Manchester City Not Out Of Top-Four Race- Manuel Pellegrini

 

Manuel Pellegrini insisted the battle for the top four is not finished after Manchester City were held to a 2-2 draw by Arsenal on Sunday. Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne twice put City ahead at the Etihad but they were pegged back by goals from Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez.

City's destiny is now out of their hands, with Manchester United assured of a top-four finish if they win their final two games against West Ham and Bournemouth, but Pellegrini, who was overseeing his last home game in charge, was defiant in defeat

He said “It's not finished,When things are not in your own hands you need to depend on other teams, but in football you never know, we will have our heads up and not give up until the last day. We need to wait for the Manchester United result, then we will think about our last game which we need to win. When you don't depend on yourself it's more difficult. It was not the way we wanted to finish the season at home, we deserved to win this game, we played very well for 90 minutes, but in football you must score the goals. We were a bit unlucky with some of the chances but we could not win. We were playing against a very good team, but in the first 45 minutes only one team was in it. We just couldn't keep our advantage”.

Pellegrini's three-year spell at City will come to an end next Sunday with a trip to Swansea.