Mancini envious of Moyes, but Toffees just can’t buy a goal

WHEN Roberto Mancini, the Manchester City manager, looks across to David Moyes, his Everton counterpart this evening in the opposite dugout, do not bet against the duo casting envious glances at each other.

That is because if anything encapsulates the weird and wonderful world of the Premier League, then it is this encounter at Eastlands.

Mancini, who will guide City to top spot at Christmas for the first time since 1929 with victory tonight, must look at Moyes and gaze in jealous wonder at a manager with unlimited public backing from his chairman, something close to subservient adoration from the club’s fans and a man who has had eight years to impose his vision on the Merseyside outfit.