As Manchester City's hope of advancing in the UEFA Champions League was severely deflated by FC Barcelona, the ESPN FC crew debate whether or not Manuel Pellegrini should be sacked based on his side's UCL form. MANCHESTER -- Manuel Pellegrini believes English football's heavy winter workload helps account for the poor performance of Premier League teams in Europe. The Chilean's Manchester City were beaten 2-1 by Barcelona on Tuesday and were one of four of England's top seven sides to suffer setbacks in continental competitions this week. Arsenal lost 3-1 at home to Monaco before Tottenham went down 2-0 to Fiorentina and Liverpool were knocked out of the Europa League by Besiktas on penalties after being... http://ift.tt/1AAzaSf
Friday, February 27, 2015
Busy fixture slate hampers English teams in Europe - Manuel Pellegrini
As Manchester City's hope of advancing in the UEFA Champions League was severely deflated by FC Barcelona, the ESPN FC crew debate whether or not Manuel Pellegrini should be sacked based on his side's UCL form. MANCHESTER -- Manuel Pellegrini believes English football's heavy winter workload helps account for the poor performance of Premier League teams in Europe. The Chilean's Manchester City were beaten 2-1 by Barcelona on Tuesday and were one of four of England's top seven sides to suffer setbacks in continental competitions this week. Arsenal lost 3-1 at home to Monaco before Tottenham went down 2-0 to Fiorentina and Liverpool were knocked out of the Europa League by Besiktas on penalties after being... http://ift.tt/1AAzaSf
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