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19th January 09 - Man City 2-1 Manchester United
Manchester City came from a goal behind to beat there bitter rivals 2-1 in the first leg of the Carling Cup semi final. Ryan Giggs gave United the lead after 17 minutes in front of a full house at Eastland's. But it was the former red devil Carlos Tevez that was the star of the show. He riffled home a penalty given away by Rafael for holding back Craig Bellamy, which started outside the box and should of been a free kick. In the second half Craig Bellamy's corner was punched away by Van Der Sar and flicked back in by Vincent Kompany for Tevez to head home. City take a slender advantage into the second leg and it's still all to play for.
12th January 09 - Man City 4-1 Blackburn Rovers
Carlos Tevez continued his rich vein of form with a hat trick at home to Blackburn Rovers. Tevez has now scored 15 goals since his move to Eastlands that started slow due to a foot injury. Fergie must be kicking himself as Carlos now has one more than United's leading scorer Rooney.
City played some brilliant football that included Micah Richards full length run of the pitch, playing in Benjani who hit the post before Richards finished what he started. Video of the goals below.
29th December 09 - Wolves 0-3 Man City
Roberto Mancini racked up his second successive win in charge of Manchester City with a 3-0 victory at Wolves. Carlos Tevez continued his fine form scoring two goals either side of Javier Garrido's effort. The result leaves City just 2 points behind 4th placed Tottenham with a game in hand as the race for Champions League places hots up.
3rd December 09 - Man City 3-0 Arsenal
Manchester City booked there place in the Carling Cup Semi Final with an impressive 3-0 victory over the gunners. Carlos Tevez opened the scoring on 50 minutes with a stunning strike. Shaun Wright-Phillips then extended the lead on 69 minutes with a rocket. Vladimir Weiss rounded off the win after some excellent work down the left wing by Craig Bellamy. City have now booked there place in the semi's against local rivals Man Utd, there first semi final appearance in 28 years. They are now just 270 minutes away from ending there 33 year trophy drought.
28th November 09 - Man City 1-1 Hull City
Manchester City will see this as an opportunity lost after other big four pretenders Aston Villa and Tottenham drew. The seventh successive draw in the league for City who took the lead through Shaun Wright-Phillips on the stroke of half time. Carlos Tevez played the ball to Shaun whose deflected shot beat Matt Duke to make it 1-0. The Citizens inability to close a game out was evident again when Kolo Toure pulled down Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. Jimmy Bullard stepped up to take the penalty and smashed it home.
23rd November 09 - Liverpool 2-2 Man City
Man City took a point from Anfield as Carlos Tevez started the game on the bench. It was the sixth straight league draw for the citizens as they failed again to find the balance between attacking and keeping the defense tight at the back.
Manchester City went behind after Martin Skrtel nipped in front of Emmanual Adebayor and toe-poked home Steven Gerrard's free kick on 50 minutes. Mark Hughes decided to unleash Tevez from the bench replacing Barry on the hour mark. Craig Bellamy whipped in a corner that found Adebayor in plenty of space who directed his header downwards bouncing over Pepe Reina into the top right hand corner on 69 minutes.
Man City then took the lead after some neat work between Tevez and Wright-Phillips down the left put in Stephen Ireland 8 yards out to tap it past Reina after 76 minutes. City should of seen the game out but just 76 seconds later a lapse in defense gave Benayoun the equaliser. Lucas had a chance to win the game for Liverpool but couldn't direct his header on target in the dying seconds of the match.
18th November 09 - Tevez targets World Cup glory
Carlos Tevez remains upbeat about his teams chances of lifting the World Cup next summer despite Argentina losing to Spain
last weekend. The Argie's go into the tournament as one of the favourites and Tevez feels they can take a lot away from there performance against the European Champions.
He went on to say "We could have won, we played much better than at other times.
"Argentina are progressing and I'm sure we are going to arrive at the World Cup in good shape. The players have nothing to be jealous of Spain for."
19th October 09 - Wigan 1-1 Man City
Manchester City came from a goal down to draw away to Wigan, missing out on an opportunity to jump into the top four. Wigan took the lead on the stroke of half time through Charles N'Zogbia. The match was a disjointed affair with many stray passes and lapses in concentration contributing to a poor first half.
Carlos Tevez provided the equaliser running down the right wing before squaring a ball that Shaun Wright-Phillips dummied and Petrov tucked away into the bottom left hand corner on 46 minutes. Man City could of gone for the win had Zabaleta not been sent off in the 65th minute for a second bookable offense. Instead both sides will settle for a point.
28th September 09 - Man City 3-1 West Ham
Carlos Tevez scored two goals against his old club as Man City ran out 3-1 winners at Eastland's. City took the lead through Tevez after just 5 minutes before Carlton Cole drew the sides level after 24 minutes. Martin Petrov gave City the lead after 32 minutes and Tevez sealed the victory in the second half.
21st September 09 - Man Utd 4-3 Man City
Carlos Tevez was booed and jeered everytime he touched the ball on his return Old Trafford after a summer switch to the blue half of Manchester. Man United took the lead 3 times in the game only to be pegged back by a resilient City side. United's goals came from Rooney and 2 from Fletcher. City responded to each with goals from Barry and 2 from Bellamy. Then deep into injury time Michael Owen settled what Alex Ferguson described as the greatest derby match of all time.
13th August 09 - Tevez hoping to be fit for the opening day
Carlos Tevez was left out of Argentina's 3-2 win over Russia in a friendly due to a heel injury. Mark Hughes is doubtful of having the little Argentine fit for the trip to Ewood Park against Blackburn Rovers.
Carlos made his debut last week coming on as a 65th minute substitute and received a rapturous reception from the City fans. This was the first run out Tevez has had in pre season due to a persistent bruised heel. He will be hoping to return to action as soon as possible. Don't forget you can watch all the goals from Tevez right here at carlostevez.org.uk
14th July 09 - Tevez Unveiled At Press Conference
Manchester City have finalised the transfer of Carlos Tevez to the blue half of the city this afternoon. 'Apache' passed his medical and has signed a 5 year contract. Carlos will join up with his team mates for a pre season tour of South Africa having sealed a move that will see him playing regular football in a world cup year.
Tevez, speaking about his new club at the press conference, said "I'm very happy and excited to be here and I'd like to thank the fans. I can't wait to start working with my new team-mates.
"Money was not the most important thing about my move. I have a coach who wants me and a good fan-base and environment around me. I'm excited about working with Mark Hughes and building a good relationship with him.
"The coach and the owners of the Club made me understand the reality at Manchester City - it was a very important decision for me to make ... it is a bit of a strange sensation for me to be back again in Manchester.
"The objective is to win the League, that is what we have talked about and I'm here to make my contribution to the cause on a daily basis. I'm here to win things and I make that pledge now to my team-mates and our fans.
"I will give everything to help City become one of the biggest and most important clubs in England - and win some trophies. But it is very important to remember that I am just one more player to add to the strength of the squad, one more player working with the coach and my new team-mates to help us win trophies for City."
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