Welcome to Eastlands, Fergie!

CARLOS TEVEZ was blithely unaware his departure from Old Trafford in the summer would lead to such extensive inquests into why he was allowed to leave and how much of a contributing factor it would be in the decline of Manchester United.

He can effectively finish Alex Ferguson’s Premier League title aspirations in the derby at Eastlands next weekend and the noisy neighbours are in boisterous mood.

A day that started well for City supporters with United’s title challenge suffering at Ewood Park ended in euphoric mood thanks to the double act of Tevez and Emmanuel Adebayor, who shared four goals to strengthen Mancini’s grip on the final Champions League qualifying place and the Italian believes Liverpool are no longer contenders. “It is probably between us and Spurs now,” he said.