Pep Guardiola jokes about Man City stars being fined for night out

Premier League goal tally for the season.Athanassiou, who was playing in the Greek fourth tier, stepped up to the spot on three occasions and found the net each time.The 37-year-old scored all the goals as his amateur side Pavlos Melas beat Aetos Vassilikon 3-0.Only one other goalkeeper is known to have scored a hat-trick - Paraguayan goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert.Chilavert bagged three for Velez Sarsfield in their 6–1 victory over Ferro Carril Oeste in the Argentinian top-flight, and all three also came from the spot.Athanassiou has now taken his goal tally for the season to three, the same as Manchester City's £100million man.Though Grealish has found the net just twice in the Prem this season, against Norwich and Leeds.While the 26-year-old has also marked his maiden Champions League campaign with a goal as City ran riot at RB Leipzig.Grealish has also chipped in with three assists so far this season, and Pep Guardiola will be hoping for more when Grealish returns from injury. What have you made of Grealish's start to life in Manchester? Let us know in the comments section However, Guardiola has been impressed with Grealish, and he beamed about his display at Southampton last month.“It was the best game he has played since he has been with us, by far,” said the Spaniard.“It was an exceptional performance, he played really, really well.“He played like this (with frustration) but it’s for the referee, for the opponent, it’s his behaviour."

Julian Alvarez scored his first goals as a Manchester City player as he netted an impressive hat-trick for River Plate on Wednesday.

Emily Atack has appeared to take a little swipe at Jack Grealish with a cryptic Valentine's Day poem. The Inbetweeners beauty was romantically linked to the Manchester City star last year, but they were said to have cut ties as Jack confirmed that he and model girlfriend Sasha Attwood had rekindled their relationship.But Emily now seems to have had the last laugh by sharing a cryptic poem about relationships - and a bit of a "shout out" to other singles.According to reports, the poem said: "Roses are flowers.

Sergio Aguero has named his favourite current Manchester City player during a candid Q&A with fans — Phil Foden.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola a chequebook manager after comparing his situation to Jurgen Klopp’s at Liverpool.The two Premier League titans are tussling for the title this year, though City are the wide favourites with a nine-point gap over the Reds.If they do on to win the league, it will be the fourth title in five years at the Etihad - demonstrating clear domination over the competition.The only exception over the past half-decade was when Liverpool won the league in 2020 after accumulating 99 points in a remarkable year for the Anfield outfit.However, one criticism levelled at Guardiola has been the sheer amount of cash that has been spent by him since arriving at the club.The Catalan coach has splashed out on nearly £1billion on players since making the move to Manchester.At Liverpool, though, Klopp has spent just over £650m, including mammoth fees for Virgil van Dijk, Alisson and Naby Keita.But talkSPORT host Jordan has taken aim at Guardiola - insisting Klopp would be dominating the Premier League if he had the kind of cash at disposal at the Etihad.He said: “You take the time that they have been together and the fact of the matter is that every single Premier League point won by Pep Guardiola has cost Man City £667,000.“Every point won by Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp has cost £243,000.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article and hit 'subscribe'.And that's it, job done.

Manchester City fans know their side are all-but assured of their quarter-final place in the Champions League – and some are even daring to dream of going all the way.

Emily Atack appeared to take a swipe at Jack Grealish, following rumours the pair had met up last year. Inbetweeners actress Emily, 32, was linked to footballer Jack, 26, following the claims they had formed a friendship. Emily did not publicly respond to the speculation but Jack denied the claims in an Instagram post.

Miles Nazaire left expert Anna Williamson stunned on Tuesday's Celebs Go Dating as he got down on one knee for Chloe Brockett. During the instalment, Miles, 26, and Chloe, 21, who have sent fans wild with their flirty exchanges, sat in the agency to discuss their budding romance. Anna, 40, said: "You've got something going on here between you two...

EMILY Atack appears to have taken a swipe at Jack Grealish with a very cheeky Valentine’s Day card. Single Emily was linked to the footy ace in October when The Sun revealed they had been on a string of secret dates. Jack, 26, had also wooed Love Island star Amber Gill, 24, and the revelations coincided with him briefly splitting from childhood sweetheart Sasha Attwood.

Manchester City were in blistering form as they set a new Champions League record against Sporting Lisbon.

Jack Grealish and Sasha Atwood have seemed to prove their relationship is back on track with sweet Valentine’s posts after they faced split rumours last year.The England footballer, 26, and his childhood sweetheart Sasha, 25, were faced with break-up rumours last year but seem to have put the stressful time behind them as they posted several cute posts to celebrate their relationship on Valentine’s Day. Posting to his Instagram Story, in one photo Jack can be seen planting a kiss on Sasha’s cheek.

FOOTIE ace Jack Grealish has shared romantic snaps with girlfriend Sasha Attwood on Valentine's Day in a rare display of affection. In one Jack, 26, gets a kiss off his childhood sweetheart, 25, and they pose for another at his club Manchester City.

Manchester City have entered the race to sign Paulo Dybala from Juventus - according to reports.

Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen had flashbulbs popping at the premiere of their explosive tell-all documentary film Rooney last week.

Manchester City have confirmed another injury concern as Zack Steffen was not named in the 22-man travelling squad to take on Sporting in the Champions League in the last-16 first leg.

Manchester City are expected to make four changes to their line-up for the Champions League last-16 opener with Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday night (8pm).

Rebekah Vardy has accused other WAGs of leaking stories taken from Coleen Rooney's social media accounts in an explosive revelation.Both Mrs Vardy and Mrs Rooney have been embroiled in a legal battle since 2019 when Coleen published an explosive post on Instagram and Twitter, claiming Rebekah's account had been leaking stories to The Sun newspaper.WAG Coleen claims she went through several processes of elimination before discovering that it was Rebekah's account before the matter was to be presented to the courts.Now, Rebekah has appeared to suggest her innocence, suggesting that other accounts could have been responsible, not her.In text messages sent to Watt, Rebekah says: "She [Coleen Rooney] thinks it's me that's been doing the stories on her!"Of all the people on her Instagram FFS!"Last night, it emerged that Rebekah was responsible for several staged paparazzi photographs during the 2018 World Cup in Russia.The wives and girlfriends of the England football star's were snapped as they headed to a restaurant together as the tournament got underway.At the time, Vardy had insisted that the press showing up was not her doing but messages which have since been handed to the High Court could indicate otherwise.On the day in question, it is believed that Vardy and her manager Caroline Watt were involved in a number of exchanges surrounding the whereabouts of the WAGs.Messages were sent between Vardy and her agent while the entire clan were spending the day together in St Petersburg on June 26, 2018.The wives and girlfriends of football star's John Stones, Jordan Pickford, Harry Maguire, Marcus Rashford, Kyle Walker, Nick Pope, Gary Cahil and Jack Butland, all joined Vardy in the picture which was taken two days ahead of

Pep Guardiola called on his Manchester City players to be ready when called upon as the fixtures start to come every three days this month, following the 4-0 win at Norwich.

Manchester City fans were left in awe of Raheem Sterling once again as he put his side in front at Norwich in spectacular fashion.

Manchester City supporters are urging Pep Guardiola to resist the temptation to make too many changes for the Premier League clash against Norwich.

Manchester City will be looking to extend their winning run in all competitions to three matches when they face relegation-threatened Norwich City at Carrow Road on Saturday teatime.