Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has revealed Carlos Tevez refused to come on as a substitute during the club's 2-0 loss to Bayern Munich. The Italian appears to have lost his patience with the Argentine striker.
In his post-match press conference, Mancini’s comments all but spelt the end for Tevez and his time in Manchester as the coach seems to have finally lost all patience for the striker, who stated his desire to leave the club during the summer.
"He is finished for me. If I had my way he’d be out of the club,” Mancini said.
Tevez, who has only managed one Premier League start so far this term for City and was disappointed at not starting the Champions League tie at the Allianz Arena, refused to enter the game with his team down two goals.
"I brought De Jong on for Dzeko because I wanted to calm everything down for five minutes, not concede a third goal and then afterwards put Carlos Tevez on the pitch," Mancini told SkySports after the game. “Then he refused to go in, he refused to come onto the pitch. For me it’s a bad situation because it is impossible for a player to refuse to play and help the team."
Mancini said he "cannot accept" this kind of behavior from one of his players.
“Tonight, in this game, we had a problem. Before we never had a problem. We started the season very well. All the players played but I can’t accept that one player refuses to go in," Mancini said.
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