City's forgotten men make case to Mancini

DUBLIN (AFP) - Shaun Wright-Phillips and Adam Johnson gave Roberto Mancini a reminder of their qualities as Manchester City eased to a 3-0 victory over an Irish Select XI in the Dublin Super Cup on Saturday.

Wright-Phillips and Johnson are both in danger of being relegated to bit-part roles in Mancini's squad as the Italian embarks on a pre-season spending spree that has already seen Argentina forward Sergio Aguero arrive at Eastlands in a £38 million deal.

It is believed Mancini would listen to offers for former Chelsea winger Wright-Phillips, while England wide-man Johnson has had a tricky relationship with the City chief, who believes he hasn't always been completely focused on his job.

With their City futures in doubt, both would have been relieved to get on the scoresheet in the pre-season tournament Dublin's Aviva Stadium.

Aguero arrived at City too late in the week to feature in Ireland, while unsettled captain Carlos Tevez isn't due back until next week after Copa America duty with Argentina.

Even without them City moved ahead in the 53rd minute when Wright-Phillips converted Gareth Barry's pass and Johnson netted soon after with a fine finish from Stefan Savic's pass.

That assist was the highlight of a solid display from Savic, a Montenegro defender signed for £6 million in the close-season.

Trialist Luca Scapuzzi added a third in the latter stages as City's under-strength team completed an emphatic win.

In the day's second game, Inter Milan beat Celtic 2-0 despite playing over half the match with 10 men.

Inter took the lead in the seventh minute as Goran Pandev slotted a pass through to Dutch forward Luc Castaignos, who gave Celtic goalkeeper Lukasz Zaluska no chance at his near post.

The Italians were forced to make an early change when Japanese defender Yuto Nagatomo suffered a shoulder injury in an increasingly ill-tempered fixture.

Inter had Motta and Dejan Stankovic booked, with Pandev lucky not to be yellow-carded too after lashing out at Beram Kayal.

Thiago Motta was then sent off for a nasty challenge on Scott Brown, but Inter's 10-men scored again just before half-time.

Giampaolo Pazzini out-paced the Celtic defence to reach a long pass before Zaluska and he slotted home in style

Celtic play the Irish XI on Sunday and Inter face City.