City win another boost for Pearce
Despite Steven Davis’ late effort, goals either side of the interval from Georgios Samaras and, against his former club, Darius Vassell proved enough to earn the Blues a last eight tussle at home to either Bolton or West Ham next Monday.
And while Pearce continues to insist talk of him replacing Sven-Goran Eriksson as England manager is not a distraction to his nine-to-five job at City, his work at Eastlands is surely catching the attention of FA chief executive Brian Barwick.
