By Chris Wright

A lovely little souvenir was waiting for Carlos Tevez when he returned home to Alderley Edge after being formally served with his suspension at Carrington this morning a little reminder of his current standing with the City faithful, y'know, just in case it'd slipped his mind.

Quite interesting comparisons being made ahead of Man United's match against Benfica tonight in the Champions League with Benfica coach Jorge Jesus claiming that Wayne Rooney is more Brazilian or Argentinian than English.

An interesting point, Rooney perhaps does play with the ability that often comes with Brazilians and Argentinians; he's not dissimilar from the likes of Carlos Tevez in the way he's stocky, powerful and a great goalscorer.

By JOHN BOSCHINI

Ashley Young spared Manchester United an embarrassing result with a goal in injury time as the defending Premier League champions squandered a two-goal lead over FC Basel and were forced to settle for a 3-3 draw in UEFA Champions League play at Old Trafford.

After a summer of transfer rumors about where will Carlos Tevez be playing this season, nobody was willing to pay City's price for their former captain, and it appeared that Tevez was happy to be returning to Manchester.

But in Munich tonight, the Carlos Tevez's relationship with Manchester City hit a low point as Tevez refused to go into the game as a second half substitute.

Exit stage right. The news coming out of Manchester City's 0-2 loss to Bayern Munich is explosive. Evidently, Carlos Tevez refused to come on as a substitute. As a result, Roberto Mancini tells the post-match press conference that Carlos Tevez will "never, never play for City again". In addition, it's also being reported on Twitter that Dzeko will also be benched.

Exit stage right. The news coming out of Manchester City's 0-2 loss to Bayern Munich is explosive. Evidently, Carlos Tevez refused to come on as a substitute. As a result, Roberto Mancini tells the post-match press conference that Carlos Tevez will "never, never play for City again". In addition, it's also being reported on Twitter that Dzeko will also be benched.

'The bench was nearer to my kids': Carlos Tevez's top 10 excuses

So Carlos Tevez now says it was all a misunderstanding and he did not refuse to play at Bayern last night. No word yet on how the misunderstanding occurred... but here are our Twitter Army's suggestions at some excuses he might come up with.

Following Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini declaring Carlos Tevez is finished with the club after refusing to play in last nights 2-0 defeat to Bayern Munich, Carlos Tevez hit back through an interpreter saying he never refused to play for the club.

Following Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini declaring Carlos Tevez is finished with the club after refusing to play in last nights 2-0 defeat to Bayern Munich, Carlos Tevez hit back through an interpreter saying he never refused to play for the club.

Carlos Tevez created quite the sideshow during Manchester City's UEFA Champions League loss to Bayern Munich on Tuesday after refusing to enter the match as a substitute.

After acknowledging that he wouldn't go into the match, the Argentine striker is now backtracking a bit with his latest public comments.

What are the odds Carlos Tevez never starts another game for Manchester City? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

What a nightmare in Munich for Manchester City – Carlos Tevez went on strike and Gareth Barry a go-slow. After his Munich mutiny, Tevez was reportedly viciously abused on his return to Manchester Airport.

Manchester City have suspended Carlos Tevez after it was alleged he refused to appear as a substitute in the 2-0 defeat by Bayern Munich.

Tevez who said the dispute was a "misunderstanding", is suspended until further notice for a maximum of two weeks while the club investigate.

A statement on the Man City web site said:

"Manchester City can confirm that striker Carlos Tevez has been suspended until further notice for a maximum period of two weeks.

Manchester City's eventful week went from bad to worse when the club confirmed that Carlos Tevez has been suspended until his alleged refusal to come on as a substitute against Bayern Munich is fully reviewed.

The joint Barclays Premier League leaders suffered a humbling 2-0 defeat at the Allianz Arena as German international striker Mario Gomez once again proved his mettle.

The Carlos Tevez debacle seems to be taking new dimensions with every passing hour. It is now emerging that the Argentine could be sacked and even sued after his disrespectful and historic actions on Tuesday night.

According to Tevez, the whole issue was a misunderstanding and has been blown way out of proportion.

The Carlos Tevez debacle seems to be taking new dimensions with every passing hour. It is now emerging that the Argentine could be sacked and even sued after his disrespectful and historic actions on Tuesday night.

According to Tevez, the whole issue was a misunderstanding and has been blown way out of proportion.

A corker from Champagne Charlie If you thought you knew the reasons for Carlos Tevez's fallout with Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini, think again. You only know half the story. Here's Sky Sports pundit Charlie Nicholas to fill you in on the finer details. Spotted on Pies

Everyone from your local deli guy to the empanada aunties are rolling over themselves screaming "WHAT IN THE WORLD is happening to Carlitos Tevez", "Yo creía en él!!!" etc etc. And he struck again appearing with a teddy-bear golf-bag ensemble yesterday.

Why do I think this could spell the end to Manchester City rise. According to the Daily Mail Manchester City players are going to claim they 'didn't hear' Carlos Tevez's refusal to play in the Champions League. This is starting to sound like it could turn into a circus.

By Andy Brunning

Now that deadline day's out the way, it's time to take a look at who's feeling smugly self-satisfied about the whole affair and who spent the small hours of last night crying into their pillow at the injustice of it all. Here, in no particular order, are the four biggest winners and losers to emerge from yesterday's dealings.

04.09.2011 - Vino (a Argentina) por unos días a presentar su marca de ropa, Tévez32, y dejó declaraciones altisonantes, un arte que el Apache viene afinando en el tiempo proporcionalmente a su erosión de imagen.
"Una sola exageración puede derribar un sólido castillo de acciones y argumentaciones" (1).

