( CNN ) -- Carlos Tevez scored his first Manchester City hat-trick to send Roberto Mancini 's side soaring into the top four of the Premier League after a crushing 4-1 win over Blackburn . The Argentine opened the scoring in the seventh minute after goalkeeper Paul Robinson dropped Martin Petrov 's corner . Benjani pounced on the loose ball and Tevez was in the right place to turn home the Zimbabwean 's shot with his hip . City doubled their lead six minutes before half-time when defender Micah Richards made a superb run into the Blackburn area -- and was in the right place to fire home when Benjani 's shot bounced back off a post . Benjani also played a part in the third goal , cutting the ball back for Tevez to fire home his second early in the second half . Tevez should have had a hat-trick when he dived to reach Pablo Zabaleta 's chipped cross but , with the goal at his mercy , failed to find the target . Mancini then watched his side concede for the first time since takling over from Mark Hughes four matches ago when Morten Gamst Pedersen capitalized on a errors by Vincent Kompany and Shay Given to curl home a fine shot . The scoring was not completed though . Having blown one chance of a hat-trick , Tevez did not miss a second time when he was set up in stoppage time to score his 11th goal in nine matches . The result means City jump above Tottenham into the final Champions League place , seven points behind leaders Chelsea .
Argentine striker Carlos Tevez scored his first Manchester City hat - trick . Tevez nets his treble as Roberto Martínez 's side beat Chelsea 4 - 0 on Monday . The result lifts City up to fourth in the Premier League table , seven points behind leaders Chelsea .