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The new Barclays Premier League season gets underway on Saturday and prior to the first kick, TSN.ca presents a week long look at some of the teams and stories that will shape the up coming campaign. Today we look at the defending champs and what is on tap for the team that can once again call itself the best team in Manchester. Manchester City Manager: Manuel Pellegrini Last Season: 27-5-6 (Premier League Champions) Notable Additions: Fernando (Porto), Willy Caballero (Malaga), Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Frank Lampard (New York City FC on loan), Eliaquim Mangala (Porto). Notable Subtractions: Jack Rodwell (Sunderland), Gareth Barry (Everton), Javi Garcia (Zenit St. Petersburg), Costel Pantilimon (Sunderland), Joleon Lescott (West Bromwich Albion) That was Then: On the final day of the 2013-14 season, in much less dramatic fashion than the title they captured two years ago, Manchester City secured the Premier League title with a 2-0 victory over West Ham United. While the final day of the season lacked the same drama, the campaign that built to the ending had nothing but twists and turns right up to the end. In the first half of the season, Manchester City suffered incredibly poor road form dropping games at Cardiff City and Aston Villa as well as points at Stoke City before finally earning their first away win at West Ham. At Etihad Stadium they were telling a completely different story, earning emphatic victories over Manchester United (4-1), Norwich City (7-0) and Tottenham (6-0), all before the calendar had reached December. City defeated title contenders Liverpool and Arsenal at home and headed into the new year locked in a tight battle at the top of the table. The fight seemed lost after a late season, emotional 3-2 defeat at Anfield, which handed the title initiative to Liverpool as the run in kicked into high gear. However the Reds would suffer a defeat to Chelsea and surrender a three goal lead to settle for a 3-3 draw to Crystal Palace. Those results would open the door for Manchester City to celebrate their franchises fourth top flight English Football title and second in the Premier League era. The BPL title was actually Citys second trophy of the season as they were also successful in the League Cup, thanks to a 3-1, come-from-behind victory over Sunderland. They fell behind after 10 minutes in the Wembley final, before midfielders Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri scored within 60 seconds of each other to turn the game and bring the hardware back to Manchester. While they advanced as far as they ever have in their third tour of the Champions League, playing beyond the group stage for the first time in franchise history, it would still have to be considered a disappointment that City were eliminated in the first knockout stage round against Barcelona. This is Now: Before things really got rolling for Manchester City in the off-season, UEFA slapped them with a fine and roster restrictions for violating the Financial Fair Play rules, putting a cap on the amount of money they could spend in the transfer window as well as they amount of players they are able to field in the next Champions League competition. Even with the sanctions and in opposition of what they did after their last title, City still managed to strength their squad while unloading a few players that have become superfluous along the way. First choice and England number one keeper Joe Hart struggled at times last season even briefly losing his place in the net, in response, Willy Caballero has been brought in to either battle for that position or provide a strong backup keeper incase needed. Fernando and veteran Frank Lampard (for half the season) will provide depth at the central midfield position which while being a position of strength for the team is probably the most important place on the park not to falter. Bacary Sagna made the move from Arsenal and will make the team even stronger at the back, fighting for starting time with one of last seasons standout players Pablo Zabaleta. The team also scrounged up 32 million pounds for French defender Eliaquim Mangala from Porto. While not being able to spend money to bring in players, City has used this offseason to lock up the core of the team to long term extensions. David Silva, Vincent Kompany and Sergio Aguero all inked long term deals to stay with the English champions and form the core of what they hope will be a strong contender in Europe for many years to come. 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Carter Verhaeghe recorded his second-career hat trick for the IceDogs (17-27-7), who dropped their fourth straight game, and Ben Hughes scored once. Matthew Greenfield made 25 saves for Kitchener as Niagaras Blake Richard stopped 31-of-35 shots in defeat. --- GREYHOUNDS 3 WOLVES 0 SUDBURY, Ont. -- Matt Murray made 38 saves and Sergey Tolchinksys goal at 9:28 of the second period stood as the winner as Sault Ste. Marie shutout the Wolves. Darnell Nurse and Tyler Gaudet also scored for the Greyhounds (35-11-5), who won their third straight contest. Sudburys (27-15-8) Franky Palazzese stopped 32-of-34 shots in a losing cause. Both clubs went 0 for 4 on the power play. --- WHALERS 4 BULLS 3 PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- Ryan Hartman and Matt Mistele scored power-play goals less than two minuttes apart late in the third period as the Whalers came back to down Belleville.dddddddddddd Hartman also scored in the second period for Plymouth (18-27-5), which trailed 3-2 after 40 minutes of play, while Carter Sandlak had a goal and an assist. Alex Nedeljkovic made 42 saves and Zach Lorentz chipped in with three assists for the Whalers, who halted a four-game slide. Jake Marchment, Remi Elie and Jake Bricknell scored for the Bulls (14-32-4) and Charlie Graham stopped 34 shots in defeat. --- STEELHEADS 7 STING 3 SARNIA, Ont. -- Bryson Cianfrone had two goals and two assists as Mississauga toppled the Sting. Artem Rasulov, Stefan LeBlanc and Brett Foy each had a goal and an assist for the Steelheads (20-27-4) while Nick Zottl and Nathan Bastian added single goals. Nickolas Latta, Daniel Nikandrov and Nikolay Goldobin supplied the offence for Sarnia (15-30-6), which dropped its third game in a row. Mississaugas Spencer Martin made 21 saves for the win as Taylor Dupuis gave up seven goals on 36 shots. --- SPITFIRES 3 STORM 1 WINDSOR, Ont. -- Ben Johnson scored the winner at 16:32 of the third period as the Spitfires halted Guelphs nine-game win streak. Sam Povorozniouk and Trevor Murphy also scored for Windsor (31-17-2), which won its sixth straight contest. Steven Trojanovic scored the lone goal for the Storm (38-9-3). Dalen Kuchmey made 26 saves for the Spitfires as Justin Nichols stopped 32-of-34 shots in defeat. --- SPIRIT 4 FRONTENACS 2 SAGINAW, Mich. -- Jake Paterson made 29 saves as the Spirit overcame a two-goal deficit to double up Kingston. Justin Sefton and Kristoff Kontos each had a goal and an assist for Saginaw (25-21-5), which trailed 2-1 heading into the third period, while Dylan Sadowy and Cody Payne added single goals. Spencer Watson registered both goals for the Frontenacs (27-19-4), including his first at 19:59 of the first period to open the scoring. Kingstons Matt Mahalak kicked out 27-of-30 shots in a losing cause. --- ATTACK 2 OTTERS 1 OWEN SOUND, Ont. -- Brandon Hope stopped 50 shots, including all 21 his way in the first period, as the Attack edged Erie. Thomas Schemitsch opened the scoring for Owen Sound (22-21-6) at 19:37 of the opening period and Holden Cook broke a 1-1 tie at 12:26 of the second. Dane Fox scored his league-leading 53rd goal of the Season for the Otters (39-10-2) at 11:03 of the second. Eries Oscar Dansk stopped 23-of-25 shots in a losing cause. ' ' '