{"id":409270,"date":"2011-04-30T06:49:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T06:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/30\/manchester-city-west-ham-united-preview-mancinis-men-continue-hunt-for-champions-league-place-without-tevez\/"},"modified":"2011-04-30T06:49:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T06:49:00","slug":"manchester-city-west-ham-united-preview-mancinis-men-continue-hunt-for-champions-league-place-without-tevez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/30\/manchester-city-west-ham-united-preview-mancinis-men-continue-hunt-for-champions-league-place-without-tevez\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City – West Ham United Preview: Mancini’s men continue hunt for Champions League place without Tevez"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With Carlos Tevez missing with a hamstring injury, many City fans fear that the Argentine has played his last game for the club. Rumours concerning the striker’s future just refuse to go away and Tevez is unlikely to play again this season.<\/p>\n

Roberto Mancini is not expected to make any changes to the side which won at Blackburn last Monday and will be anticipating a comfortable home win which should all but clinch Champions League football for the Citizens next year.\n<\/p>\n

Avram Grant is certainly being restricted in his team selections as the Hammers continue to fight against the drop to the Championship.\u00a0 Football Writers Association Footballer of the Year Scott Parker is still out with an Achilles injury.<\/p>\n

Also in the sick bay are Mark Noble, Garry O\u2019Neill and Matthew Upson. With such players unavailable to him, that fight is getting increasingly difficult.<\/p>\n