WANDERERS 2, MANCHESTER CITY 0: J AY-JAY Okocha put on a magic show at the Reebok as Wanderers trounced City to rattle up their third successive Premiership victory.

The Nigerian never looked back after missing a 23rd minute penalty, conjuring up trick after trick to leave Kevin Keegan's Blues spellbound.

He played a slick one-two with Per Frandsen to lay on the first goal for Henrik Pedersen in the 32nd minute then took a grip on the game to help Wanderers overcome an uncertain start to give their survival hopes a major boost.

Once Ivan Campo had given Wanderers the cushion of a two-goal lead, heading home Youri Djorkaeff's corner for his second of the season in the 52nd minute, Okocha turned the game into a one-man ball-juggling display.

Wanderers: Jaaskelainen; N'Gotty, Bergsson, Laville, Gardner; Frandsen, Campo, Okocha; Mendy, Pedersen, Djorkaeff. Subs: Facey for Pedersen (76 mins), Nolan for Okocha (88 mins) Johnson for Djorkaeff (90 mins). Not used: Barness, Poole.

Manchester City: Schmeichel; Sommeil, Dunne, Wiekens; Wright-Phillips, Barton, Horlock, Berkovic, Distin; Fowler, Anelka. Subs: Jordan for Horlock (69 mins), Benarbia for Wiekens (69 mins), Macken for Fowler (69 mins). Not used: Goater, Nash.

Referee: Clive Wilkes.

Attendance: 26,919.

Chief Soccer Writer Gordon Sharrock filed these reports with pre-match team news, half-time report and full-time match report from the stadium.

Reaction and reports from Saturday's match will appear on Monday.

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