Monday, April 25, 2011

Mancini pleased for 'good guy' Dzeko

Mancini threw the Bosnia international into the fray with 18 minutes remaining at Ewood Park and it took the former Wolfsburg ace just three minutes to make an impact, finishing past Paul Robinson from Phil Jones's attempted clearance.
It was his first goal for City since joining from the Bundesliga side in a £27 million deal during the January transfer window.
"I am sure it will help his confidence," Mancini said. "Edin is a fantastic striker.
"He had problems with not playing some games and had difficulties not scoring. But tonight he scored an important goal for us.
"He deserved to score as he is a good guy. It was not easy for him and because of this I will enjoy tonight."
The win saw City pull four points clear of fifth-placed Tottenham and move within five points of Arsenal in third, with a game in hand on the Gunners.
Mancini added: "With Carlos (Tevez) injured, Mario (Balotelli) played a fantastic game and with Edin scoring his first league goal it was very important.
"It was a very big win, especially as it was away from home, because at this stage every game is difficult. In the first half we played some great football and should have scored two goals.
"We scored in the second half when we had some problems because Blackburn played long ball. We found it difficult to play football but we deserved to win.
"Sometimes a top squad needs to find different ways to win and that's what we did."
Defeat for Blackburn left Steve Kean's side in real danger of dropping out of the top flight - Rovers remain just a point above the relegation zone with four to play.
Kean said: "I feel very hard done by. I don't like to moan about referees but we feel their goal was offside with Balotelli standing in front of Paul Robinson.
"We felt we had a good shout for a penalty for a bump on Niko (Kalinic) but he probably made it hard for the referee by staying on his feet.
"Full credit to the lads, none of them have anything left. If we continue to approach the games like that we will put points on the table."

Source : uk.eurosport.yahoo.com

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