;Manchester: Manchester City extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to a provisional five points, beating Blackburn 3-0 with an 18th consecutive league victory at home.
Mario Balotelli opened the scoring with half an hour gone at the Etihad Stadium and Sergio Aguero added City's second shortly after halftime. Edin Dzeko headed a third in the 81st minute.
The win equals Newcastle's Premier League record of winning their first 13 home league games this season and Roberto Mancini's team has not dropped any points in front of their own fans in 12 months.Manchester City took advantage of a supine Blackburn Rovers to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League to five points over Manchester United, whose manager will doubtless be considering an angry complaint to the Jockey Club, or anyone else who will listen, about the in-and-out running of Steve Kean's relegation-threatened side. Manchester City extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to five points after claiming a comfortable home victory over struggling Blackburn.
City dominated from start to finish and took the lead when Mario Balotelli swept in Aleksandar Kolarov's cross.
A second goal, hammered in from close range by Sergio Aguero, made sure of the points before substitute Edin Dzeko headed in a third just after coming on.
Rovers could muster only two meaningful shots on goal in the whole 90 minutes.
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