Fitting epitaph to anaemic City campaign

Man City 2 Norwich 3

Having chosen the anniversary on Monday of that 3-2 win over QPR, and their first league title in 44 years, to dismiss Roberto Mancini, the man who delivered it to them, this was perhaps an entirely predictable affair.

The players who, if reports are to be believed, could not wait to rid themselves of Mancini, failed to perform to anywhere near the levels that brought them the 2012 title and Jonny Howson’s 65th minute winning goal served as a fitting epitaph to this anaemic campaign.