Fulham manager Mark Hughes believes Manchester City are good enough to win this season's Premier League title after watching his former team beat his current Cottagers side 4-1 on Sunday.
Hughes was axed by City 11 months ago and was replaced by Roberto Mancini who has often been criticised for an overly cautious approach.
However, after a weekend of matches that saw both Chelsea and Arsenal lose, City moved back into the top four after producing one of their best displays of the campaign.
After the rout, Hughes said:"If they have belief and there's forward-thinking, and maybe they can be more attack-minded – as they were today – on more occasions, there is no reason why they shouldn't be contenders.
"They were excellent. We were complicit in that with the time we let them have. But they've got as good a chance as anybody.
"On a professional level I don't like being beaten in that manner by anybody. We just allowed good players too much time and space, and we can't afford that.Subscribe to Football FanCast News Headlines by Email
