Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini hopes Premier League tile hurt will work in club’s favour

They needed to demonstrate again what kind of players they are.

It is very important in that sense to win things and the only way to win is with a high performance from all of them, but with style to do it.

Maybe, of course, I think they want revenge. This team is growing and I am sure we are in the correct way to try to do it.

Having finished second in La Liga to Barcelona with Real Madrid four years ago with a record runners-up points haul of 96 points Pellegrini has yet to win a league title as a coach in Europe. But the Chilean believes that City are capable of ending his barren run this season.

It is an important possibility because I have a team that can win a title, Pellegrini said. The other 10 years I was in Europe, maybe the only team I could win with was Real Madrid and it was a pity we played against a great Barcelona.

I am not only thinking just to win a title here for myself because I think it is important the club wins a title. But to win the title, you must win more points than the other clubs. I think in the second half every team will drop points, it is important for us to drop fewer.

We have a month of February where we have very important games for the Premier League, to try to continue on the top of the table with Arsenal and Chelsea. After we have knockout games against Chelsea in the FA Cup and the first leg against Barcelona, very difficult games.

From now until the end of the season we must continue in our best form.

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Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini hopes Premier League tile hurt will work in club's favour