Source: Daily_Mail
Carlos flies high again: Tevez hat-trick fires City into the top four
Three's a jolly good fellow: Carlos Tevez[LNB]Roberto Mancini last night saw Carlos Tevez send Manchester City into the top four of the Barclays Premier League and then revealed he tried to sign him three years ago.[LNB] Tevez scored a hat-trick at Eastlands as City crushed a woeful Blackburn side 4-1 to edge above Tottenham into fourth place. [LNB]City's Argentina striker has scored 15 goals since moving from Manchester United in the summer and is currently on a sensational run of 11 in nine games. [LNB]Last night Mancini paid tribute to Tevez and then revealed he tried to buy him when he was manager of Inter Milan in Italy. [LNB]Mancini said: 'I used to watch Tevez on the television and I always thought he was a great player. [LNB]'I was very interested in signing him but it was impossible as he was playing for Manchester United.[LNB] 'He has played very well for me and it's great that he scored three goals tonight. [LNB]'I wish the Premier League season would end today with us in this position but we can't really afford to look at the table at this moment. We will look at the table in two months.' [LNB] Opener: Carlos Tevez scores Manchester City's first goal on Monday night[LNB]Last night's victory means that Mancini has won each of the four gameshis team have played since he took over as manager from Mark Hughesjust before Christmas.[LNB]The Italian will rarely enjoy a more comfortable evening against a Blackburn team who seemed to have one eye at least on Thursday night's Carling Cup semi-final first leg against Aston Villa. [LNB] The only negative for Mancini was that his team conceded the first goal of his reign, and he said: 'It was a gift because we lost concentration for 10 minutes. I wasn't very happy.' [LNB]Mancini last night revealed that City striker Emmanuel Adebayor will be given as much time as he needs to recover mentally from the atrocities he has witnessed with the Togo squad at the Africa Cup of Nations.[LNB] Manchester City 4 Blackburn 1: Don't look now Sir Alex... Manchester United old boy Carlos Tevez fires City into title race Chelsea lead Arsenal and Manchester City in chase for Racing Santander's Spanish starlet Sergio CanalesVeron sensation: United flop claims to have snubbed Manchester City MANCHESTER CITY FC
