Carlos Tevez will probably be disappointed to be suspended for Saturday’s trip to Upton Park, with the Argentinian having achieved hero status during his short stint with West Ham.

It will indeed be interesting to see how Manchester City cope without their captain and talisman, with manager Roberto Mancini well aware that the striker has been massively influential in helping them achieve a place in the top four of the Premier League.

Mancini has called on the rest of the team to demonstrate that they can step up to the mark in the absence of Tevez, someone who has scored 33 goals in 50 Premier League games.

“This is a time when we have to try to win without Carlos,” he said. “Carlos is a fantastic player, one of the most important players in the world and, for us, very important. But it’s important that the other players step up now. We must improve and it’s important we start to score through the other players: Mario [Balotelli], Yaya [Touré], Jô, [Adam] Johnson.

“Carlos is very dangerous in the box for our opponents, but if we continue to play football like we did against Bolton Wanderers [City beat them 1-0 on Saturday] I think we can win without him.”