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Fire Drama: The Teams come onto the pitch:
The Manchester City (The Citizens) | Special Thread
The Manchester City (The Citizens) | Special Thread
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Top brass: Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak (left) applauds with Prime Minister David Cameron prior to kick-off.
City tacticians: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini and assistant Brian Kidd pictured at Wembley.
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Early action: Manchester City skipper Carlos Tevez and Stoke's Andy Wilkinson battle for the ball.
Alright mate? Stoke keeper Thomas Sorensen checks on Mario Balotelli after the Manchester City striker goes down injured during the FA Cup final.
Tough taskmaster: Stoke manager Tony Pulis shouts instructions from the touchline during the FA Cup final.
Close attention: David Silva (centre) of Manchester City is challenged by Stoke's Robert Huth (left) and Andy Wilkinson (right).
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Calm down: Mario Balotelli of Manchester City and Jonathan Walters of Stoke City are separated by referee Martin Atkinson during the final.
Oh no! Man City's David Silva rues a missed chance
Great atmosphere: Manchester City fans turn their backs to the pitch as they perform a 'Poznan' celebration at Wembley.
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Decisive strike: Manchester City's Yaya Toure scores the winning goal against Stoke...
...and celebrates his strike...
...before being mobbed by team-mates, with Mario Balotelli sitting on top of the pile!
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Winning feeling: Manchester City players celebrate the club's first silverware in 35 years at the final whistle...
Not forgotten: Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini (left) celebrates with the suspended Kolo Toure at the final whistle...
...before lifting the cup.
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Stoke's Jermaine Pennant is dejected.
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Cup joy: Manchester City skipper Carlos Tevez lifts the FA Cup surrounded by team-mates.
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Kaka money talks..sasa nimeamini huu usemi kwa vitendo. Wahenga huwa hawakosei ndio maana walisema ' Pesa ni sabuni ya roho'
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...na kweli mkuu!...duhh,
...kwenye top four za EPL ni Chelsea tu ambao hawajachukua kikombe chochote mwaka huu! i mean hata community shield ilipitia kushoto!
....Dont start thinking about Arsenal....tulijinyakulia Emirates Cup na mapeeema....ha ha ha!
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Manchester City's Kolo Touré braced for lengthy ban over pills
Suspension could extend into next year if case is proven
Touré will argue he has already been severely punishedr
Suspension could extend into next year if case is proven
Touré will argue he has already been severely punishedr
- guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 25 May 2011 23.31 BST <li class="history">Article history Kolo Touré's legal team are expected to argue that the player did not realise he was breaking any rules when he apparently took his wife's dietary rules. Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images
Kolo Touré will discover on Thursday whether he is to face an extended ban for failing a drugs test, with the Manchester City player due to appear before a Football Association disciplinary hearing to explain why he tested positive for a specified substance in February.
Touré's legal team are expected to argue that the Ivory Coast international did not know he was breaking rules when he apparently took his wife's dieting pills and that he was concerned about his weight because of the intense competition for places at Eastlands.
However, the 30-year-old is braced for a substantial ban, quite possibly into next year, if the case is proven against him, after being the first Premier League footballer since Adrian Mutu to be charged with taking an illegal substance. The FA can operate a range a punishments up to a two-year suspension, although whatever it decides for the former Arsenal player will be backdated to the date when he was suspended by his club three months ago.
As a gauge of what Touré might expect, Rio Ferdinand of Manchester United was banned for eight months and fined £50,000 in 2003 after missing a drugs test. However, Paddy Kenny is the clearest example of how taking the wrong over-the-counter product can have serious ramifications, receiving a nine-month ban in 2009 when he was a Sheffield United player.
Kenny, now at Queens Park Rangers, admitted having ephedrine in his system but maintained that he had simply been taking a cough cure to combat a chest infection. More recently, the Hamilton midfielder Simon Mensing served a month-long suspension after tested positive for the methylhexaneamine, which was present in a dietary supplement.
Touré has already delivered a full report to the FA about the circumstances surrounding the alleged offence. However, the game's governing body will also be acutely aware that footballers are specifically warned against taking medicines without advice because of the possibility they may be infringing the rules. If Touré is found guilty and punished with a ban that goes into next season, he will not even be allowed to train with his City team-mates.
Touré, who joined City for £14m in 2009, will argue that he has already been heavily punished after missing the culmination to a season that finished with City qualifying for the Champions League for the first time as well as winning the FA Cup, their first trophy since 1976.
His absence from the team is already threatening to have repercussions on his career, with the City manager, Roberto Mancini, in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday for talks with the club's owners about their spending plans for the summer. Mancini is keen to bring in another centre-half to play alongside the club's player of the year, Vincent Kompany, and a ban of nine months or longer for Touré could have dire consequences for his future at the club.
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