Penalty earns Rovers a draw

Manchester City 1 Blackburn Rovers 1

Paul Dickov’s 78th-minute penalty earned the precious point which saw Blackburn clamber off the foot of the table.

Dickov calmly stroked home after Danny Mills had been sent off for chopping the former Manchester City favourite down in the box.

It was tough luck on the home side, who had the better of the contest and looked like collecting maximum points through ntoine Sibierski’s first league strike of the campaign.