Mark Hughes was replaced by Mancini at Eastlands after City's 4-3 win over Sunderland - but the former Inter Milan coach has made a dream start to his tenure, first beating Stoke 2-0 and now Mick McCarthy's men at Molineux. Wolves bossed the first half an hour in Monday evening's Premier League showdown, but only had Kevin Doyle's 20-yard shot to show for their domination of the early proceedings. City seemed uncomfortable playing a 4-3-3 formation, and after Mancini switched to a 4-4-2 with Tevez and Craig Bellamy up front, the Argentinian crossed brilliantly for the Welshman on 30 minutes only to see his strike partner steer a shot narrowly over from five yards out. Three minutes later, Bellamy returned the compliment with a cross from the left flank to Tevez, whose scuffed shot deflected off Christophe Berra to wrongfoot home goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann and roll into the net. The unlucky Berra had to go off minutes before the break after landing awkwardly on his head following a huge leap, and he was replaced for the second half by Richard Stearman. It was end to end stuff immediately after the interval, with Bellamy latching onto Martin Petrov's throughball and stabbing his shot narrowly wide before Chris Iwelumo nearly finished off a flowing move in fine style, only to see his delicate dink sail inches over the crossbar. Garrido came on for Stephen Ireland to protect City's lead, but he ended up adding to it on 69 minutes, when he curled a sublime left-footed free-kick around the wall from 25 yards to make it 2-0. Kevin Doyle tested Shay Given with a close-range strike, but Tevez put the icing on the cake four minutes from time when he collected a cross from sub Robinho and steered a left-footed strike into the bottom corner. The win saw City move level on points with fifth-placed Aston Villa, while Wolves remain down in 15th place, just two points above the relegation zone.
