I have to say I didn't expect a win which makes it, in a way, even sweeter.
Still have huge reservations about Ivanovic at centre back, bar the Silva challenge Bosingwa did ok and defensively he swept round and covered the centre backs well on a few occasions.
Wasn't overly impressed with Drogba, certainly nowhere near the form he had 20 months ago.
The midfield was superb, somehow between Romeu and Ramires they stopped Yaya Toure's line breaking runs.
Don't think anyone should go overboard on this, I think if City actually maintained their early movement and patience the game would have been a lot more difficult.
Perfect result at the perfect time for the club and AVB though.
Some reports in Italy that Isla is available in January, Udinese prepared to sell, if he comes up I would imagine Chelsea would throw a lot of weight behind signing him.
If you had to pick a perfect right sided player opposite Cole in AVB's system, I would argue he would be the prefect man for it.