On this day in 2011 Edin Dzeko was Manchester City’s hero as we claimed a hard fought 1-0 win away at Blackburn Rovers.

The Bosnian fired home his first Premier League goal within three minutes of coming on as a substitute to boost Roberto Mancini’s sides chances of qualifying for the Champions League for the first time.

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Dzeko emerged from the bench with 18 minutes remaining at Ewood Park, where the struggling home side had belied their lowly league position to cause City problems.

But, when Phil Jones scuffed his clearance of a David Silva cross, our January recruit was waiting to rifle past Paul Robinson from 12 yards to break the deadlock and send the travelling City fans wild.

Now, sit back and watch the best of the action in the video above...