Carlos Tevez scored a hat trick as Manchester City moved up to fifth in the Premier League table with a 3-0 win over 10- man Wigan Tuesday.
The visitors matched City until they had Gary Caldwell sent off 10 minutes after the restart.
And then Tevez rolled in three goals in just under a quarter of an hour to take his tally to 25 for the season and 21 in 19 appearances.
City are now two points behind fourth-placed Tottenham, who still have to travel to Eastlands but it was not a comfortable evening for Roberto Mancini's side.
Wigan began strongly and started well defensively, with