Tevez the difference in battle of the haves and have nots

IF BLOOD, sweat and tears win titles, then Manchester City are in reasonably good shape.

Bucketfuls of sweat – as well as a little blood – was shed by City during a game in which they were made to work far harder for second spot than Roberto Mancini can ever have imagined.

The tears belonged in Blackpool’s dressing room, Ian Holloway’s crestfallen players emerging with nothing to show for rattling the world’s richest club on a dramatic afternoon at Bloomfield Rod.