City win cranks up the heat on Benitez

Man City 2 Chelsea 0

The futures of City’s Roberto Mancini and Chelsea’s interim manager are currently the topic of constant speculation but, while the former can make an impassioned case that his team is not far from hitting the heights of last season, Benitez is currently presiding over a growing disaster at Stamford Bridge.

Frank Lampard saw a penalty saved by Joe Hart with the game still scoreless and Chelsea will rightly claim that the City goalkeeper was fortunate to even be on the pitch, having escaped a yellow, let alone red, card from referee Andre Marriner as he brought down Demba Ba.