Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson won his mind game with Carlos Tevez last week, it has been revealed.

The Independent says Tevez is so indignant about how he perceives Manchester United have treated him that he spoke out last week in the expectation that it would put paid to him ever playing for the club again.

Sir Alex Ferguson, calculating that the Argentine's determination to prove a point would make him a force to be reckoned with, duly confounded expectation and selected him for the Manchester derby on Sunday.

The Argie produced a goal scoring performance in the 2-0 win.