Blue Moon Rising

Manchester City, inspired by a Carlos Tevez double, recovered from being 1-0 down against Manchester United to reward their backers who got them as big as 13.5 in-running on Betfair Bookmakers tonight. Ryan Giggs opened the scoring for United, who came in from about 2.8 to a mark of around 2.2 when Sir Alex Ferguson chose to name his strongest possible side.

But Tevez’s brace, the first from the spot after a controversial penalty was awarded, meant those who had backed United to win at odds of 1.37 were denied, as were those who took even money on the draw with the score at 1-1. City will go into the second leg as the 1.6 favourites on the to qualify (for the final) market with United 2.6. Mancini’ side are 3.1 to win the competition, having traded at a high of 12 earlier on in the campaign. Man Utd, surprisingly given they’re the outsiders to progress, are shorter to lift the trophy at 3.1

In the FA Cup, there were wins for Notts County over Forest Green Rovers and Cardiff over Bristol City, with the winners matched at 1.87 and 4.4 respectively.