Man City will have to go without Kompany for another month

He said: “Maybe we have to finish better and improve the amount of offensive moments we have”.

“Against Aston Villa I think we were very unlucky not to win, against Manchester United was a very close game as normal, and was a good draw, and the last game against Leicester I don’t think we played badly”.

It’s made for a more interesting league.

Pellegrini shrugged off speculation that City will move for Real Madrid midfielder Isco, a player he managed at Malaga and tried to sign when he was appointed at the Etihad Stadium in 2013.

Pellegrini says that he was satisfied with the performance against a side that who had scored in each of their last 14 games at home.

“Against Tottenham we played very well in the first half”.

Stoke were the latest to benefit from Everton’s generosity with their memorable 4-3 win at Goodison Park on Monday and look capable of their sixth win in nine games away to West Brom.

West Ham defeated Southampton 2-1.

Manchester City will be in action next on January 2nd, when they travel to Vicarage Road to take on Watford at 12:30 p.m. ET.

Away games: Watford, West Ham, Sunderland, Newcastle, Liverpool, Norwich, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Southampton and Swansea.

“I can only say well done to our players and our fans are unbelievable, they support us and they push us”. It nearly paid off instantly as Ulloa’s decoy run allowed Vardy to collect Drinkwater’s pass, but he shot straight at Joe Hart in the Manchester City goal.

Home form isn’t a problem for City.

But how did they fare across the calendar year compared to every other club in the top flight and the Football League?

Following Tuesday night’s goalless draw against Leicester, Pellegrini’s team are without an away win in the Barclays Premier League in six outings since a 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace on September 12.

They have City breathing down their neck in third place, three points off the pace. Unlikely as it would seem, a Spurs title win wouldn’t go down too badly with the neutrals, given the way Mauricio Pochettino has moulded the side with youngsters leading the way. However, they have a tough Europa League round of 32 clash against Italian title challengers Fiorentina to contend with, and the fact they have often been found to be mentally wanting in the past are the biggest hindrances to their title hopes. All quotes were obtained firsthand unless otherwise noted.