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On paper, it is hard to ascertain a team with the resources of Manchester City. There’s Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester United. Their players attracted to being adulated the entire world around. Then it has to be Manchester City.

Manchester City has been turning around its own fortunes in the last three years. But yet when it has come to Europe, they have failed miserably. Mancini admitting that they are not ready yet for a European title seems to be a cheap shot in lowering expectations. But yet you cannot, when you boast players of the quality that currently fills the City ranks.

Telling the fans not to expect any glory in Europe just yet is merely an indicator that comes next round, we might actually be out of Europe.

So who has to be blamed for this? All eyes are on the manager now. This is not questioning the skills of Mancini, but there is no doubt he’s had his disasters in Europe, with a lot of wrongful tactics. The difference is when you play the cream of Europe and you get it wrong even for a span of fifteen minutes, you might be punished. I have seen Mancini get it wrong over and over again. From the time against Bayern last year to that crazy finale against Real to while he was managing Inter against a Liverpool side that was well on their way down.

So although with the depth Manchester City currently carries, Mancini has the opportunity to experiment and learn from the span of a Premier League season and run out Champions - it becomes a completely different ball game when the opposition teams have players as good as yours, and one breach, one mistake, one tactical fault can be the end of the things. Obviously mistakes make the man, but how many will be too many?

I have a feeling he might realize soon that there are not many room available for errors on his part as he expects the same from his players. How much ever commendable it is to accept one’s faults, ‘the fault is mine’ line that I have often heard repeatedly might run out of listeners in the City boardroom.

 

Written by Shuaib Ahmed

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