Keeping up the pressure: Errant red helps Man City close on Chelsea

MANCHESTER: In Saturday’s early kick-off, Manchester City responded to their Champions League exit with a routine 3-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion on Saturday that maintained the pressure on Premier League leaders Chelsea.

Wilfried Bony, Fernando and David Silva were on target for the champions — bundled out of the Champions League by an irresistible Barcelona on Wednesday — but the game was more memorable for a case of mistaken identity that meant West Brom played all but one and a half minutes of the match with 10 men.  

Published in The Express Tribune, March 22^nd, 2015.

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