Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini said his side are dealing with "a crisis of confidence" after their 2-1 Champions League defeat by CSKA Moscow at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday. The Citizens are now in a bad position in their Champions League group as they could fail to qualify even if they win their last two games, against Bayern Munich and Roma.
Moreover, Pellegrini will be without Fernandinho and Yaya Toure against Bayern after they were sent off in the match against CSKA. "It is a crisis of confidence and we must find out why by talking to the players every day," said Pellegrini. "We must try to find out what happens with this team in the Champions League. These players are important players so I don't understand why they cannot play in the Champions League. You can never imagine you are out when the maths says you are still in. We must try to work hard and get back to our normal style of play."
Pellegrini refused to blame the referee for the defeat against CSKA, even though the official refused late penalty appeals by Sergio Aguero and also spared CSKA's Pontus Wernbloom a red card by mistakenly booking Sergei Ignashevich. The manager said: "The difference was not just the referee. I don't want to have any excuses about the way we played. I don't want to link the referee with the result. The referee must decide if they are red cards or not red cards or whether it is a penalty or not. It is more important for me to analyse why we are not playing in the way we normally play."
Manchester City are currently 4/1 at Bet365 to qualify from Champions League Group E.
Johnajax 9 years ago
Of course that they are in crisis and Manuel Pellegrini can admits or not we all see that. I think that Manchester city will never be great European team and they will never win champions league. They have a lot of great players but when they buy players they don't have any plan or idea what to do with that player, for...
Of course that they are in crisis and Manuel Pellegrini can admits or not we all see that. I think that Manchester city will never be great European team and they will never win champions league. They have a lot of great players but when they buy players they don't have any plan or idea what to do with that player, for them it is only important that this player is great star. I don't see future for City and when their owners cut their sources I see man city in championship
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galata86 9 years ago
I think that their crisis start with draw in russia. If they could save that advantage 2-0 they won't have any problems later. But now we see that they struggle in preamier league too. I don't know where is the problem, manuel pellegrini is great manager he did some great things with villareal and he have great players...
I think that their crisis start with draw in russia. If they could save that advantage 2-0 they won't have any problems later. But now we see that they struggle in preamier league too. I don't know where is the problem, manuel pellegrini is great manager he did some great things with villareal and he have great players and I expect better plays soon for man city
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schuber26 9 years ago
u-praksi: then what is the problem with Manchester City? They are like Giovinco at Juventus: Great hope but never can't show the talent and quality. So then, the players are high classed, manager is good, then what should be solve the problem to win matches? New stadium? Don't think so.. New supporters? Don't think so......
u-praksi: then what is the problem with Manchester City? They are like Giovinco at Juventus: Great hope but never can't show the talent and quality. So then, the players are high classed, manager is good, then what should be solve the problem to win matches? New stadium? Don't think so.. New supporters? Don't think so... New field? Don't think so.. New management? Don't think so... Tell me please really I am very curious what you think deeply about their problem.
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Shumar4life 9 years ago
This team has too much quality and I believe that they will quickly respond to this crises. They have realy good team, with good depth and such a manager as Pellegrini is must work with the team in order to overcame this situation. I believe that they will show all theirs quality in the near future
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u-praksi 9 years ago
Every year same thing, problem is deeper and complex. That is way can detected reason why they so bad in the CL. Manager is not a problem....
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Milaneli 9 years ago
Its hard, they play 2 games every week, even the bigest sportsman's can't handle it. Man City is the proof that money can't buy everything. They got super good players but they still can't do anything in CL. Also, except Chelsea, PL teams have a lot troubles in Europe competitions, which is the result of really tough league..
Its hard, they play 2 games every week, even the bigest sportsman's can't handle it. Man City is the proof that money can't buy everything. They got super good players but they still can't do anything in CL. Also, except Chelsea, PL teams have a lot troubles in Europe competitions, which is the result of really tough league..
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schuber26 9 years ago
How can a team with very good players as bad as Manchester City? They should win almost everything what they can but the truth is that they can't beat a medium classed football team at home and in away too. I think too as Daniel that the problem is Pellegrini. He just only can buy players year to year but he can't build...
How can a team with very good players as bad as Manchester City? They should win almost everything what they can but the truth is that they can't beat a medium classed football team at home and in away too. I think too as Daniel that the problem is Pellegrini. He just only can buy players year to year but he can't build a TEAM and it is the biggest problem in my opinion too. The management should buy a new high-classed coach if they want to win. I don't know who should be good for this position at the moment, but they need a decided and a full of ideas coach. And of course he must be experienced.
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Daniel Anderson 9 years ago
i think their biggest problem is their coach.Manuel Pellegrini is good manager,but I am not sure he can handle the pressure .Owners of the club invested a lot of money in this club.their goals are set very high this season,but it seems to me that both players and manager arent capable of doing good job under that amount...
i think their biggest problem is their coach.Manuel Pellegrini is good manager,but I am not sure he can handle the pressure .Owners of the club invested a lot of money in this club.their goals are set very high this season,but it seems to me that both players and manager arent capable of doing good job under that amount of pressure.
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Daniel Anderson 9 years ago
Yes ,Tomas,you are right.They have to change something.Few days ago,they beated Manchester United,but City had a poor game.Only reason why City won in that match is the fact tham Manchester played with ten players,because f Chris Smaliing got booked off.In last minutes players of City were all in front of their goal,trying...
Yes ,Tomas,you are right.They have to change something.Few days ago,they beated Manchester United,but City had a poor game.Only reason why City won in that match is the fact tham Manchester played with ten players,because f Chris Smaliing got booked off.In last minutes players of City were all in front of their goal,trying to keep their net safe.
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Tomas.White 9 years ago
It is right time to change something in their game. Manchester City is losing battle in UEFA Champions League aldo they put big money in new footballers. Losing at home from CSKA Moscow is very bad, and supporters are not going to be very happy about it. Pellegrini needs to give them some new ideas, some new strenght or...
It is right time to change something in their game. Manchester City is losing battle in UEFA Champions League aldo they put big money in new footballers. Losing at home from CSKA Moscow is very bad, and supporters are not going to be very happy about it. Pellegrini needs to give them some new ideas, some new strenght or they are going to experience big debacle.
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