Goal drought worries Pearce
12 Sep 2006 - 08:05:35
Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce admitted that his side's problems in front of goal are worrying him after the 1-0 defeat at Reading.
City's only goal in four Premiership matches this term came courtesy of Joey Barton's penalty against Arsenal and Pearce is concerned by the form of his toothless strikeforce.
"I'm naturally disappointed with the result but I told my players that I felt this was the best we've played this season," he said after his side's second defeat of the campaign.
"But we didn't get the result and those are the margins in the Premiership.
"You have to take your chances and it was one of those games where whoever scored first was going to be in control.
"We've only scored once this season and that's a concern but if we keep creating chances then I'm sure we'll be OK.
"Ousmane Dabo is disappointed with the red card and he said it was not done intentionally. I've only seen the incident in real time so it's hard to comment but I'll look at the tapes and if there's anything I can do we'll look at that.
"We have to learn quickly in the Premiership and we're learning all the time."
