City had a rough start because Boyata got a red card in 5th minute, and left City with 10 players on the pitch. This caused a fall in Mancini’s tactics, and they just couldn’t handle the attacks of Arsenal during the game.

Nasri, Song and Bendtner scored today for Arsenal.

City continues with the impressive form in both Premier League and the Europa League.

The game was a tough one, as MCFC couldn’t dominate because of the high physical strength of the opponent. However, they managed to beat them and are now only 2 points behind Chelsea.

The next big game comes on the 23rd August when they play Arsenal at home.

Adam Johnson as a midfielder scored 2 goals in four matches with the three lions bringing both to Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Switzerland. At present the Italian manager expects the player to improve his game a little more as Johnson is still young and can add more to his game.

Mancini says Johnson has got what it takes and he must understand that it is not more to dribble over the opposite team to reach the top and he must start playing shots just like the way he scored his goal against Juventus which took City to 2-1 win versus Newcastle. Manchester City manager said he always believes in Johnson’s which makes him to work the player like this.

Manchester City Striker said if he returns to Argentina it will be difficult for him as there will be more pressure on him. There is one final chance of my return if only my father and daughter request me to come back or my opinion will always be not to play, he added.

Tevez says he has been very close to Diego Maradona but he says he still has a great respect and affection to his national side. Tevez said he respects Maradona a lot which he himself knows that, he always appreciates me and I have been with him during bad times and always defended him.

The Argentine footballer Pablo Zabaleta and the Togolese footballer Emmanuel Adebayor are also expected to be involved in the deal to get 21 year old Brazilian international who had been recovered from a thigh injury recently. On the other side the Diavoli are said to have shown their interest on the Togolese forward including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ronaldinho and Robinho.

Emmanuel Adebayor has also denied the pecking order at Manchester City after Mancini has decided to use Carlos Tevez as the single striker playing at the up front for the team. Alexandre Pato’s offer is set to be the biggest offer made by the Manchester City.

Toure said discussions during half time was a perfect one as the manager said few right things which made us work hard in second half and win the game making the team happy. The win has taken City to their second place in Premier League and toure thinks they can easily win first place if they continue their present form.

The Ivorian footballer said at present City is in second place which will raise the confidence in players and they must make sure they maintain their standards. By working hard it can be achieved as the team is still new and we can expect lot of improvement in the upcoming games, he added.

Van Marwijk said De Jong’s tackle against Newcastle’s Hatem Ben Arfa has become the reason for this decision. Ben Arfa faced a broken leg with this tackle but referee accepted the challenge to be legal. The Newcastle manager too thinks De Jong’s tackle was not vengeful.

De Jong should have called in by Holland for his double header, but Dutch FA has made a shocking decision of dropping him. Mancini said he had nothing to say about De Jong’s ignorance from his national side as it is completely left to Dutch FA. De Jong, who is in good form at present, also winning man of the match with 1-0 win against Chelsea, will continue training with his club.

Lescott said he had few injury problems in the past and he should be at gym as he understands what his body needs. The present schedule has made difficult to attend gym whenever we want and next few days is best chance to hit the gym, even other players may do the same thing, he added.

The player said it is difficult for players to maintain their fitness even though there is lot of conversation about the player’s lifestyle. Lescott faced two injuries during his first season with City which also made him lose his place at World Cup team. He played at left-back in the weekend game and said he wants to be in a good condition to perform well.

The Ivorian footballer said it was hard after Thursday as they had only 2 days left for there games and we also started the game slowly, even conceded a goal due to our carelessness. There were few perfect words from the manager after halftime and team’s effort in the second half made us to add three points.

Toure said City is at second place now which will improve the confident of the players to stay in their standards. We should work hard to maintain ourselves as the team is still new and lot of improvements is expected in upcoming season, defending also has improved a lot with me and Vincent Kompany doing our best said Toure.