Carlos Tevez scored twice against his former club as Manchester City claimed a 2-1 derby triumph over bitter rivals Manchester United in the first leg of the English League Cup semifinal on Tuesday night.

The Argentina forward, who left United in acrimonious circumstances after rejecting a new contract at the end of last season, scored in either half to give new manager Roberto Mancini victory over Alex Ferguson in his first derby in charge.

Veteran midfielder Ryan Giggs put United ahead in the 17th minute at City’s Eastlands Stadium with his first goal in a Manchester derby since 1996, but Tevez leveled from the penalty spot three minutes before halftime and headed the winner in the 65th minute.

Manchester City:
Shay Given, Vincent Kompany, Javier Garrido, Micah Richards, Pablo Zabaleta, Dedryck Boyata (Onuoha), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Sylvinho), Gareth Barry, Nigel De Jong, Craig Bellamy, Carlos Tevez (Mwaruwari)

Subs:
Stuart Taylor, Sylvinho, Nedum Onuoha, Martin Petrov, Stephen Ireland, Benjani Mwaruwari, Robinho

MUFC:
Edwin van der Sar, Wes Brown, Patrice Evra, Rafael (Diouf), Jonathan Evans, Michael Carrick, Ryan Giggs, Darren Fletcher, Antonio Valencia (Scholes), Anderson (Owen), Wayne Rooney

Subs:
Tomasz Kuszczak, Gary Neville, Fabio Da Silva, Paul Scholes, Ji-Sung Park, Michael Owen, Mame Diouf

Goals:
Ryan Giggs ‘17
Carlos Tevez ‘42 (pen)
Carlos Tevez ‘65