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Tyler's Starting Stat - City get Rover it

I was at the City of Manchester Stadium on Monday night where Manchester City secured only their third home win against Blackburn in Premier League history. They beat Rovers 3-2 at Maine Road in the first Premier League season, having been 2-0 down and they won 3-1 in the same fixture last season. This season's result marks Blackburn's ninth game in the Premier League without a win, stretching back to their 2-0 victory at Bolton in November. Carlos Tevez's hat-trick means he has now scored 11 goals in his last eight starts and 10 goals in his last seven Premier League games. That takes his overall tally to 15 for the season, 12 in the Premier League. The result was only City's second win in seven North West derbies this season, the previous victory also coming against Blackburn on the opening day of the season. They have since lost 4-3 to Manchester United and drawn 1-1 with Wigan, 3-3 with Burnley, 2-2 with Liverpool and 3-3 with Bolton.