ROBINHO set his sights on hitting the 30-goal mark after his hat-trick against Stoke at the City of Manchester Stadium.

The £32.5m British record signing – who has six goals so far – has no intention of resting on his laurels.

He said: "The main objective is for the team to do well, but personally, I want to score more than 30 goals.

"I am very happy, but not completely happy because I still have a lot to learn.

"I will be truly happy at the end when we finish what I hope will be a good season."

Manager Mark Hughes wants Robinho's arrival to be the catalyst for a blue revolution in the Premier League.

The City boss has given the former Real Madrid star a freedom he has not had before.

And the former Wales chief feels Robinho is relishing the responsibility.

He said: "Robinho is key to what we are trying to do here and maybe in the past he has not had that feeling.

"He is responding in a really positive way.

"The crowd adore what he is producing and rightly so. He has a really close relationship with everyone here, which shows what an impact he has made here in a very short space of time."

And, like the rest of an ecstatic 44,000 crowd, Hughes was delighted with Robinho's contribution to a first City league win in more than a month.

"Robinho was excellent," he said. "It was not just his goals. It was his footballing intelligence and his appreciation of where his team-mates were, where the opposition were and how best to hurt them in an attacking sense.

"His awareness of players around him and understanding of when to play the ball at the correct angle and time with the right pace is as good as I have seen.

"That is the quality he has. What is helping now is he is showing real pleasure and enjoyment in the football he is producing and his role in the team."

Hughes acknowledges there may come a time when he needs to give Robinho a rest.

However, he senses an application to training that could see the 24-year-old get through the season unscathed.

"Maybe there will come a point when his form will dip," said Hughes.

"We have to make sure we have enough information at hand to ensure it is not too detrimental and his performances don't tail off markedly.

"I don't think that will happen. Given the way he approaches training and the work we put into him, I can see him having a great season from start to finish."