Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini determined to gun down second-placed Arsenal
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has claimed that that his side has what it takes to overcome second-placed Arsenal and finish second in the Barclays Premier League in the ongoing 2010-11 season.
Mancini said, “We can be runners-up. It was important for us to win this game for many reasons - we went into third position. Now we are only three points off Arsenal, while Chelsea are behind us - although it's true they have a game in hand. It was an important
weekend - a big weekend will be when we win something.”
Manchester City were the second side from the top four of the Premier League that won its recent League match. The Citizens thrashed Steve Bruce’s Sunderland by 5-0 at Eastlands on Sunday.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323 hailed the impressive form of his team and claimed that it was pleasing to see his side making such a remarkable comeback after being knocked out of the UEFA Europa League recently.
Manchester City welcomed back http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 international has been a revelation at the Eastlands in the current campaign and has been a vital member of the City
squad. Johnson took only 9 minutes to open the scoring for the Citizens against Sunderland at the City of Manchester Stadium.
The first strike was soon followed by a penalty awarded to City when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Phil-Bardsley-c29900 fouled Carlos Tevez inside the 18-yard-box. The Argentinean striker, who also returned from an injury, stepped up to take the penalty and doubled City’s advantage with a superbly
placed spot kick.
Roberto Mancini’s men totally dominated the play against Sunderland and enjoyed most of the possession. Moreover, David Silva ensured all three points for City when he scored the third goal of the day from inside the box.
However, the Citizens refused to rest and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrick-Vieira-c29316, who replaced Adam Johnson in the second half, put the ball into the net for the fourth time in the 67th minute. Six minutes later, Yaya Toure scored fifth and the last goal of the night
to mark an emphatic win over Sunderland.
Moreover, Manchester City also completed their revenge over Sunderland as the Citizens suffered a huge loss at the Stadium of Light when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Darren-Bent-c10358 scored from a penalty spot in injury time of the second half of the match in August 2010.
A win over Sunderland has taken Roberto Mancini’s men ahead of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 in the Premier League standings to a third place, though the London giants still have a game in hand.
Furthermore, Manchester City are now only three points behind second-placed Arsenal, who drew their last match against Blackburn http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rovers-c40385.
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