Manchester City FC latest betting odds after beating Liverpool 3-0

Mario Balotelli, Emmanuel Adebayor, Jerome Boateng, Aleksander Kolarov, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Shay Given and Patrick Vieira were just some of the players not involved against Liverpool on Monday night, although it didn’t stop Manchester City from managing a comfortable victory against Liverpool.

If Roy Hodgson’s team are going to feature in the top six this season, then the performance of City suggests that they could be destined for great things this campaign and bet365 offer odds of 6/5 that Roberto Mancini’s team collect silverware of some variety.

Manchester City’s odds of winning the Premier League have now been cut to 7/1 with Paddy Power after Monday night’s win, with the bookies still expecting Chelsea (5/4 Ladbrokes) and Manchester United (5/2 bet365) to be battling it out for the title this season. Arsenal are also currently shorter than the Citizens at odds of 11/2 with Sporting Bet.

However, even if the Premier League might be out of reach this season, there are other competitions where City might enjoy greater success. While they might have missed out to Tottenham in terms of grabbing a Champions League place last season, it means that Mancini’s team are 13/2 with Blue Square to win the Europa League.

They certainly have the squad to cope with competing on lots of different fronts and we should see them at the business end of this particular competition. Considering that Liverpool (12/1 Stan James) are second favourites to win the Europa League and then its Juventus (14/1 Coral) and Atletico Madrid (16/1 Stan James) in the betting, it would be a big surprise if City didn’t go close.

Meanwhile, Mancini will also be eyeing the domestic cup competitions, especially as most of the top Premier League teams generally rest their best players for these matches. With City effectively having two quality teams available, Coral’s 15/2 that they get their name on the FA Cup in May 2011 is an attractive price, with Ladbrokes happy to take on Chelsea and Manchester United in this market.

The Blues are 5/1 to retain the FA Cup, while the Red Devils are 6/1 to avoid slipping up as they did against Leeds United last season and win this piece of silverware.

If all else fails for Manchester City, there is also the Carling Cup and Coral again go best price about the richest club in the Premier League, with 7/1 available that they win the first major English trophy of the season. Once again, squad rotation will come into play and it naturally comes down to the draw with all cup competitions.

The same bookmaker are certainly not expecting City to be the finished article this season, with Coral quoting 15/8 that they are the ‘Winner without Manchester United and Chelsea’ compared to the 6/4 that’s available about Arsenal with bet365. This market appears to be a four-horse race, with Paddy Power offering 11/2 that Liverpool manage to finish ahead of their rivals and Sky Bet going 8/1 that Tottenham Hotspur are the best of the rest.