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After Leicester stalemate: City aren’t where they should be, bemoans Hart
Pellegrini says newly-promoted Watford – like Leicester – can no longer be regarded a surprise packets because they have sustained their form over 19 games.
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But City boss Pellegrini said he would resist the temptation to sign a new centre-back, despite ongoing doubts over the reliability of £42million defender Eliaquim Mangala.
“I’m very pleased but I’m also very pleased with a clean sheet against these great champions (City)”, he said.
‘We didn’t win against Arsenal but I don’t think we played a bad game.
Pellegrini added: “We are trying to do all (we can) to know how we can help Vincent to try to be fit and not to continue with the same calf problems”.
The Sky Blues opened this season’s campaign with five successive league wins till mid-September, scoring 11 goals in those games and conceding none.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini was buoyed by the clean sheet but, with striker Sergio Aguero needing “two or three more games” to return to top fitness after injury, expressed frustration that his side lacked a cutting edge.
“But we are in the correct way”.
Despite that, and concerns Kompany may suffer further problems, Pellegrini has no intention of bringing in extra defensive cover in the January transfer window.
Placed third on the EPL points table, Manchester City, will be coming into the match with a bit more confidence after their recent goalless tie with league leaders Leicester. “I think the big teams have to stay at a high level, but sometimes it feels like nobody wants to win the league – it’s very odd this league”, Ranieri told BT Sport.
‘I don’t talk about rumours.
Kasper Schmeichel did well and made a few good saves, but we maybe should have done better with the chances we had.
Asked if he wanted his squad in bed by midnight tonight, Pellegrini said: “No, not before midnight”. “All of them must celebrate New Year’s Eve but I think they can do it early – maximum one o’clock”, he said.
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Their 2.15 points per game beat Arsenal’s 2.13 and Middlesbrough’s 2.02 – the only three teams to earn more than two points per game in 2015. But now just three points behind the leaders I think it’s an expected position.