City take over at top of Premiership

Blackburn 2, Man City 3

Blackburn boss Graeme Souness brought Andy Cole and Steven Reid into the starting line-up, dropping Matt Jansen and David Thompson to the bench. Manchester City manager Kevin Keegan made just one change from the side who drew with Portsmouth, with Paul Bosvelt making his debut in place of Robbie Fowler, who had a rib injury.

Michael Tarnat scored his first goal for City on three minutes from a free-kick about 39 yards out.