Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says Carlos Tevez must wait his chance to get back into the team. Tevez, who missed a penalty against Wigan last Saturday, was back on the bench for the midweek Champions League game against Napoli. Mancini insists that Tevez, who failed to secure a summer move away from the club, must accept the situation. "In this moment there are players that are better than him but Carlos is here training," he said. "Carlos will have a chance to play. I don't know if he is happy but every player that can't play is not happy. This is normal. "He will have his moment." The form of fellow strikers Edin Dzeko and Sergio Aguero, who have scored six league goals apiece so far this season, mean that the 27-year-old Argentina international's chances have been limited, while Mario Balotelli has also played just one league game. But Mancini believes his free-scoring side still need to be more ruthless in front of goal than neighbours and arch-rivals Manchester United, who have scored 18 goals - three more than City - in their first four Premier League games. When City underlined their title credentials with a 5-1 win at Tottenham last month, United bettered them with a 8-2 victory over Arsenal. Mancini's men impressed again by beating Wigan 3-0 last week, only for United to hammer Bolton 5-0. The Italian said: "Man United are a top team - they have been used to winning for a long time. They have strong players. "When they played against Arsenal, when they scored two or three goals, they continued trying to score. "We need to have this mentality. If we have a game like Tottenham where we can score, we need to continue to try to play." http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14951350.stm
Tevez has been a naughty boy, and the one thing that multi-billionaire Arab owners don't like is to be made to look like monkeys by jumped-up Maradona wannabes. They will have told Mancini to make sure that Tevez is taught a lesson for the whole of the world to see. He'll play when he's told, and he'll do what he's told, when he's told. Surely, that's got to be a good thing for City supporters?
I agree he needed to be taught a lesson and has been on the bench but he is the better player of the two and his head must be in a better place now his family has moved here, its now time to give him another chance.
I don't see how RM can change the front 2 for the game against Fulham tomorrow. However I wouldn't be surprised if both Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli start the game on Wednesday against Birmingham City in the Carling Cup, along with a lot of other changes to give the players on the fringe some game time.
