The family of a man beaten to death in the street paid tribute to him after his killers were jailed for life.
Aiden Matthews, 31, and Joseph Stott, 34, were both found guilty of murdering 23-year-old David Allan in Wythenshawe.
Matthews attacked Mr Allan with a metal torch, while Stott kicked him as he lay on the ground, before they left him to die.
Off duty medics tried to save Mr Allan following the brutal, broad daylight attack before 6pm on June 4, but he died the following day.
Mr Allan had been walking to buy food from Tesco when he knocked a boy off his bike, who had been cycling close to him.
The boy's mother told Matthews, who pursued Mr Allan.
An altercation broke out, where punches were exchanged between the pair.
Matthews then returned home, where he recruited Stott and the pair went to find Mr Allan.
Fuelled by revenge, Matthews and Stott launched a joint attack.
Now the pair have both received life sentences, with minimum terms of 18 and 16 years for Matthews and Stott respectively.
After the hearing, Mr Allan's parents and sister spoke to the M.E.N.
Mr Allan's sister Grace said: "We are glad they were found guilty but there isn't really a sentence that is good enough, because ultimately nothing is going to bring him back.
"It doesn't make losing him easier. I am just glad that they are accountable."
Mr Allan's mother Marzena said the first she heard something had happened was when the police knocked on her front door.
"To start with, I didn't realise how serious it was.
"It is the last thing I would have expected, for someone to go to the shop, just eight minutes from home, and not return, in broad daylight.
"I don't think I will ever come to terms with it."
Mr Allan's father Andrew described his son as 'something of an all rounder', saying he was equally at home with his studies and playing sport.
Mr Allan graduated with a degree in geography from Plymouth University, and was also a keen hockey player and taught fencing to children.
He had ambitions of becoming a quantity surveyor, and had worked part time at McDonald's and more recently at WHSmith at the Manchester Royal Infirmary during the pandemic.
"One of the things his colleagues all commented on was his smile," his father said.
"We had a lot of people saying that they appreciated his smile and how friendly he was."
