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Strategist Roberto Mancini did not hide his disappointment that his players missed the opportunity to break away from .
On Saturday in the English Premier League, "Man Utd" lost to "Blackburn", but the next day "Man City" unexpectedly stumbled against "Sunderland". Now both Manchester teams have 45 points each.
"We missed a great opportunity as we could have pulled away from our rival by three points. Lately, things have not been going well for us as we do not take advantage of scoring opportunities," Mancini said.
Micah Richards and Edin Dzeko hit the crossbar in the mentioned match, while Simon Mignolet blocked attempts by David Silva and Sergio Aguero.
"We deserved to win. It's just unbelievable that we couldn't achieve it, but that's football," the Italian added. "Last year the situation was the same. I don't know how many opportunities we had, but in the end we lost because of a penalty kick. Now our opponents scored from a set-piece."
"A team like us cannot allow opponents to launch three or four quick attacks at the end of a match. Sometimes you have to understand that there are games when you simply can't score, and in that case, one point is better than zero."
