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1 min readPublished 12 Apr 2012, 15:06

Manchester City Football Club

Mancini & Hodgson Post Match Press Conferences [video]

The Etihad Stadium outfit gave Carlos Tevez his first start since the striker went AWOL, but it was countryman Sergio Aguero who opened the scoring after six minutes.

Three second half goals within the space of ten minutes ended the game as a competition, with Aguero, Tevez and David Silva all on target to complete the rout.

Roy Hodgson talks about the match…

Roberto Mancini dismissed title talk and insisted that his side just want to pick up as many points as possible.

And so does Roberto Mancini…

Manchester City has closed the gap on rivals Manchester United at the top of the Premier League to five points, after beating West Brom 4-0 on Wednesday night.