Manchester City manager, Roberto Mancini has insisted that his team did not employ negative tactics in the match against Arsenal on Wednesday. City, playing away from home against Arsenal, were not able to come up with a single decent attempt on scoring
a goal, and were clearly missing the attacking pair of David Silva and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mario-Balotelli-c23937.
The match ended in a goalless draw, and Manchester City retained their 2nd place on the table behind Manchester United with 42 points, while Arsenal remained in 3rd with 40. Manchester United has played 20 games while City and Arsenal
have played 22 and 21 games respectively.
Arsenal were clearly the ones making all the noise the Emirates; the Gunners were denied by the post twice in the game. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699 was on his game throughout
and kept out whatever came his way.
When the final whistle sounded, both teams were left a man short as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bacary-Sagna-c7148 got into a scuffle and got their marching orders.
After the match, most of the pundits on TV did not hold back in criticising Manchester City’s approach. Many experts said that City could have been a bit more adventurous and could have gone for goals, but they looked more content and happy with going home
with just a point and holding onto their 2nd place on the table.
Roberto http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323, the manager of Manchester City, was not at all bothered by those comments, and said that his team did what they had to. He said that on the night Arsenal played much better and his team had to defend for most of the time, and he is happy
that they ended up going home with a point in the bag which was hard earned.
Mancini said: "It is not important for me. If one team plays well, it can happen that you must defend”.
"I prefer boos 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”.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan manager said that Arsenal can play a team out of the game with their excellent passing style. He added that for big periods in the match, they had their silky passes going and his players were left chasing shadows. Mancini added that
if his midfield and defence were at all weak and penetrable, they could have conceded multiple goals.
Roberto Mancini said that by no means did he take his team to the Emirates with the target of coming home with a single point. However, as the game panned out, he knew that even a draw would not be a bad result.
The City boss went on to say that it is very easy for experts and pundits to sit out and criticise, but judging the situation and scenario in a game is much more different and difficult on the field. Mancini also commended his goalkeeper, Joe Hart, who was
on the receiving end of some fierce strikes, for holding his position firmly.
Finally Roberto Mancini said that in the end it was a hard earned point for his team and, more importantly, it was against Arsenal. He ended by saying that in the title race, these are the points that matter and when he looks back at the end of the season,
this performance by his team may be one of the best.
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