Mancini hits out at fixture schedule

Mancini is angry that his Man City team play Arsenal tonight, just over 48 hours after playing away to Liverpool.

“Arsenal played on Saturday, we played on Sunday evening. Monday we travel to London and we play Tuesday night. Incredible.

“I think this is the reason why the national team arrive for European Championships and World Cups and they are dying. The players don’t have time to recover. For us to play again in two days like this so soon after the Champions League [City visited Napoli last week] is incredible.”