Tévez not a supersub

Eddie N plays down reports he's going to make a habit of bench warming at City:

“That was a case of people making something out of the fact that we had gone to Liverpool with a game plan, and because he made such an impact coming on he was handed a label that was completely wrong,” the coach said.

“Because of the size of squad we have, and the players we have, there will be times when the boss has to leave certain individuals out or play a different system.

“We are very flexible with what we can do, and the boss will use that, but to label Carlos as an impact sub is completely wrong.”

I'm sure Carlos will start on Saturday as we switch back to 4-2-4. And rightly so. But after our success at Anfield it will be interesting to see if we adopt the same approach in the much harder game at White Hart Lane next month.