Swansea have dropped to 16th in the table after winning one of their last 12 games, though they are far from a basket case.
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Former Swansea striker Wilfried Bony put City in front in the 26th minute at a rain-lashed Etihad Stadium by meeting Jesus Navas’s left-wing corner with a near-post header.
Pellegrini said: “He didn’t do it against Stoke but he did a very good performance against Borussia”.
“I think overall we did create more chances, but I guess that’s the difference between [top] teams and teams at the bottom”.
For all its worries, United is still very much in the title race and only three points behind City, which is still failing to convince. But the job for managers is almost impossible now and, because of that, I think we’ve lost the plot a wee bit.
Louis van Gaal has played down reports suggesting he could be set to lose assistant boss Ryan Giggs to Swansea City, as per the Daily Mirror.
Manuel Pellegrini’s men are also in a decent enough position in the top flight, too, due to the unpredictable nature at the top this year which has seen every side – bar Leicester – underperform at one stage or another.
The Spanish magician has just recently returned from injury and has already returned to scoring ways in the Champions League and will look to do so now in the Premier League as well. The goal was a reward.
The Uruguayan was close to landing the job when Brendan Rodgers was appointed in 2010 and is understood to be out of contract at the end of the season, so compensation would not be a huge issue. “It doesn’t matter if it is Yaya’s goal or Kelechi’s goal”.
Gylfi Sigurdsson thought he had equalised in the 84th minute, but his driven effort was contentiously ruled out as Gomis, on as a substitute, had collided with City goalkeeper Joe Hart a split-second earlier. The delight on their bench was obvious as Gomis appeared to have earned them a creditable draw but that joy soon turned to agony. “I knew it would be hard because we had three or four players who couldn’t recover from the last game”. ‘We showed here that the quality is there.
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Curtis added: ‘We have had different types but we have always brought in a manager to suit our style rather than changing everything.
