The Citizens presented the first defeat by city rivals Manchester United, who made their exit from the FA Cup on Sunday (1/8/2012) night. Playing with 10 men after minute 13, the City is already behind 0-3 in the first half finally gave up 2-3.
Three days later, Mario Balotelli host Liverpool in the League Cup semi-final first leg of the UK. In a match that was held on Thursday (1/12/2012) pm dawn that, the visitors managed to steal a 1-0 victory over Steven Gerrard penalty.
The series of losses made Mancini start to worry on his team. Lost in two games is important to make this Italian manager called his team are facing difficult times.
"We were doing fine until three or four days ago, now we've lost two important games," he said as reported by Sky Sports.
"This moment is very difficult, but it is important to remain confident. Now is the moment that is not good. We have to keep working and believing in ourselves," he said.
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