Roberto Mancini believes that Liverpool should be proud to have a fantastic manager in the form of Kenny Dalglish on their side
Manchester City will visit Anfield on Monday as both teams take on each other in a clash being billed as the 'European Spot Battle'. Both sides are still fighting for a place in Europe next season and although City look to be having an upper hand in this battle, anything can change from an unexpected season of Premier League football.
Ahead of this anticipated clash, City manager Roberto Mancini has heaped praises on his counterpart Kenny Dalglish, labeling him as a 'fantastic manager' for the Reds. The Italian also believes that King Kenny's January spending has definitely reduced the consequences of losing Javier Mascherano and Fernando Torres.
According to BBC Sport, Mancini said: "Dalglish is a fantastic manager. He was an incredible player, I remember him very well. Liverpool are a very strong team, especially when they play at home.
"They lost two important players in [Javier] Mascherano and [Fernando] Torres but they bought [Luis] Suarez, [Andy] Carroll as well as other good players. It will be a very hard game."
City's exit from the Europa League has revitalized their overall offerings on the pitch and Mancini certainly hoping that their fine run of form will be able to spur them to book a Champions League spot for next season.
"All the team played well against Sunderland. To score five goals from five different players was good for us. We played well because the players were rested.
"Our mentality should be the same whether we are at home or away. We can improve, we can score more goals. Now is the time to start winning more away matches. Every game we play to win but that is not always possible.
"We have always had a good spirit this year but it has improved a lot. There were times we were really tired because we had a number of injured players. But at this moment things are good. But if we want that to continue we need to keep winning."
Ahead of this anticipated clash, City manager Roberto Mancini has heaped praises on his counterpart Kenny Dalglish, labeling him as a 'fantastic manager' for the Reds. The Italian also believes that King Kenny's January spending has definitely reduced the consequences of losing Javier Mascherano and Fernando Torres.
According to BBC Sport, Mancini said: "Dalglish is a fantastic manager. He was an incredible player, I remember him very well. Liverpool are a very strong team, especially when they play at home.
"They lost two important players in [Javier] Mascherano and [Fernando] Torres but they bought [Luis] Suarez, [Andy] Carroll as well as other good players. It will be a very hard game."
City's exit from the Europa League has revitalized their overall offerings on the pitch and Mancini certainly hoping that their fine run of form will be able to spur them to book a Champions League spot for next season.
"All the team played well against Sunderland. To score five goals from five different players was good for us. We played well because the players were rested.
"Our mentality should be the same whether we are at home or away. We can improve, we can score more goals. Now is the time to start winning more away matches. Every game we play to win but that is not always possible.
"We have always had a good spirit this year but it has improved a lot. There were times we were really tired because we had a number of injured players. But at this moment things are good. But if we want that to continue we need to keep winning."
