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Flying suitcases and Why Always Me? Inside the Man City dressing room under Roberto Mancini

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The away dressing room at Old Trafford has it all going off after Manchester City thrash their biggest rivals 6-1 in October 2011.

Amid wild celebrations from the players, one of the masseurs is demanding that the club buys everyone a Rolex watch to mark the victory and Vincent Kompany is confronting one of the kitmen who said they would tighten his studs up at half-time but, unable to find the necessary equipment, tried to blag it by using his fingers and hoping for the best. "If we hadn't won this game, I'd have killed you," laughs Kompany before going back to the celebrations.

Then there is the story of the Mario Balotelli shirt. ALSO READ: City given a double boost that Guardiola was hoping for ALSO READ: City's Grealish risk can help counter Arsenal plan City's talismanic striker had scored the opening goal of the rout and had then lifted up his shirt to reveal a top underneath with the iconic words: Why Always Me?

It has gone down in Premier League history but at the time earned the player a yellow card and kitmen Les Chapman and Steve Aziz a telling off for helping him to put it together. "Because Mario got on really well with Chappy, we were in the kit room and there was a newspaper in at the time - it might have been the MEN actually! - and Mario picked it up and was like, Chappy what is this?

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