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Dunne demands more

30 Oct 2006 - 13:38:58

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Manchester City captain Richard Dunne is determined to bounce back from the dismal 4-0 defeat at Wigan Athletic when Stuart Pearce's side entertain Middlesbrough on Monday.

Dunne endured a nightmare game at the JJB Stadium but is keen to play his part in lifting City away from the relegation scrap.

Pearce's side go into the crucial game only three points clear of the bottom three but victory against Boro would lift them into mid-table.

"It's pointless looking back to it (the Wigan game) because now we have the Middlesbrough game," Dunne told City's official website. "They seem to have hit form and they're a bit of a bogey team.

"It's a tough game and we need to prepare for it in the right frame of mind rather than thinking back to Wigan.

"Everyone's probably waiting for us to fold but we're playing for our own personal pride and we owe ourselves a few performances.

"We can't just go out and perform on Monday just because we're at home, we have to do it for a couple of months and grind out the results no matter where we go. We have to make sure that what happened against Wigan does not happen again."