A tale of two Managers...

A lovely day in Blackburn

After my pre-match interview I won't be giving up the day job - I was expecting a Champions League hangover and a very tough game after the events in Munich.

Instead I'm leaving Ewood Park, with the deafening support ringing around the stadium for Roberto Mancini and a mini protest to get rid of under pressure Rovers manager, Steve Kean.

 A day of protests at Ewood

I didn't really expect:

• a 4-0 win
• bullet headers from Savic
• Nasri and Silva pinging the ball around the Blackburn box for fun
• Mario Balotelli putting in a superb performance and scoring a classic
• a peach of a goal from Adam Johnson.

I got all the above and more in an incredible second half, after an understably sluggish first half in which Rovers defended deeply and in numbers - did they have a shot on goal?

Dzeko was rested (or perhaps punished for his toys out of the pram behaviour), Tevez was rightly nowhere, but boy oh boy the team delivered.

Fun in the sun

A great day out in the sun with 7000 City fans - well done all. Roberto we love you!