Tevez off in Argentina loss

Carlos Tevez was sent off in Argentina's World Cup qualifying defeat to Colombia on Tuesday night.

Having earlier come close to opening the scoring with a volley, the United striker was dismissed after just 24 minutes for an off-the-ball scuffle with defender Ruben Bustos.

Barcelona star Lionel Messi gave the Argentines an unlikely lead 10 minutes later, but second-half strikes from Bustos and Dairo Moreno gave the hosts a 2-1 victory.

Despite their first defeat of the qualifying campaign, however, Argentina still top the CONMEBOL table with nine points from four games, one point ahead of Colombia.

Source: http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7BF9E570E6%2D407E%2D44BC%2D800F%2D4A3110258114%7D&newsid=509396

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CARLOS Tevez earned the plaudits of Sir Alex Ferguson after setting Manchester United on the way to victory against Wigan.

The Argentine collected his second goal of the season as the champions rediscovered their touch in front of goal.

Tevez' strike - the first of four second half goals for United - showed great composure as he beat two defenders and then rounded the goalkeeper - and Ferguson believes that is just glimpse of what the former West Ham man can bring to Old Trafford.

"We needed a spark - and Carlos provided it," he said.

"There were challenges coming in from all angles. But he kept his nerve - which was the right thing to do."

Furthermore, Sir Alex Ferguson is delighted with the performances of summer signing Nani so far this season.

"The long-term view with Nani was that he would come in for Giggs now and again," said Ferguson.

"But he has played quite a few times. I think there is tremendous potential in the boy.

"From what we have seen of him so far there are some thing that you pick up after you have bought a player and that is he is quicker than I thought. He is very, very quick.