Dzeko's relief after first Premier League goal

Edin Dzeko expressed his relief after breaking his Barclays Premier League goal duck to earn Manchester City a hard-fought victory against Blackburn.

The Bosnian fired home the only goal of the game in the 75th minute, just three minutes after emerging from the substitutes' bench.

And he told Sky Sports 1: "I'm very happy that this goal helped my team to win the game.

"Sometimes it's difficult, I'm not the first who didn't make the best start but I'm happy because I scored today and helped the team."

Dzeko's drought has been focused on parallel with that of Chelsea's £50million man Fernando Torres, who opened his Blues account against West Ham on Saturday.

And Dzeko said: "It's football, Torres scored a lot of goals at Liverpool and changed club, I'm happy for him too because I know what the pressure is.

"Now we have to look at the future - today was very good, it is a new beginning for me and for City."