Saturday, 30th August, 2014
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has expressed his surprise at his side's 1-0 home defeat against Stoke City today.
The Citizens, who beat Liverpool 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium earlier this week, were strong favourites to put the Potters to the sword in the Premier League clash.
But the English champions could not break down Stoke and, in the 58th minute, striker Mame Biram Diouf picked up the ball, ran 70 yards, then slotted the ball past Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart.
The home side had no response and slipped to defeat, leaving Pellegrini stunned.
"It's a surprising defeat because we don't expect to lose against Stoke but these games sometimes happen. We tried from everywhere and really we are not very creative we did not find the space and that is credit to Stoke", he explained to the BBC.
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Manchester City had an appeal for a penalty on Yaya Toure turned down, but Pellegrini was in no mood to dwell on that decision.
"The Yaya Toure penalty appeal was just one play during the game. Everyone that saw it told me it was a clear penalty but it was one play in 90 minutes.
"I am more worried about the goal they scored because it was too easy."
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