Mancini eyes title-race spark
Date published: 19 February 2013
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini hopes his side's latest FA Cup victory can spark a late–season charge.
City put aside their recent Barclays Premier League frustrations to brush aside Championship outfit Leeds and ease into the FA Cup quarter–finals with a 4–0 win at the Etihad Stadium.
The Blues fell 12 points behind Manchester United at the top of the Premier League following a 3-1 loss at Southampton last week.
The FA Cup appears to represent City's most likely source of silverware - but Mancini is ruling out nothing.
The Italian said: "I hope it can help us to start to win in the Premier League."
Yaya Toure set City on the way to a convincing victory after five minutes. Sergio Aguero added a second from the penalty spot and capped a superb individual performance with a fine strike in the 74th minute after setting up Carlos Tevez for the third early in the second half.
