{"id":360586,"date":"2011-04-02T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/02\/roberto-mancini-manchester-city-are-aiming-for-third-place-in-the-premier-league\/"},"modified":"2011-04-02T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T11:35:00","slug":"roberto-mancini-manchester-city-are-aiming-for-third-place-in-the-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/roberto-mancini-manchester-city-are-aiming-for-third-place-in-the-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberto Mancini: Manchester City are aiming for third place in the Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Jake Watson<\/h3>\n<h4>2 Apr 2011 12:35:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"70.590121872996\">\n<div readability=\"16.842592592593\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BPL, Blackpool and Manchester City, Roberto Mancini (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/8ca85c55113286_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>BPL, Blackpool and Manchester City, Roberto Mancini (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"40.08345752608\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/man-city\">Manchester City<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/italy\/170\/roberto-mancini\">Roberto Mancini<\/a> says his side are aiming higher than a fourth-placed finish this season now he has a full squad to choose from.<\/p>\n<p>Mancini says that his team are looking to push for third spot now that some key players have returned to fitness after a tough schedule in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don&#8217;t want to finish fourth. We want to finish third.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For two months we played every three days with 14 players,&#8221; Mancini told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is very hard for every team, not just us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The former Inter manager has tipped his goalkeeper, current England No.1 Joe Hart, to become a great after an impressive season for club and country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Joe could become one of the top English keepers in history,&#8221; said Mancini.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is young and he is strong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like everyone, he makes mistakes but that is normal when you are young. Maybe sometimes he worries too much when he has the ball.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But he is getting better with every game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Also, you have to remember, this is the first year he played for a club who were competing for the title.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last season was the first time he played for a full year in the Premier League, with Birmingham on loan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is already a fantastic keeper and he can still improve a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/8ca85c55113286_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/02\/2422526\/roberto-mancini-manchester-city-are-aiming-for-third-place\" title=\"Roberto Mancini: Manchester City are aiming for third place in the Premier League\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roberto Mancini: Manchester City are aiming for third place in the Premier League<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Jake Watson 2 Apr 2011 12:35:00 BPL, Blackpool and Manchester City, Roberto Mancini (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says his side are aiming higher than a fourth-placed finish this season now he has a full squad to choose from. Mancini says that his team are looking to push for third spot now that some key players have returned to fitness after a tough schedule in recent months. \u201cWe don&#8217;t want to finish fourth. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-360586","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Roberto Mancini: Manchester City are aiming for third place in the Premier League - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/roberto-mancini-manchester-city-are-aiming-for-third-place-in-the-premier-league\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Roberto Mancini: Manchester City are aiming for third place in the Premier League - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Jake Watson 2 Apr 2011 12:35:00 BPL, Blackpool and Manchester City, Roberto Mancini (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says his side are aiming higher than a fourth-placed finish this season now he has a full squad to choose from. 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