Manchester City sent a message to all those doubters that they are still there and they are still in the hunt for the Premiership title this season. King Carlos Tevez was the man of the moment as the birthday boy celebrated his 27th birthday with a hat trick to send City to within five points of rivals Manchester United.
City started well and had already hit the post when Aleksandar Kolorov burst into the area only to be hauled down by Steven Reid. After missing his previous two penalty attempts it was clear Tevez would place the ball. He did and duly scored to put the home team one up. From there it was West Brom who pressed and forced saves from a very concentrated Joe Hart. David Silva then set up Tevez for his second and didn’t have to wait too long for his third after Thomas handled in the area.
City were flowing and looked as if they had banished the demons of the last few games and if it wasn’t for Myhill City would have been more up by the break. Kolarov blasted a thunderbolt that rattled the crossbar and had Myhill check his fingers which he needed later to deny Silva when clean through.
The second half was a bit more cautious with City more concerned with not conceding a goal rather than increasing the lead although did create a good chance for Tevez to add his and City’s fourth but the birthday boy, possibly full of cake, blasted wastefully over.
At the end the City fans would go home happy, especially after hearing that rivals Arsenal had allowed a four goal lead slip to Newcastle which saw us gain two points on them. Later news came that Manchester United had been turned over by the bottom club Wolves to make next weeks derby came even more tasty than it was already, if that was even possible!
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