Manchester City coach, Roberto Mancini has attacked the rest of the Premier League andattempted to undermine Manchester United's impending title triumph by accusing teams of cowering with fear before Sir Alex Ferguson's team.
United
take a 15-point lead over their neighbours and reigning champions into
tonight's Manchester derby at Old Trafford, a margin the Manchester City
manager believes is unjust and would not have materialised had his
transfer targets been achieved last summer. While criticism of his
team's limp title defence has been circumspect, with Mancini
highlighting a lack of goals as the main difference between last season
and this, the Italian was unsparing in his condemnation of the rest of
the Premier League.
The City manager believes United's commanding
lead is a product of the aura that Ferguson has created, with teams
consistently facing the league leaders with an inferiority complex.
"No
one plays well against United because they only play with fear," said
Mancini when asked his opinion of Sunderland's performance in what
proved Martin O'Neill's final game as manager the Saturday before last.
"United
are strong now because of their importance as a team, their importance
as a club. Every team that plays against United plays very soft because
they think the game is difficult, that they can't beat them. It is not
true.
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