Source: PA
Mancini philosophical after late loss
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini was left to reflect on missed chances as his side slipped to its first defeat of the season at Sunderland.
Darren Bent's injury-time penalty - the first goal City have conceded this season - claimed all three points for the Black Cats.
However, the visitors had earlier passed up a series of opportunities, including one gilt-edged chance for Carlos Tevez, before succumbing at the death.
Mancini said: "Football is very strange. We played fantastic football in the first half, we had three or four very good chances, but if you don't score, sometimes you can lose these games.
"We had the chance with Carlos, but we had another three or four situations where we could have scored a goal in the first half.
"But that's football. If you don't score a goal when you have these situations, maybe you can lose because every game is difficult and you must play until the last second."
