Confirmed MAN CITY Team: Zabaleta, Kolarov, Johnson, Balotelli START!

Here is the side that Roberto Mancini has selected for today’s fixture against Blackburn. There are four changes from the eleven which defeated Porto, with Pablo Zabaleta and Aleks Kolarov replacing Micah Richards and Gael Clichy in the fullback positions. Adam Johnson and Mario Balotelli are the other two changes, taking the places of Samir Nasri and Gareth Barry.

Subs: Pantilimon, Richards, Clichy, Pizarro, Milner, Nasri, Dzeko