City slickers stay in the hunt

IF Manchester City are to go on to cement fourth position and a place in the Champions League, the role of Carlos Tevez should not be underestimated.

This west London encounter should have been out of Fulham’s reach by half-time, following strikes from Roque Santa Cruz and the magnificent Argentine.

Yet rather than push on after the break, City took their foot off the pedal, and by full-time Fulham felt hard done by that they had not followed up that tremendous win over Juventus with another impressive comeback.