Manuel Pellegrini admitted that new signing Frank Lampard has already become a key part of his side – after the Man City player bagged a brace in last night’s Capital One Cup game.

Dashing has acquired licensing rights to use the club crest and player imagery in national TV marketing and social media campaigns as the club sniff dominance in Asia

City face Sheffield Wednesday at the Etihad Stadium with Sergio Aguero, David Silva and Samir Nasri all ruled out through injury as well as Stevan Jovetic, Fernando and Pablo Zabaleta

Luke Hyam and Conor Sammon scored for Ipswich before Martyn Waghorn pulled one back late in the second half for the Latics

Lampard came off the bench to score a late equaliser against his former club Chelsea on Sunday, and his new captain thinks it will be by no means his last contribution

Six years on, after having not won a major trophy since 1970, there now stand four gleaming trophies in City’s cabinet, signalling that their brightest era has just begun

The sickening abuse was triggered when the former Manchester City striker tweeted ‘Man Utd…LOL’, following their 5-3 defeat to Leicester

Manchester City’s Frank Lampard admitted he was ‘stuck in the middle’ and left feeling Blue after scoring a late equaliser against former club Chelsea.

Here at MM, we’ve delved into the archives to choose Manchester City’s top five triumphs over Chelsea ahead of their weekend clash.

Yaya Toure is on the decline and should be sold.

Manuel Pellegrini insists that he did not want to fall eight points behind league leaders Chelsea by losing at The Etihad on Sunday.