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Citizens show delights Hughes

06 Dec 2009 - 12:50:52

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Manchester City boss Mark Hughes hailed his side's display in their 2-1 victory over Premier League leaders Chelsea at the City of Manchester Stadium.

Goals from Emmanuel Adebayor and Carlos Tevez gave City the points and moved them up to sixth place in the table, with Hughes having nothing but good things to say about his side.

He told the club's official website: "It was a great day, a fantastic performance by the guys.

"We've been right on the money in the last few games, but we showed that you have to put a huge effort in to turn good performances into winning performances

"Each and every player worked exceptionally hard to make sure we won the game."

Hughes' delight was tempered by both Wayne Bridge and Micah Richards suffering knee injuries which could see them ruled out for a couple of weeks.

He added: "Wayne has opened up his medial ligaments, it could be a couple of weeks for him and we hope it's nothing more serious.

"Micah gets discomfort in his knee on occasions, his cartilage can nip him at times.

"If he twists his knee in a certain direction it compromises him, so if that happens he has to come off. Hopefully it will settle down."