Manchester City made the short trip up the M61 to the Reebok stadium but came back with a huge leap forward in their status. The 2-0 win obviously was another three points in the bag and three more points for our Premier League tally but, more than that, it meant that our final position in the league moved from fourth to third.
The difference means no qualification trips to eastern Siberia in July before entry into the Champions League and instead we can enjoy the sunshine of LA and Dublin instead. It certainly has been a stellar season for City who, only a few days ago, lifted the FA Cup. This is their first major trophy since lifting the League Cup in 1976 and the first time our name has been on it since 1969.
This added to our joint second place finish in the EPL (yes we have the same points as Chelski), Carlos Tevez sharing the Golden Boot award and Joe Hart getting the Golden Gloves and you may start believing that all Mancini touches does turn to gold.
Going into the final game of the season City were in a foot race with Wengers Arsenal for third place and it would be fair to say that City fans were still nervous. All those years of being ’Typical City’ are hard to dismiss and would have been well in character to win the FA Cup only then to swith off for the remaining games. To be fair it was Bolton who had the better chances early doors after Knight had blocked a lone Tevez chance. It was our own ‘Deeee-ceeent’ keeper that kept us in it before Lescott headed City into a half time lead. Silva, Barry, Yaya and Tevez all spurned chances in the second half but just minutes after coming on, Bosnian super sub Dzeko sealed the points, and Champions League for the ONLY team IN Manchester.
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