Manchester City have fired manager Roberto Mancini after three years in charge and two trophies, the FA Cup in 2011 and the English Premier League title a year ago today. City did underachieve this year. The players did not seem to have, to use Mancini's word the same "mind" this year. There was some lack of spirit. City was a Peyton's Place the first two years, with Carlos Tevez refusing to come off the bench and demanding a transfer every other week to Mario Balotelli lighting his bathroom on fire. That is not the spirit you want but somehow Mancini made it work. This year Tevez behaved but didn't produce and Balotelli followed up a great season (on the pitch) with a spectacular performance for Italy in Euro 2012 only to disappear for City. Mancini finally sold him. It was as if loss of any emotional edge, however dysfunctional, meant loss of all edge on the pitch. Whatever it was Roberto Mancini recognized it but could not arrest it. I will always remember Roberto in one way, the way he was on May 15, 2012, when Kun Aguero scored to beat QPR, one of the most dramatic finishes in any sport at any time, ever: