The centre-back claims that the club will be able to claw their back into the Premier League after failure in the UEFA Champions League.
Manchester City’s season has been compounded by the fact that they failed to make the grade in Europe’s premier competition.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Mancini’s men were placed alongside Ajax, Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid in the group stages, but they were unable to carve out the necessary wins in order to secure their place in the knock-out rounds.
Madrid made short work of the club in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011, before Ajax went onto to humiliate them at the Amsterdam Arena. The Citizens were in deplorable state as Dortmund held them to a draw in their very own backyard and they needed to grind out a win when Los Blancos came to visit.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 and co. frustrated the hosts at the Etihad Stadium and eventually came away with a share of the spoils, which confirmed their fate in the Champions League.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 cost them the chance to retain some pride.
Now the Italian turns his attention to the upcoming Manchester derby, which is a must-win situation for his team, otherwise they could be six points behind their arch-rivals even before the New Year starts.
United have conceded a lot of goals this term, but their attack is something which City will be looking to tame, as they have managed to comeback on most occasions.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joleon-Lescott-c18941 is expected to start when the Red Devils come to visit and claims that the troops will look recover from their European failure by securing three points on Sunday.
"We haven't done that great in the Champions League this season but it hasn't affected our Premier League form so there is no reason to suggest it should this weekend. We know it's a derby and the chance to stay unbeaten and go top of the League,” Lescott was quoted as saying to the media.
While there are no major injury worries for City, they will be checking up on the fitness of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Silva-c10601, who will face a late test to see whether he is able to play or not.
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