The Premier league title race is almost over after Manchester City suffered a 3-1 defeat against Tottenham during the weekend. This defeat gives Manchester United the opportunity to win the title if they manage victory against Aston Villa in their match. Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini was astonished with the way his team suffered a defeat in the match especially considering that they were leading with only 25 min to go. However, City suffered the embarrassment of conceding three goals in the space of just 6 min to lose the match.
After the match, Mancini was a loss to explain the reason for suffering such a defeat. He blamed the attitude of the players in the second half of the match. Clint Dempsey equalised for Tottenham and it did not take long for the London team to take the advantage. A goal from Jermain Defoe helped them take a 2-1 lead, while Gareth Bale – who has been nominated for the PFA player of the year award – scored the third goal of the match to secure all three points for the team. This was a massive boost for Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas, as his team are currently chasing a top four spot.
Mancini said after the match that United will be worthy winners of the title.
“It is incredible that we lost this game because we had everything under control for 80 minutes. We had a lot of chances to score a second goal, but this is football. If you don’t close the game it can happen like today. The championship was finished three or four weeks ago. They deserve to win this championship. They are not a better team but they deserve to win this title because we lost a lot of points in games we probably didn’t deserve to lose,” said Mancini.