Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini hailed his team's spirit and
belief after Saturday's 3-2 win over Aston Villa and said those
qualities had been lacking in recent Premier League games.
The
champions let slip a two-goal lead, given them by Sergio Aguero and
Aleksandar Kolarov, as Villa pegged the hosts back with second-half
strikes from Tom Cleverley and Carlos Sanchez.
Fernandinho then
stabbed home the winner in the 89th minute to save City's blushes and
help them leapfrog Arsenal and Manchester United into second place.
It
was a cruel blow for Villa, who had enjoyed the lion's share of
possession, and Pellegrini said it was the result and not the
performance that mattered.
"Today we didn't play as well but we
had the spirit and fight to win in the last five minutes despite their
late equaliser," the Chilean told the BBC.
"The results are
always more important than the performances but I think we normally play
well. Today we showed the spirit and the belief that perhaps we have
not had in other games when we have had more possession.
"I was not satisfied with the way we played today but sometimes you need different things to win games."
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