Angry Mancini wants Tevez back at City

MANCHESTER, England: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has ordered Carlos Tevez to return from Argentina, where he has been on compassionate leave, after the forward ignored repeated requests to give the club a date for his expected return.

City missed the Argentine striker as they drew 0-0 with Liverpool at Eastlands on Sunday and Togo international Emmanuel Adebayor is now Mancini's only fully match-fit senior striker.

Tevez has been in his homeland for over a week since his girlfriend gave birth to a child one month prematurely and has ignored repeated questions from City management about his return date.