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City overcame an initially stubborn Blackburn to cruise into the FA Cup fourth round with yet another thumping home victory.
The Blues are simply too hot to handle at the Etihad Stadium where Rovers were thrashed 5-0 – and that after holding City 0-0 until the 45th minute!
The blossoming partnership of Alvaro Negredo and Edin Dzeko bagged another two goals each and Sergio Aguero applied the icing on the cake as he scored within seconds of coming on as the Blues made it 99 goals in all competitions.
City couldn’t have come into the game in much better form having won 13 of the previous 15 matches, plundering defences up and down the land in the process. Manuel Pellegrini again named a strong team with Micah Richards returning from a five-week lay-off and James Milner captaining the team for the first time.
The creative genius of Messrs Silva, Toure and Nasri was absent due to a mixture of rest and injury, but there was the welcome sight of Sergio Aguero on the bench for the first time since damaging his calf against Arsenal in December.
With a fourth round tie against Watford the reward for the winners, there was a healthy crowd inside the Etihad which included 4,200 travelling Rovers fans, making for a more than decent atmosphere under the floodlights.
The Blues are simply too hot to handle at the Etihad Stadium where Rovers were thrashed 5-0 – and that after holding City 0-0 until the 45th minute!
The blossoming partnership of Alvaro Negredo and Edin Dzeko bagged another two goals each and Sergio Aguero applied the icing on the cake as he scored within seconds of coming on as the Blues made it 99 goals in all competitions.
City couldn’t have come into the game in much better form having won 13 of the previous 15 matches, plundering defences up and down the land in the process. Manuel Pellegrini again named a strong team with Micah Richards returning from a five-week lay-off and James Milner captaining the team for the first time.
The creative genius of Messrs Silva, Toure and Nasri was absent due to a mixture of rest and injury, but there was the welcome sight of Sergio Aguero on the bench for the first time since damaging his calf against Arsenal in December.
With a fourth round tie against Watford the reward for the winners, there was a healthy crowd inside the Etihad which included 4,200 travelling Rovers fans, making for a more than decent atmosphere under the floodlights.