months ago, and the appointment of Mancini were announced by City about an hour and a half after yesterday's game. Mubarak said results had failed to meet expectations set after a huge summer outlay on players such as Carlos Tevez, Kolo Touré, Joleon Lescott and Roque Santa Cruz.

"A return of two wins in 11 Premier League games is clearly not in line with the targets that were agreed and set," he said. "Sheikh Mansour and the board felt that there was no evidence that the situation would fundamentally change. This is a particularly difficult announcement given the personal investment over the past 15 months on all sides and we would like to put on record our respect for and thanks to Mark Hughes and we wish him the best in his future career."

Following a run which included eight straight draws in the Premier League and a 3-0 defeat at Tottenham last Wednesday, Mubarak had reached the conclusion that Hughes and his coaching staff were not realising the potential of the players City had assembled.

While the club underwent structural changes in all other departments, the coaching methods and personnel remained constant. This included Hughes's long-term assistants, Mark Bowen, Eddie Niedzwiecki, Kevin Hitchcock and Glyn Hodges, all of whom also left the club last night.

Mubarak flew from Abu Dhabi to watch the recent matches against Hull and Arsenal, with increasing concern about City's form under Hughes. He saw a team a team widely recognised as failing to gel, with weaknesses particularly in defence, and the view hardened that Hughes was not going to pull things round.

Mancini is expected to work with several specialist coaches, possibly including Mancini's former Lazio colleague Sinisa Mihajlovic. Kidd has been selected for his Premier League expertise, including assisting Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United and managing Blackburn.

City have lost just twice in the league this season and are looking forward to a Carling Cup semi-final against Manchester United. But a series of debilitating draws, many the result of defensive lapses, saw Hughes's side fail to establish themselves as genuine Champions League contenders.

The club's ownership in Abu Dhabi have always claimed they are thinking "long term" and will "do things differently" from other boards and they remained loyal to Hughes, whom they inherited, until they felt that his position was untenable. They have acted quickly to enable Mancini to invest during next month's transfer window, if he deems it necessary.

"Prior to the current season beginning, with significant investment in players and infrastructure in place, the consensus between the board and coaching staff was that appropriate agreed targets should be set for the 2009-2010 season," Mubarak said, expanding on why Hughes had been dismissed.

"The targets were agreed as a result of the player acquisition strategy of the club being radically accelerated in the summer as a result of very favourable conditions for any buying club. It was also based on the fact that the infrastructure of the club had been overhauled completely at great cost in order to create the best possible environment for the team."

Other successful managers City may have considered, including Arsène Wenger, José Mourinho and Guus Hiddink, are all under contract. Mancini's immediate availability, proven record of success, intense desire for the post and acquaintance with Mubarak are understood to have swung it for the Italian.

Mancini's teenage son, Filippo, had a spell on loan at Eastlands from Inter last year, his interlude in the youth team having been been instigated by Sven-Goran Eriksson, Hughes's City predecessor and Mancini's long-term mentor. Although Filippo has returned to Italy, his stint in north-west England may have opened doors for his father.

Mancini's track record is impressive, that trio of Serie A titles at San Siro supplemented by silverware including Italian Cup triumphs with Inter, Fiorentina and Lazio. But his appointment represents a gamble as the 45-year-old has no experience of managing in England.

Moreover, despite reports that Mancini has recently been taking English lessons, Chelsea and Sunderland were previously concerned about his inability to speak the language when he made brief appearances on their managerial shortlists. The former Italy striker has experience of English football as a player, from a brief spell on loan at then Premier League Leicester City in 2001.

At Inter he became the club's most successful coach in 30 years but European glory proved elusive and in 2008 he resigned after a Champions League defeat to Liverpool as he wrestled with a bitterly divided dressing room, only to rescind that decision, restore squad harmony and win Serie A again. It was merely a temporary truce, though, and he soon found himself replaced by Mourinho.

Mancini had hoped to find a route to the Premier League via Chelsea or Sunderland. Now he has his chance with City.

[Tomtom]

Hughes Dipecat, Mancini Latih City
Rossi Finza Noor - detiksport

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Manchester - Kabar mengejutkan datang dari Manchester City. Manajer mereka, Mark Hughes, diberhentikan dari jabatannya. Sebagai pengganti, mereka mempekerjakan Roberto Mancini.

Kabar ini datang hanya beberapa saat setelah Hughes membawa City meraih kemenangan 4-3 atas Sunderland, Sabtu (19/12/2009) malam WIB. Tak disebutkan secara resmi mengapa pria asal Wales itu dilengserkan dari posisinya.

Sebagai gantinya, petinggi The Citizens mendatangkan Mancini sebagai pengganti. Ini adalah pertama kalinya Mancini kembali ke kursi kepelatihan usai dipecat dari Inter Milan tahun 2008 silam.

"Roberto Mancini adalah pelatih berpengalaman dengan trek rekor yang sudah teruji dalam memenangi trofi dan juara kompetisi. Pengalamannya telah berbicara sendiri mengenai kehebatannya," tukas chairman City, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, seperti dilansir Football Italia.

"Roberto Mancini percaya terhadap potensi yang dimiliki City untuk mencapai level tertinggi dan terutama kemampuannya sendiri untuk membuat hal itu menjadi kenyataan."

"Saya harap, fans kami bergabung dengan kami untuk menyambut Roberto ke klub ini," tandasnya.

( roz / a2s )
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1 lagi pelatih bagus masuk Inggris....makin kenceng nih persaingan.....

[dekepiks]

asik..makin seru dong EPL...banyak pelatih2 hebat...

[ferly_Liemz]

ada 2 hal yang gw ambil dari dipecatnya hughes...

pertama:
yang pasti dengan di pecatnya hughes...berarti uda gak sungkan lagi gw buat benci neh klub...secara kmrn2 gw masih respek krn ada si hughes..kalau sekarang?? no respect...apalagi si hughes juga gak pantes buat di tendang gt aja secara musim ini performa city di bawah hughes sangat improve di bandingkan musim2 sebelumnya...

kedua:
ini yg bikin gw cukup ketar ketir juga...dengan masuknya mancini ke city berarti bisa jadi warning juga buat kita krn city berarti siap jadi klub lebih baik secara ada pelatih bagus di sana saat ini...

[K3nny_11]

wahhh too bad Sparky... ur spying mission is over now... let's join United coaching staff now... and share us everything rotten in City... ^^

[frinz_whistle]

ayo siapa lagi yang akan dipecat setelah hughes?
Rafa maybe??

[Supernan]

Kasian yah Sparky, gini nih kalo klub kaya baru mw yg serba instant sampe saat ini cuma Jose Mourinho yg berhasil bikin celsi secara instan dpet gelar BPL hehehehe

Udh Sparky bantu" Fergie aja tuh

[GL zone]

manajemen city pasti ga puas lah...

udah ngeluarin dana banyak tp malah di luar big 4
maka ny mental pemain ny di benerin dulu

ga mudah untuk membangun tim hanya dalam waktu semalam