{"id":3475,"date":"2014-04-13T00:31:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T00:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/?p=3475"},"modified":"2014-04-13T00:31:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T00:31:24","slug":"pellegrini-tips-cityliverpool-to-win-tittle-says-chelsea-dont-score-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/football\/pellegrini-tips-cityliverpool-to-win-tittle-says-chelsea-dont-score-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Pellegrini Tips City\/Liverpool To Win Tittle, Says Chelsea Don’t Score Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Manuel Pellegrini has gone on the attack before Sunday\u2019s title crunch at Liverpool by claiming it would be bad for the game if Jose Mourinho\u2019s Chelsea ended up as champions.<\/p>\n

And the Manchester City manager has also turned his sights on Brendan Rodgers, insisting the Kop boss and Mourinho are fibbing when they say they are not feeling the pressure of the race for the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Pellegrini\u2019s third-place Blues\u00a0are four points behind leaders Liverpool but have two games in hand as they arrive at Anfield.<\/p>\n

City\u2019s Chilean boss will stick to his principles and set up his stars to win what promises to be an all-out attack fest from the top flight\u2019s two big scorers.<\/p>\n

And Pellegrini believes if anyone deserves to win the title it should not be cautious Mourinho, but City or Rodgers’ Reds,\u00a0because of the way they have both rampaged through the campaign in a blizzard of goals.<\/p>\n

Liverpool have scored 25 more than Chelsea and City 19 more than the Londoners, \u00a0making the two north-west giants the league\u2019s great entertainers.<\/p>\n

Pellegrini said: \u201dIt would be very disappointing if either of the two teams who scored the most goals don\u2019t win the league. For football, for the fans, for everyone it would be disappointing.<\/p>\n

“I think that the most attractive football, the more goals you can score, should be rewarded.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not saying it\u2019s not important to defend very well because, of course, football is about attacking and defending. But big teams must play as big teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the City boss had another dig at his main rivals, claiming he is being honest when he says he and his players are aware of the pressure \u2013 while Mourinho and Rodgers are not being truthful.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they say they aren\u2019t favourites or feeling any pressure, I don\u2019t believe them,\u201d said Pellegrini. \u201cMy philosophy on this is absolutely different. Maybe they are both covering themselves if they don\u2019t win the title.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I don\u2019t think either of the managers feels that is the reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have managed Real Madrid against Barcelona and managed teams in Buenos Aires derbies in Argentina but it doesn\u2019t mean I won\u2019t feel any pressure.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo their players believe what their managers say? I don\u2019t know what their players think.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could say to my players, \u2018We don\u2019t have any pressure to win, because this is my first season here in England so it is very difficult for me, maybe next season or the third season I will win everything.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think that would work. Pressure is the reality of what happens in every big club. I don\u2019t think players agree that they don\u2019t have a chance of winning the title.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot when they are one point or two points off the top of the table. When they are 10 points away, of course maybe. But I don\u2019t think Chelsea players or Liverpool players or Arsenal players believe they don\u2019t have pressure to win the title. That cannot be true.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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