Roberto Mancini involved in Carlos Tevez row

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini was reportedly involved in a furious half-time row with Carlos Tevez during Sunday's victory over Newcastle United.

According to The Sun, the Italian coach reacted angrily to suggestions from Tevez, his captain, that City's tactics were wrong.

Jonas Gutierrez equalised Tevez's 18th minute penalty to send the sides in level at the break.

Substitute Adam Johnson slotted home a 75th minute winner for the home side with Tevez hauled off by Mancini shortly afterwards.

Mancini installed the Argentina captain as his captain during the summer in a move which raised some eyebrows.

Meanwhile, Kolo Toure praised the motivational words delivered by Mancini at half-time in what was a hard-fought encounter.

"Newcastle put up a hard fight and were tough opponents," the defender told the club's official website.

"It was difficult after Thursday because we had only two days to recover and work. We started the game slowly and we were not pleased with that. Then we conceded a sloppy goal.

"The right things were said at half time, the manager had the right words and we worked harder in the second half and we are really happy that we got the three points."Subscribe to Football FanCast News Headlines by Email