The Man City 'heavyweight boxing match' with Man United that turned Manchester blue
straight to your inboxSir Alex Ferguson's famous dismissal of Manchester City as noisy neighbours didn't fuel Manchester United's nearest rivals as much as you might expect.The phrase, first used by the Old Trafford supremo after a derby in September 2009 when Michael Owen struck a late, late winner in a 4-3 thriller, came back to bite United as City turned Manchester blue with their first title win in 2012 and have rarely been pegged back since.At the time though, new signing Joleon Lescott and the rest of the recruits brought in as part of the significant investment from the Abu Dhabi United Group were more concerned with getting rid of the perception that they had only come for the money.Success did not come instantly, with the Blues