I think sometimes we need to speak up. If they are CKSA fans they are good for us. It was suggested to City boss Manuel Pellegrini that the presence of supporters may have influenced the referee's decision to award CSKA their late penalty.
Pellegrini said: "Well I agree but maybe it is not my duty to talk about things that do not correspond to my duty.
I don't want to talk about the referee or other things. I don't want to be punished again. I am sure we will win. But I think it is impossible. Definitely the moral winners of this game. Mancini had his own gripe after Wayne Rooney gestured to referee Chris Foy in the aftermath of Kompany's challenge, seemingly encouraging the referee to dismiss the Belgian. Mancini, vilified for waving an imaginary red card during the win over Liverpool on Tuesday, said: 'When I did this against Liverpool, people told me not to do it.
I said I was sorry and made a mistake. Asked what he thought of the red card, he shrugged before eventually saying: 'It's best that we talk about the game and not the referee. However, counterpart Sir Alex Ferguson thought it was the right decision, saying: 'I think so, I've seen him do it before, he maybe got off in the past. I think if he catches Nani then he's got a problem.
City will now have to plan for life without their influential centre-back as they bid to hold off United and Tottenham at the summit of the Barclays Premier League.
He will also sit out both of the Carling Cup semi-final matches with Liverpool, starting with Wednesday's first leg at home. The news is a big blow for Mancini, who is expected to be without the Toure brothers - Yaya and Kolo - for over a month after they jetted out for the Africa Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast.
Kompany and Kolo Toure would arguably be City's first-choice pairing at the back, and Mancini will now have to rely on Joleon Lescott and Stefan Savic.
They also have Nedum Onuoha - who was expected to leave - and Dedryck Boyata may now be recalled from his loan at Bolton. Argos AO. Privacy Policy Feedback. Pivotal: Vincent Kompany was sent off for this tackle on Nani. Kompany appears to take the ball in replays. Many of the allegations of financial impropriety and rule-breaking lodged against Manchester City came to light after they were reported by news media outlets with access to the so-called Football Leaks files.
City has not labeled false any of the information reported to date. At the time, dozens of teams were tens of millions of dollars in debt, in part because of a rapid rise in the cost of top players fueled by lavish spending by a handful of superwealthy owners. As part of their current inquiry, the Uefa investigators, an independent group of governance and finance specialists led by Leterme, met with City officials in April in Switzerland. PSG and Uefa have a tangled relationship.
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