Goals? We got 'em. Passion? Plenty of that as well, according to suitably impressed Daily Telegraph columnist Henry Winter in the wake of that 3-0 win over Liverpool.

Henry was at City of Manchester Stadium to witness a great night for the Blues and opens his considered report with the knockout line: "There are some Italians who can bring the best out of the English".

And, noting that City manager Roberto Mancini (for it is he) included no fewer than six Englishmen in his star-studded line-up, he adds: "The Blue Moon rising last night cast an encouraging light on England."

Then in his top column, the Tel's Football Correspondent reckons FIFA's 2018 Bid inspectors "should have left the limos in the Park Lane garage, skipped another presentation video from the FA and hotfooted it to Eastlands.

"They should have arrived three hours before kick off and seen the thousands of Manchester City fans queuing in a monsoon for a first glimpse of the new City Square of bars and screens outside the ground. That's passion.

"The FIFA Six should have been here in the rain ... experiencing the electric atmosphere generated by two sets of famously diehard supporters." We're singing for England, En-ger-land ...

All the papers are brimful of City, of course, and the fact that the Sheikh was there to see "Carlos Tevez put on a show fit for a king" (Ian Ladyman on the Mail's back page) just added to a highly-newsworthy occasion.

Back to the Telegraph, and Mark Ogden is tracking the Turkish tug-of-war for Robinho between Fenerbahce and their Istanbul rivals Besiktas. Oggie, the Tel's Mr Manchester City, reckons Robi will be talking to Fener today.

The Star and the Sun both report that Newcastle are eyeing a move for Roque Santa Cruz in the hope that Roberto can afford to be without at least one of his strike leaders this season.

And the International Herald Tribune issues a contrite correction after asserting that Roberto Mancini was the manager of another club with Manchester in the title. Well, it's an easy mistake ...