Well now, when it comes to football, one man has for many years been the most noticeable, the most controversial, and occasionally the most successful blogger this country has ever produced. His pithy words and abrasive style make him as famous off the pitch as he is on it. This man is Escapini. "I love football. Football she's a cruel mistress. She's, she's more than a mistress. She's a wife, she's a mother, she's a daughter, she's an errant child. She's a… she's a… she can make you laugh, she make you cry. She can bring tears me eyes. She can bring blood to me shoulders. She can bring a kettle to the boil." "Cause football is about nothing, unless it's about something and what it is about, is football."

1 min readPublished 26 Dec 2011, 12:27

Manchester City Football Club

All You Need To Know: West Brom vs Manchester City

Goals from Peter Odemwingie, Paul Scharner, and Gareth McAuley gave West Brom a 3-2 win against Newcastle in their last Barclays Premier League game

West Brom covered a total of 63.11 miles with Chris Brunt covering the most ground with 6.5 miles

Man City beat Stoke 3-0 in their last Barclays Premier League game with two goals from Ageuro and one from Adam Johnson, despite being out run by Stoke 57.37 miles to 58.17 miles

Yaya Toure covered the most ground for Man City with 5.95 miles
Sergio Aguero got six shots on target against Stoke, the highest number of any player in the last round of games

Yaya Toure completed 57 passes in his opponent’s half against Stoke, the most of any player in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index in the last round of games and a performance in the top ten for the whole season

Yaya Toure has now completed 561 passes in his opponent’s half this season, second only to Mikel Arteta