Manchester City 3-0 Stoke City: Tevez Hits Stunning Free Kick As Mancini’s Side Leapfrog Arsenal Into Automatic Champions League Spot

A show of sheer brilliance from Carlos Tevez piled extra pain on Stoke City as Manchester City tightened their hold on third place in the Premier League after a guaranteed and comfortable display at the City of Manchester Stadium on Tuesday.

Pending after the Sky Blues' triumph in the FA Cup on Saturday, Roberto Mancini's side set Stoke to the sword and make sure that their final home game of the period gave the followers more to have fun.

Tevez's two goals were two of his greatest this time and showed the class Mancini has at his removal. The opportunity of Tevez is still in doubt and after this; Mancini will be distracted to retain his captain.