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Article: Manchester City challenging Manchester United.
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- Newsday (Melville, NY)
- Article date:
- August 19, 2007
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Byline: Jeff Williams
Aug. 19--The first Manchester derby of the season today promises to be a supercharged affair with more twists and turns than Cristiano Ronaldo in full flight.
Manchester City hosts mighty Manchester United at Eastlands in the third round of the English Premier League and for once Man City supporters have every right to sing and ManU supporters have every right to worry. City, you see, has won its first two games under new manager Sven-Goran Eriksson.
Manchester United, the defending league champion and a perennial goliath of the soccer world, has shockingly drawn its first two games against Reading and Portsmouth. Worse, ...