Outgoing Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has admitted the club’s decision to announce Pep Guardiola as his successor in February had a negative impact on his side’s season, according to Goal.
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Pellegrini is among the bookmakers’ favourite to become the next Everton manager.
It was something of a coup when Swansea convinced Andre Ayew to join them on a free transfer from Marseille last summer.
Last Meeting: The penultimate weekend of last season saw Man City squander a two-goal lead before going on to run out 4-2 winners in an entertaining clash.
Vincent Kompany, David Silva and Pablo Zabaleta are all unavailable for Man City, who will welcome back Samir Nasri after a bout of illness. It was lacklustre. You didn’t see anyone bang at it. They were just coasting.
“It was an emotional day, but also one of relief because my duty, even though not my future, was to finish with this team in qualifying for the next Champions League”, he said.
However, the Spaniard was unable to lead the Bavarians to glory in the Champions League, prompting questions over whether his reign has been a success or a failure.
“It is a good season because we won the Capital One, after that we reached the semi-finals of the Champions League”, said Pellegrini.
Kante’s reputation was boosted months ago when former Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson claimed he was the best player in the division this term ‘by far’, and has continued to impress all year. Consistently they’ve been a shadow of a team’.
But it was a very much a crawl to the finish for City, who limply faded from the title picture and just barely held on for an advantage over United.
For the City players, they will be motivated for sure and that is something which I think will allow them to succeed here.
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Chelsea’s Cesc Fabregas, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Leicester City at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Sunday, May 15, 2016. A win and an Arsenal loss gets them third.
However the Nigerian star, who scored 14 awesome goals this season, said: “I am not quite happy that he is going, but this is the football world and anything can happen”. ‘But they still don’t dominate.
Pellegrini defended his record earlier this week, saying the fans have enjoyed the style with which his side have played.
Manuel Pellegrini:”We have always been in the Champions League spots for 37 games, so I think we deserve to be there”.
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The pundits had to present from outside of Old Trafford after the stadium was evacuated when a suspect package was discovered.
