Barry and Manchester City left wounded after their mauling at Tottenham

17 December 2009 15:21
Gareth Barry admitted Manchester City are hurting after their 3-0 defeat at Tottenham.[LNB]City crashed to a Niko Kranjcar double and a goal from Jermain Defoe at White Hart Lane after being outplayed by their rivals for a top-four finish. [LNB]England midfielder Barry said: 'It's obviously very disappointing, because I thought in the first half an hour we played some really good football and there was nothing in the game. [LNB] Frustration: Barry (right) and his team-mates had a night to forget[LNB]'But once they scored we really did not create anything until the last 20 minutes. We are very disappointed and we are really hurting in the changing room, and the best thing we can do is try to put it right on Saturday. [LNB]'We knew that the first goal would be important, with them being at home their confidence was bound to grow. They had looked a bit nervous early on and if we had gone in front it could have been a different story. [LNB]  'Shay [Given] has not had too many saves to make, we played some good stuff at times and got some shots away. We were also a bit unlucky with a couple of offsides, but there are not too many positives to take and plenty of things to put right.'[LNB] City are back at Eastlands against Sunderland on Saturday and 28-year-old Barry added on the club's official website: 'We've only got a couple of days to put it right, but we want to repay the fans that came down to Spurs and put a good performance in for them.'[LNB] Tottenham 3 Manchester City 0: Three and easy for Spurs as Lennon shinesManchester City star Robinho frozen out on big stageRedknapp hails rampant Tottenham as they put shoddy Man City to the swordHughes hints at January spend with Lescott sidelined by knee surgeryMANCHESTER CITY FC

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