Roberto Mancini denies his negative defensive tactics
Manchester City was cautious after Arsenal thrashed them earlier in the season in City’s home. With a potent Arsenal attack, Roberto Mancini ensured that Arsenal did not score even if it meant that they stayed goalless themselves. Experts believe http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323
deployed negative defensive tactics against the gunners. Manchester City simply aimed at attacking on the counters. Arsenal were venomous in their attacks and hit the wooden frame at three different occasions. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699 produced some exceptional saves and that
denied Arsenal from scoring a goal.
Manchester City players were often seen in their own half, as the whole team was defending. Gunners kept on enchanting “boring boring” as there was no substantial attack from the team in sky blue colour. When asked about his tactics he defended his case
by saying “If one team plays well, it can happen that you must defend. I prefer boo in the end and to go home with one point than with three goals in our net. When you play here against Arsenal, it could be that Arsenal play better than you and you might defend,
and this is football.”
He confessed that the host team played some great football and the only way to stop them from scoring a goal was to defend equally. Mancini commented on the Arsenal’s game play and stated “we were lucky in the first 25 minutes when Arsenal have four or five
chances to score but after, I think we defended very well. I think defensively we played well, offensively so-so but after four games in 10 days, this can be." With the reputation of attacking footballers, Arsenal tried everything they could have done to win
three points; however whatever pundits say, tourists went back home contended.
Mancini appreciated the fact that if they would have started with Silva or http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mario-Balotelli-c23937, the result might have been different. Talking about the season and the predicted winner, he said “we are in a good position, like Arsenal and Manchester United. The
season is very long. Also, although http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 and Tottenham both lost tonight, I think they can still arrive on the top." Mancini disapproved the fact that both the players got red carded at the end of the match. He believed that it should have been a cautionary
yellow card but the referee made a hasty decision.
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