Bosnia striker Edin Dzeko’s first Premier League goal gave Manchester City a 1-0 win at struggling Blackburn Rovers on Monday to keep alive their hopes of a top-three finish. Dzeko, bought for around 30 million pounds from VfL Wolfsburg in January, pounced on a loose ball in the penalty area after 75 minutes to leave fourth-placed City on 59 points from 33 matches, five points behind Arsenal with a game in hand.
This season’s FA Cup finalists also pulled four points clear of fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur who, like City, have played 33 games. Blackburn are in a relegation battle, one point ahead of 18th-placed Wigan Athletic and three ahead of bottom club West Ham United.
Zaragoza beat Almeria: An own goal by keeper Diego Alves gave Real Zaragoza a 1-0 win over Almeria on Monday which moved them out of the relegation zone but left their opponents firmly rooted to the foot of La Liga. Both teams went into the game on the back of poor runs but the situation was more worrying for bottom side Almeria who had lost their last four games.
Zaragoza were creating the better openings but in-form keeper Alves was blocking everything that came at him. Eventually Zaragoza found the back of the net in the 70th minute when a Gabi Fernandez shot came back off the woodwork and hit the shoulder of the keeper before going in.
