Tevez back playing in two weeks

RETURN ... Carlos Tevez

ROBERTO MANCINI meets Carlos Tevez today after accepting his apology.

The Manchester City boss even reckons the Argy striker could be ready for action in a fortnight.

And that could mean a Premier League return at Swansea on March 10 — if he can get in the side

Mancini, thrilled by the 4-0 thrashing of Porto, said: "I accept his apology, I don't have any problem.

"I will meet him before training on Thursday and after that he can begin to work with us.

"He needs maybe two or three weeks to find good form and, after that, he will be OK. He can play like the other players.

"Carlos knows the team very well, but the team in this last six or seven months have played very well.

"We are on the top of the Premier League.

"But we know Carlos very well, he's a top striker. It will be good if he can help us to do a good job in the next two months."

Tevez will not feature for City in the Europa League as he has not been registered — but Mancini hinted he will have a role to play.

He said: "Carlos can't play in the Europa League but we can have four strikers in the Premier League and that is very good.

"If we get through in Europe it will be important to have four strikers in the squad."

Sergio Aguero, 23, took his season's tally to 20 with a quickfire strike after just 19 SECONDS last night in another man-of-the-match display — but Mancini says there is much more to come.

He said: "Sergio is another top striker but he's young and needs to improve.

"He has scored a lot of goals — he was important in this game and has been important during the season."

Edin Dzeko, David Silva and David Pizarro also scored as City booked a last-16 tie with Sporting Lisbon or Legia Warsaw.