Richards: I would love to see Tevez back

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Micah Richards has insisted Manchester City need to rediscover their goalscoring touch if they are to win the Premier League, and hopes Carlos Tevez will soon return to make a difference.

Yesterday's disappointing 1-0 defeat at Swansea City saw Roberto Mancini's team surrender pole position for the first time since 15 October, as rivals Manchester United secured a 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion to go top. It was the Swans' 11th clean sheet of the season, but also marked their opponents' second consecutive failure to find the net following the midweek UEFA Europa League loss to Sporting.

And while Richards believes City have the mental strength to bounce back and claim the title, he says they need to find their shooting boots quickly to keep themselves in touch.

"We have to take every game as it comes," said the England defender. "We need to go back and see where we went wrong, and why we are not scoring as many goals as we used to.

"Teams are defending better against us. At the start of the season we were scoring four, five or six goals a game, but in the last two games we have not hit the net and it is something we want to look at and improve on in next couple of games."

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