Manuel Pellegrini

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Correct decision to select clichy, for defensive reasons. Correct to go with Milner and navas in the wide roles to give us pace and solidity in those areas. Wrong to select lampard, but very pleased he put that right at half time. Taking aguero off was obviously with one eye on Wednesday, so I will accept that, and the introduction of kolorov worked well. The manager is clearly showing he is learning about his opponents in the premier league.

A great day for him, although he totally deserved three points.
 
mammutly said:
Mistake to play Lampard today, but making the change at half time rather than during the first half was the right way to address it.
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so who should have played if not Lampard ?

As i remember it was still 0-1

got a feeling the team is not pushing at the same time some players are fresh and (like Silva or even Navas) others no especially Fernandinho
 
Manuel Pellegrini berated referee Mark Clattenburg and said his performance cost Manchester City victory after a breathless 2-2 draw against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.

Pellegrini was frustrated by Clattenburg's failure to detect an apparent foul on Sergio Aguero shortly before Jack Wilshere's equaliser and also believed the official was at fault for not awarding a free kick when Danny Welbeck pushed Vincent Kompany in the build up to Alexis Sanchez's goal.

"Arsenal scored both goals with fouls. They were illegal goals and of course it cost us our victory," said Pellegrini, whose champions were anxious to hit back after a shock defeat by Stoke City before the international break.

"I'm disappointed because they were two clear fouls. The first goal was unbelievable that it continued and the referee didn't want to whistle.

"The second foul was a clear push from Welbeck to Kompany once he'd cleared the ball with the header. He had no intention to play the ball."

Pellegrini's gripes did not end there.

He said City should have had a penalty when they led 1-0 after Wilshere appeared to handle the ball in his own area.

"There was a clear penalty when both hands of Wilshere touched the ball in the box in front of the linesman," the 60-year-old added.

"I don't think this penalty was more clear than last year with [Martin] Skrtel at Liverpool," he said in reference to last season's 3-2 loss at Anfield when Clattenburg failed to award a similar penalty when the defender handled the ball.

"He [the referee] had a very bad day last year against Liverpool and again today he had a very bad day."
 
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