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Date:Saturday October 1 2011
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Blackburn Rovers 0 - Manchester City 4
Barclays Premier League
Ewood Park
01/10/11
Attendance: 24,760
Referee: Phil Dowd
Blackburn Rovers |
0 - 4 |
Manchester City |
Johnson (56), Balotelli (59), Nasri (73), Savic (87) |
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Venue: Ewood Park |
Attendance: 24,760 |
The Teams | ||||||||
Paul Robinson |
Joe Hart |
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Jason Lowe |
Pablo Zabaleta |
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Christopher Samba |
Vincent Kompany |
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Scott Dann |
Joleon Lescott |
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Gael Givet |
Aleksandar Kolarov |
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Radosav Petrovic |
James Milner |
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Steven Nzonzi |
Toure Yaya |
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Gamst Pedersen |
David Silva |
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David Goodwillie |
(61) |
Adam Johnson |
(79) |
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Ayegbeni Yakubu |
Sergio Aguero |
(27) |
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David Hoilett |
Mario Balotelli |
(88) |
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Substitutes | ||||||||
Mark Bunn |
Costel Pantilimon |
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Mauro Formica |
(61) |
Edin Dzeko |
(88) |
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Jordan Slew |
Stefan Savic |
(79) |
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Ruben Rochina |
Gareth Barry |
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Simon Vukcevic |
Samir Nasri |
(27) |
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Jason Roberts |
Gael Clichy |
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Grant Hanley |
Nigel De Jong |
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Game Statistics | ||||||||
5 |
Goal Attempts |
19 |
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4 |
On Target |
12 |
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4 |
Corners |
5 |
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9 |
Fouls |
14 |
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1 |
Yellow Cards |
1 |
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0 |
Red Cards |
0 |
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35 |
% |
65 |
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Comments... | ||||||||
| Johnny On The Spot: Cometh the hour, cometh The Mario. Roberto Mancini boldly selected Mario Balotelli to lead City's line alongside Kun Aguero and the young Italian delivered with an intelligent, hard working performance that oozed class...A beleaguered Rovers side who beat Arsenal here last month gave Planet Blue a reminder of what many teams will do when confronted by the City juggernaut and got every man behind the ball repeatedly...The Blues spent the best part of the first half striving to stroll it in through the middle, but the break saw City play wider and stretch Rovers to an extent that gave opportunities for Adam Johnson and Balotelli to showcase their brilliance...This thumping away result and a clean sheet will be doubly satisfying for Roberto Mancini. City have registered it after the chastening away defeat and long journey to Bayern Munich. Furthermore, Tevezgate is immediately consigned to a sideshow. 7000 travelling Blues made it very clear who's side they are on today and it isn't that of the disgraced chancer. Well played Blues! | ||||||||
Your Comments
Great second half performance. First half was good but frustrating and had the feel of a post-Champions League effort. Improved in the second half. Aguero's injury is a worry but Nasri was sensational when he came on to replace him - 2 assists and 1 goal, how can you argue with that for a player on the pitch for 60 minutes? Balotelli has matured so much lately, let us hope it is permanent as he led the line so well and his goal was brilliant.
StuMCFC
If Mario can play like he did today every game he will become the sensational player we've all been expecting! Nasri also had a great one after the disapointing show against Munich so that will boost his confidence. All in all everyone in the team played well to secure a well deserved 3 pointer...C'mon City!!!
Blue ponderer
Another load of chances created away from home.
Johnny Baguette
Thank god there wasn't any post-tevezgate hangover. The players proved today that they are fully focussed on the job at hand and won't let some trumped-up bighead derail their quest for trophies. Well played City, hope Aguero isn't too seriously injured - wonder what Tevez must be thinking now that the opportunity to impress was there on a plate for him? What a plonker!
fifthcolumnblue
Thought the first have was a stolid afair but boy did we light up the second half ...maybe something Bobby said......
Doody
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