While this was the fifth consecutive league victory for Pochettino’s side, Manuel Pellegrini was left unhappy at the officiating of Mark Clattenburg on Sunday.
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He was particularly livid about a penalty given by Mark Clattenburg after he adjudged Raheem Sterling handled the ball in the box off a Danny Rose cross.
City had fought back after Harry Kane’s disputed spot-kick to level through Kelechi Iheanacho but a late lapse allowed Eriksen to pounce, snatching victory and damaging the hosts’ own title hopes in the process.
Third spot in the old First Division in 1990 has been the north London club’s best finish in recent years with their last league title in 1961.
“It is important to start to feel that you can come to a stadium like Man City against a big, big team and you can win”, Pochettino said. “I’ve just been grafting to make sure I get the most out of the rest of this season and the rest of my years”. It is important for our supporters to believe.
To win the Premier League, you will often need to do the business against the other teams at the top of the table. “It’s not easy to play so many games”.
Arsene Wenger manager of Arsenal celebrates during the Barclays Premier League match between Arsenal and Leicester City at the Emirates Stadium on February 14, 2016 in London, England.
“It is a very important moment to share with our fans”.
“The mentality was good and a ideal performance against a team with a lot of quality players who are top class. Full credit to my players”.
“It was absolutely the wrong decision”, he said of Clattenburg’s award of the penalty. It was the same referee in the first game where they were two clear goals in offside and we lost 4-1. It’s an unbelievable penalty that decides the game.
Defeat leaves injury-hit City six points behind leaders Leicester in the title race and they are running out of games – and players. I might see you in four weeks and you’ll tell remind me of what I said four weeks ago, but it looks like it’s going to be very hard for them.
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This is a game between two heavyweight title contenders, but as Manchester City have shown us throughout the course of this season, they do not like it when teams press them with intensity.