Now that the transfer window has finally closed, there are mixed emotions all around. Some of us are delighted that our football clubs were able to go out there and take care of business. Some others, meanwhile, are not too happy with what their teams did at all.

Then, there are those who are simply relieved that the center of attention for the next few months will be the football on the field and not the transfer activity happening behind closed doors.

By Chris Wright

In an interview with The People, Carlos Tevez has admitted he was so depressed over the summer that he developed a bit of a binge-eating 'crisis' a weighty problem that presumably entailed no small amount of barbecued steak:

"I'm not the shit that they say I am.

by David Yaffe-Bellany

In many ways, this goal is quintessential Manchester United. The youth of the scorer, the lateness of the hour and the nature of the comeback all emblematic of United under Ferguson's stewardship. Aspects of a period of success, tied neatly together in one moment of startling poignancy.

by David Yaffe-Bellany

In many ways, this goal is quintessential Manchester United. The youth of the scorer, the lateness of the hour and the nature of the comeback all emblematic of United under Ferguson's stewardship. Aspects of a period of success, tied neatly together in one moment of startling poignancy.

Carlos Tevez: I went into rehab for depression and eating binge Sport People.co.uk.

Carlos Tevez just can't seem to keep himself out of the media these days and news of his "binge eating" dilemma is just one more addition to the chaos surrounding his life at the moment.

No longer a first choice at The Etihad Stadium, the Argentine striker is desperate to gain favor with manager Roberto Mancini, with whom he has had a running battle of disagreements with since the Italian took the managers job.

Carlos Tevez: I went into rehab for depression and eating binge Sport People.co.uk.

Carlos Tevez just can't seem to keep himself out of the media these days and news of his "binge eating" dilemma is just one more addition to the chaos surrounding his life at the moment.

No longer a first choice at The Etihad Stadium, the Argentine striker is desperate to gain favor with manager Roberto Mancini, with whom he has had a running battle of disagreements with since the Italian took the managers job.

At least implied by Soccerway's use of photo and quotations.

What exactly was he eating? A Jogi Loew special?

A laudably cheeky photo selection if ever there was one.

Liverpool lip-service shows Everton signing is no Carlos Tevez and no mug either

Everton's Argentinian loan-signing Denis Stracqualursi has attempted to quell any fears that he is a home-sick carbon copy of his compatriot Carlos Tevez. "I know all about Tevez's problems in Manchester but I don't think I'll have them here," he said.

Liverpool are down 1-0 at the fortress known as Britannia Stadium, as a penalty converted by Jonathan Walters has handed Stoke City a 1-0 lead heading into half-time.

Reds vice-captain Jamie Carragher was whistled for fouling Walters and the 27-year old Potters winger made no mistake in confidently smashing his spot-kick in the upper center of the goal.

Sergio Aguero struck an impressive hat-trick to lead Manchester City to the top of the Barclays Premier League table, where cross-town rivals Manchester United could join them with a win over Bolton in this evening's late kick-off.

Aguero opened the scoring early against Wigan at Etihad Stadium and added two second half goals within a six-minute time span after compatriot Carlos Tevez had missed a penalty won by David Silva.

Two Manchester team, Manchester United and Manchester City, continues their fine form in the early part of this new season as both once again picked convincing victories, with their star players, Wayne Rooney and Sergio Aguero each getting hattrick this weekend, adding the similarities the two clubs already had.

By Alan Duffy

Manchester City 3-0 Wigan Athletic Premier League September 10 2011

The red half of Manchester can't ignore their noisy neighbours anymore after a Sergio (I won't call him Kun because I don't know him personally and it therefore sounds silly) Aguero-inspired City galloped to an easy 3-0 win against a visiting Wigan side.

By Chris Wright

Pies says: At a low ebb, Carlos' binge-eating crisis takes a turn for the worse.

You say?

Champions League Preview: Manchester Plots European Domination - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Manchester City get the chance to finally definitively emerge from the shadow of their cross-town Red rivals as this year's UEFA Champions League commences. They'll do so with a team which, while not having ever competed in the the Champions' League as a unit, possesses a significant amount of top-flight continental experience.

These are exciting times to be supporters of either Manchester United or Manchester City. The two Manchester clubs are currently slugging it out at the top of the Premiership. Whatever City can do with their expensively assembled superstars, United are outdoing them with their expensively acquired youngsters!

It was another packed weekend in which Argentines around the world had a big say in footballing matters, so here's another dose of Argentines Abroad. Sergio Agüero hit a hat-trick for Manchester City, Fernando Belluschi for Porto and Javier Pastore ... Continue reading →

A bit of news as we head into another weekend of Premier League action... Carlos Tevez, unfortunately, doesn't read our blog. It's been confirmed that he doesn't read, well, at all. Tevez failed to reply to a speeding ticket sent ... Continue reading →

Let me take you back to November 4th 2010. Napoli played Liverpool at Anfield. Napoli were 1-0 ahead thanks to an Ezequiel Lavezzi goal after 28 minutes and remained ahead with 15 minutes to play. Napoli fell apart to lose 3-1. The Partenopei could not cope with the Premier League sides ability to increasing the intensity as they sought to level and eventually win the game.

Manchester City have revealed plans for an 80-acre training centre in the shadow of their Eastlands Stadium.
The Blues, riding high in second place in the Premier League, are looking to consolidate their arrival in soccer's rich list, a new era begun when the Abu Dhabi United investment group purchased them three years ago.

By Chris Wright

Image: @MCFC