Mancini angered by derby defeat

Mancini angered by derby defeat

Published Apr. 17, 2010 9:35 p.m. ET

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini was left "angry" and "disappointed" after his side suffered an agonising 1-0 derby defeat at the hands of Manchester United at Eastlands.

A Paul Scholes header deep into injury time handed City's fierce rivals the spoils following a tense affair on Saturday lunchtime.

The result keeps United in touch with league leaders Chelsea, and Mancini's men slipped out of the Champions League qualification places after Tottenham beat the Blues later in the day.

Speaking after the game Mancini told Sky Sports: "That's football, it's incredible, but for us it doesn't change anything, we have another four games.

"We are very disappointed to lose and I'm very angry but always positive.

"We had some chances and we didn't deserve to lose but that's football.

"We played a good game but it was difficult for us and United, and when Scholes scored in the last few seconds it was unlucky.

"This doesn't change the situation for fourth place - the crucial match will be against Tottenham here."

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