Carlos Tevez marked his Manchester City return by setting up Samir Nasri's late winner in a vital 2-1 home victory over Chelsea Wednesday that kept the pressure on leader Manchester United in the title race. The Argentine, an outcast after falling out with the club in September, came off the bench with City trailing 1-0 to Gary Cahill's deflected shot and his moment of class in the 85th minute lifted City to within a point of its local rival. Sergio Aguero had leveled from the penalty spot for City which has won all 15 home league matches this season. Tottenham Hotspur drew 1-1 at home with Stoke City in its first game since the FA Cup tie against Bolton Wanderers was abandoned Saturday following Fabrice Muamba's cardiac arrest. Rafael van der Vaart scored a late equalizer for Spurs to end a run of three league defeats but it fell below north London rival Arsenal which won 1-0 at Everton to climb to third. Thomas Vermaelen's first-half goal secured rejuvenated Arsenal's sixth successive league win which took them into the top three for the first time this season. United has 70 points from 29 games with City on 69. Arsenal has 55 points to Tottenham's 54 and Chelsea, which hosts Tottenham Saturday, is out of the Champions league places on 49. Liverpool suffered a late collapse in west London, throwing away a 2-0 lead to concede three late goals and lose 3-2 at struggling Queens Rark Rangers which moved out of the relegation zone above Muamba's Bolton. “I'm very happy because Tevez did well,” City boss Roberto Mancini told Sky Sports. “I don't think he's fit 100 percent but he knows football. We deserved to win the game. We won because we had the desire to win. This was more than three points this game.” Tottenham fans sung the name of Muamba at White Hart Lane, scene of the dramatic events Saturday when the Bolton player's life was saved by medics and doctors on the pitch after he collapsed in the first half of the FA Cup tie. Muamba is recovering in the ICU of a London hospital and Spurs manager Harry Redknapp was hoping his side would get back to winning ways against Stoke after three defeats in a row. Bayern reaches final In Germany, champion Bayern Munich beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 4-2 on penalties Wednesday to reach the German Cup final.
