JAMES: One smart stop in the second half but otherwise gainfully employed organising defence 6

ONUOHA: Looked completely out of sorts 5

JORDAN: Never lets the Blues down 6

DISTIN: Some ironic cheers greeted him shielding ball out of play 6

DUNNE: Might have scored late on but mis-directed header 6

SINCLAIR: Not quite as effective as he has been in recent games and spurned one glorious first-half chance 6

BARTON: Only one in first half that looked ready for the battle 7

SUN: Looks far better at right back than left wing 6

IRELAND: Took an awful long time to get a foothold but when he did he exposed tired visiting limbs 6

FOWLER: Class is permanent 7

SIBIERSKI: Battled hard but perhaps not fully fit 6

Substitutes

CROFT (Onuoha 46): Changed the game when he came on introducing some pace and guile 7

WRIGHT-PHILLIPS (Sibierski 69): Did reasonably well but sometimes blinkered on runs 6

Not used: De Vlieger, Sommeil and Cole

SCUNTHORPE: Evans, Crosby, Hinds, Bryne (Sparrow 62), Baraclough, Beagrie (Torpey 62), Taylor (Goodwin 72), Keogh, Sharp, Mackenzie, Rose. Not used: Musselwhite, Butler.

GOALS: City: Fowler (48, 57, 64 pen); Scunthorpe: Keogh (17)

BOOKINGS: Scunthorpe: Crosby (45)

ATTENDANCE: 27,779

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