neel said:Ban-jani said:neel said:Pellegrini may have mixed up his numbers again when he took Negredo off in FA Cup draw with Blackburn
Manuel Pellegrini may have got his numbers mixed up again after the Manchester City boss substituted goalscorer Alvaro Negredo for winger Jesus Navas with 16 minutes to go in their 1-1 FA Cup draw with Blackburn at Ewood Park.
BT Sport commentators reported the City manager actually wanted to bring off No 9 Negredo's less effective strike partner Eden Dezeko, who was wearing the No 10 shirt, but the wrong number was held up.
Negredo was visibly unhappy to have been taken off as his side pushed - unsuccessfully in the end - to find a winner against the Championship promotion hopefuls.
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Pellegrini is doing fine.
Yup..think hes denied that..
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There were claims that Pellegrini intended to take off Edin Dzeko with the score 1-1 in the second half but the wrong player's number was held up and Negredo was substituted instead.
Asked if a mistake occurred, Pellegrini said: "No."
Pellegrini was not critical of goalkeeper Pantilimon, who returned to the side for the tie after recently losing his place to Joe Hart.
Im sorry but I thought the subs names were given to the 4th official?? if the wrong number had been given the 4th official would have pointed this out..