Manchester City’s defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joleon-Lescott-c18941 believes that his sides upcoming game with Manchester United could potentially decide the outcome of the Premier League season.
United are currently sitting on top of the league table, with the team possessing a five point lead over their local rivals.
However, with both the teams set to face each other on the 30th of April, that lead could be cut down to just two points.
The defender feels that City will be able to beat their other opponents leading up to the game, but admitted that City can’t take their upcoming games lightly.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 international is quoted to have said:
“No disrespect to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wolves-c40952 but we'd both like to think that we could win those games. So that means there is more emphasis on the derby"
"No matter what we're going to have to win that game if we want to win the league and take control of our own destiny."
The defender then went on to talk about Mario Balotelli and insisted that he was not to blame for the team’s form.
Many believe that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mario-Balotelli-c23937 has been responsible for some of the poor performances that City have been producing lately, but Lescott feels that it is unreasonable to blame the Italian striker for the problems that the team is having.
When talking about his team mate, the defender went on to state: "I think it's a bit harsh to solely blame Mario"
"He's a young player and he's going to make mistakes - we all did at that age.”
"Obviously he's disappointed what happened with [the red card at] http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 but hopefully he's learnt from that."
At the moment, City need to focus on working together as a unit and then get their mind set on track.
The team needs to focus on playing one game at a time and hope for United to drop points, if they are to stand any chance of making it back to the top of the league.
Nonetheless, the game between both the teams from Manchester, could prove to be the most significant game of the season, in terms of determining the winner of the league.
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