Argentina striker Tevez netted his 11th league goal of the season seven minutes from full time to narrow the gap to 13 points between City and Premier League leaders Manchester United, who only drew at West Ham.Mancini threw the towel in on the title weeks ago and the FA Cup may represent their only realistic hope of silverware this season, but five wins from six games is at least delaying United's coronation.City's win could delay United's title celebrations as their bitter rivals will only clinch the trophy in the next round of fixtures if Roberto Mancini's men lose at Tottenham on Sunday while United beat Aston Villa on Monday.City were struggling to find space early on but a tricky run from Sergio Aguero opened up the Wigan defence before the Argentina international curled wide from a tight angle.Wigan boss Roberto Martinez was keen to get across the message about the importance of staying in the Premier League and there were only muted celebrations from the Latics on Saturday when they beat Millwall to reach their first FA Cup final.Richards may have been out for seven months but he showed no sign of any rustiness as he got across the area to cut out a clever chipped ball from Di Santo that was heading to the feet of Shaun Maloney in front of goal.Martinez made two changes with forward Franco Di Santo and keeper Joel Robles replacing Callum McManaman and Ali Al Habsi respectively.
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