Carlos Tevez and Roberto Mancini were pulled apart in ‘really, really bad’ Man City clash

Carlos Tevez and Roberto Mancini were once pulled apart during a ‘really, really bad’ clash in the Man City changing rooms

Former Manchester City midfielder Stephen Ireland revealed that Carlos Tevez almost had a fight with manager Roberto Mancini.

The feisty Argentine was no stranger to run-ins with Mancini during their time at City, after Tevez was famously suspended by the club for two weeks and fined £500,000 after Tevez seemingly refused to come on as a substitute during a Champions League away clash at Bayern Munich.

But Ireland revealed that the incident on the Bayern bench wasn’t the only time the two almost came to blow.

Speaking to Ladbrokes Fanzone, Ireland said: “Him and Roberto Mancini were a crazy partnership, they were always having blows, always close to fighting. They were going head-to-head all the time.

“There was one time Mancini called a meeting in the changing room and him and Tevez are so close to having a full on fight.

“It was really, really bad. Tevez lost it at him, big time. He went head-to-head with him and the pair had to be split up.