Roberto Mancini watched Sergio Aguero score another hat-trick in Manchester City's 3-0 win over Wigan and then declared that his side "won't win the title playing like that".
City missed fifteen first-half chances, including Carlos Tevez's penalty and Mancini was forthright in declaring that his side need to improve.
Mancini said: "We need to improve because we have started the season very well but the season will be long.
"If we want to arrive at the end of the season still at the top we need to improve.
"We had 15 chances in the first half and we scored only one goal - this is a problem because the game can change any moment.
"Next time it's better if we close out the game in the first half."
But Mancini praised Tevez, saying: "Carlo is not 100% at the moment but I am happy for him because for me he played very well with Sergio.
"He missed a penalty but this can happen - usually he scores.
"It was important for him to start, to play and to play well and maybe in two or three games he will be 100 per cent."
However Mancini did not single out Aguero or dominant playmaker David Silva.
He added: "Silva is a top, top player but so is Aguero, so is Yaya Toure, so is Nasri - for them it is easy to play football."
We will not win the title playing like that
posted on 11/9/11
.do you really think they care about the club? Do you really think they will perform like a TEAM the entire season?
They did last season and the team spirits never been higher since we got rid of the likes of Adebayour and a few other disruptive elements. Do you think VdV is really that gutted that he's missing out on the Thursday cup?
posted on 11/9/11
Oh my little s pud, if you think we have no team spirit you are deluded, I see a team getting better all the time and working hard for eachother! How much have spurs spent over the years? Even if we finish second it will still be an inprovement on last season, you will just have to face it, we are improving and spurs aren't!
Never mind you can keep track on us through arry's press conferences he never shuts up about us haha laaaaaavly
posted on 11/9/11
They care just as much about City as Spurs players care about Spurs. If you think otherwise, then it's you who needs to get real.
posted on 11/9/11
"You cannot expect to win a title with a bunch of prima dona's who will scooby off out the country ala A.Gyan as soon as another well-wisher has more money.........do you really think they care about the club? Do you really think they will perform like a TEAM the entire season? "
He's right. If only we had bought players that cared about the club and didn't want to move to win trophies or get extra money like Modric...
posted on 11/9/11
...Or like Assou-Ekotto.
posted on 11/9/11
Didn't ekotto admit he's in it for the money?
posted on 11/9/11
Cityblueloz I vaguley remember him saying something about only playing football for the money. So should ateam come in for him offering abit more money he will probably be on his way to that club.
posted on 11/9/11
NYoung, as will most players all said and done. For that reason, the "merc" tag that fans ascribe to players of a specific club is incredibly short-sighted and makes me laugh.
Take Arsenal as an example - some of their fans moaned about Nasri moving to City (and earning more money as a result), yet I didn't hear anyone moan about Arsenal paying, say, Oxlade-Chamberlain, more money when he signed for them from Southampton. Or for that matter, moaning when Nasri first signed for Arsenal.
posted on 11/9/11
RipleysCat anyone wherever they work will move if someone else offfers them more money then whta they are currently earning, so I guess that we are all "mercs" in that sense. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar.
posted on 11/9/11
Precisely.