Blackburn Rovers vs Manchester City Highlights: EPL Highlights

Posted on August 14, 2009
Filed Under English Premier League

Manchester City launched themselves into what they hope will be a golden era with a 2-0 victory at Blackburn that answered many of the questions that have been raised over the summer.

Emmanuel Adebayor set them on their way, lashing home Shaun Wright-Phillips’ cut-back after just three minutes. Then, with stoppage time approaching and City looking likely to hold onto the lead provided by their £25million signing, Stephen Ireland popped up to fire home after a mazy solo burst.

In between, City were forced to survive periods of intense Rovers pressure. But with Kolo Toure in fine form and Shay Given making excellent saves to deny Chris Samba and Jason Roberts,Man City were able to celebrate their success with gusto..

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