Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini will accept Carlos Tevez’s apology and the Argentinian could be back in action in “two or three weeks”.

Ivory Coast set up a final showdown with Zambia after Gervinho’s solo goal saw them past Mali in Libreville last night.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini rang the changes at Sunderland as his side attempted to establish a three-point lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League.

Striker Mario Balotelli returned as Barclays Premier League leaders Manchester City made four changes at West Brom this afternoon.

Former Arsenal players Samir Nasri and Kolo Toure will start for Manchester City as the pair look to get back to winning ways against their old club this afternoon.

Frank Lampard failed to earn a recall but Mario Balotelli did in tonight’s crunch Barclays Premier League clash between Chelsea and Manchester City.

MANCHESTER CITY may be riding high in the Premier League but their Champions League hopes are out of their hands after Roberto Mancini’s side crashed to a 2-1 defeat to Napoli last night.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini made four changes for tonight’s crucial Champions League Group A clash at Napoli’s intimidating Stadio San Paolo.

YAYA TOURE struck twice as Manchester City enhanced their hopes of Champions League progress with a convincing win at Villarreal last night.

Mario Balotelli returned to the Manchester City side for this afternoon’s eagerly-anticipated derby at Manchester United.

ON the day that Manchester rockers — the Stone Roses re-formed and vowed to ‘take the world by storm’, Manchester City’s hopes of doing exactly that were transformed by a dramatic last-minute Sergio Aguero goal against Villarreal in the Champions League.

Roberto Mancini gave the Manchester City team that threw away a two-goal lead at Fulham last week a chance to redeem themselves against Everton this lunchtime.

THE ghosts of the past did their best to play tricks on Manchester City as they renewed their acquaintance with the European Cup last night but Roberto Mancini declared himself happy with their Champions League debut and promised better to come.

Manchester City v Napoli

Luka Modric made his first appearance of the season as Tottenham set about the difficult task of registering their first league win of the season against Manchester City at White Hart Lane.

YOU would think, considering his side are top of the Premier League, Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini would have plenty to smile about at the Reebok Stadium last night.

MANCHESTER CITY manager Roberto Mancini issued a chilling warning to the rest of the Premier League last night by stating Sergio Aguero will not be at his best for another “two to three weeks”.

Roberto Mancini has made three changes to his victorious FA Cup final line-up as Manchester City looked to leap into an automatic Champions League spot by confirming their superiority over Wembley opponents Stoke.

Carlos Tevez has been named on the bench as Manchester City take on Tottenham at Eastlands tonight knowing victory will secure a place in next season’s Champions League.

EDIN DZEKO grabbed the winner for Manchester City with his first goal at the 10th attempt in the Barclays Premier League last night.

Controversial striker Mario Balotelli has been recalled to the Manchester City team for the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish handed a first-team debut to 18-year-old defender John Flanagan for Manchester City’s visit to Anfield.

Manchester City v Dynamo Kiev

MANCHESTER CITY will need to display all their attacking strength next week if they are to remain in the Europa League.

MANCHESTER CITY are just a home win over Reading away from their first FA Cup semi-final since 1981 after a thumping victory over Aston Villa last night.

EDIN DZEKO believes he still has room for improvement despite scoring twice for Manchester City as they reached the last 16 of the Europa League with a 3-0 win over Aris Salonika last night.

MANCHESTER CITY manager Roberto Mancini was pleased with the way his side stuck to their task and came through a difficult first half-hour against Notts County to finally book their place in the FA Cup fifth round.

Aris Salonika v Manchester City

Big-money striking duo Dimitar Berbatov and Edin Dzeko could do no better than a place on the bench for this afternoon’s Manchester derby.

Arsenal named an unchanged side for tonight’s Barclays Premier League clash against title rivals Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has left £24m striker Mario Balotelli on the bench for this afternoon’s Premier League trip to Newcastle.

Carlos Tevez committed himself to Manchester City and was handed the captain’s armband by manager Roberto Mancini for tonight’s encounter with Everton at Eastlands.

Barclays Premier League strugglers West Ham made four changes for the visit of high-flying Manchester City.

Fulham v Manchester City

Manchester City's Adam Johnson has been recalled to the Manchester City line-up for this afternoon’s visit of Birmingham.

Carlos Tevez was passed fit to face former club Manchester United tonight as City looked to secure victory in the first derby clash of the season at Eastlands.

Manchester City were boosted by the return of captain Carlos Tevez for this afternoon’s Barclays Premier League clash with West Brom at the Hawthorns.

Wolves skipper Karl Henry returns after a three-game ban for their Barclays Premier League clash with Manchester City.

EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR made a compelling case for a start against his former club Arsenal on Sunday by firing Manchester City to a Europa League victory with his first Blues hat-trick.

MANCHESTER CITY survived a late scare to collect a point from their high-profile Europa League clash with Juventus last night.

Roberto Mancini placed his faith in 19-year-old defender Dedryck Boyata to stand firm in Manchester City’s defence against Premier League leaders Chelsea at Eastlands.