"They have been ridiculed for doing formulaic rock'n'roll, but one of the things that people forget is that they are giving a huge subset of fans out there exactly what they want, " says Ben Paynter, a contributing writer at Bloomberg Business Week, who recently profiled the band.

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City bombarded the QPR penalty area and in stoppage time Edin Dzeko headed home to give their fans hope, before Sergio Aguero scored a stunning individual winner in a finale that no script writer would have dared pen.

CNN: May 14, 2012 -- Updated 1520 GMT (2320 HKT)