During his time as Everton manager, long-serving boss David Moyes famously compared games against nouveau riche Manchester City as like “taking a knife to a gun fight” but on this day in 2010, he found himself embroiled in some good old-fashioned ‘handbags’.
This was the occasion for a rather unseemly but thoroughly amusing touchline spat between Moyes and his opposite number Roberto Mancini at the Etihad Stadium. Everton were closing out a 2-0 away win over Manchester City thanks to goals from Tim Cahill (33) and Mikel Arteta (85) at a time when the Blues enjoyed something of an Indian sign over their big-spending regional rivals from down the East Lancs Road and visiting fans were rubbing it in towards their hosts.
Chants of “Lescott, what's the score?” were directed at their former centre-back who had quit Goodison Park for City earlier in the season for £22million after a protracted chase and was watching from the stands having been sidelined through injury. It would prove to be the second of three Everton wins over Manchester City that calendar year and was one of seven Blues victories over a period of eight matches in the fixture between 2008-11.
