Mancini seeks solution to City woes

31 October 2010 14:40
Roberto Mancini will spend this week searching for "a solution" after Manchester City suffered their second defeat in seven days at Wolves.[LNB] Mancini was due to hold an inquest with his players today into the shock 2-1 defeat against second from bottom Wolves at Molineux.[LNB]He described it as "the worst game we have played" as Wolves hit back with goals from Nenad Milijas and David Edwards after Emmanuel Adebayor's penalty.[LNB]Mancini said: "We must find a solution because I am very disappointed. For me, we played really badly.[LNB]"To suffer two defeats in a week is unthinkable, sure.[LNB]"To go eight points behind Chelsea, that is frustrating - and I am very frustrated.[LNB]"We beat them and just over one week ago we were only two points behind them.[LNB]"Last week we played fantastic football with 10 men against Arsenal for nearly 90 minutes.[LNB]"This time I am sorry for our supporters.[LNB]"We played very well for 15 minutes when we had four or five chances to score and then we played badly for the rest of the time."[LNB]Mancini added: "I don't know why we stopped playing but that is not good enough. I will speak to the players to find out why.[LNB]"We must know where that performance came from and we must start again because the season is very long.[LNB]"Maybe because we played well for the first 15 minutes, we thought it was an easy game.[LNB]"Such a thing doesn't exist in football."[LNB]City striker Mario Balotelli showed glimpses of his potential after an injury-hit start to the campaign following his £24million move from Inter Milan.[LNB]But Mancini admits he is still coming to terms with the demands of the Premier League.[LNB]He said: "He must get to know the Premier League because it is different from Serie A.[LNB]"He did good things, he needs time but he is a good player."

Source: Team_Talk