Hughes reckons Man City can win EPL

Updated on: 22 November,2010 08:44 AM IST |
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Mark Hughes has tipped old club Manchester City to be title contenders if they learn to be more attack-minded on home soil

Mark Hughes has tipped old club Manchester City to be title contenders if they learn to be more attack-minded on home soil.

Amid claims of negativity against his successor Roberto Mancini, Hughes saw his Fulham side ripped apart by City last night.

The Blues cruised into a 3-0 half-time lead before eventually registering a 4-1 success that leaves them just three points adrift of leaders Chelsea. "If they have belief and there's forward-thinking, and maybe they can be more attack-minded - as they were today - on more occasions, there is no reason why they shouldn't be contenders," said Hughes. "They were excellent today. We were complicit in that with the time we let them have. But they've got as good a chance as anybody."

Tevez added another, to take his season's tally to 10, in theu00a0 second-half and though Fulham pulled one back through a Zoltan Gera shot that struck Clint Dempsey, it was purely academic.

"Last week I was a stupid manager who was six points behind. Now, I am the 'best manager' because I am only three points off the top of the league," shrugged Mancini.

"This is not important. We must continue to work and improve every game, every day. Only that way can we win.

"But if we have a big problem and a big crisis and we are only three points behind United and Chelsea, then we are doing well."

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