Bolton 2-3 Manchester City

Carlos Tevez returned to Manchester City colours but Roberto Mancini’s side showed they no longer need to rely on the Argentinian for goals with a fluent display in beating Bolton to go top of the fledgling Barclays Premier League table.

By the time the wantaway Argentinian came on as a second-half substitute, City had scored three times through first-half goals from David Silva, with a shot Jussi Jaaskelainen should certainly have saved, and Gareth Barry, and another right at the start of the second half from Edin Dzeko.

The only negative for Mancini was that City allowed Bolton to stay in the game, Ivan Klasnic reducing the deficit just after Barry’s superb strike and Kevin Davies netting the final goal of the game in the 62nd minute.