{"id":367362,"date":"2011-04-04T21:04:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T21:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/04\/roberto-mancini-surprised-by-sunderland-demolition\/"},"modified":"2011-04-04T21:04:12","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T21:04:12","slug":"roberto-mancini-surprised-by-sunderland-demolition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/roberto-mancini-surprised-by-sunderland-demolition\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberto Mancini &#8216;Surprised&#8217; By Sunderland Demolition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div> Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has praised his side after their sensational defeat of Sunderland but admitted that he was somewhat taken aback by their five-goal demolition of their opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Johnson, Carlos Tevez, David Silva, Patrick Vieira and Yaya Toure were all on target as City moved into third place in the Premier League table, a point ahead of Chelsea and six points clear of fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was important for us to win this game because we had the chance to go into third position,&#8221; Mancini said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before the game I thought it would be difficult because it is not easy to beat Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are a strong team who work very well and their manager knows everything. But we started the game brightly and that was important.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am surprised but I am happy. It is important that we scored five goals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is possible that it will give us confidence for our remaining games, but it is important now that we continue and go to Liverpool looking to win next Monday.&#8221; \ufeff<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_326-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/sports\/201104\/150566.php\" title=\"Roberto Mancini 'Surprised' By Sunderland Demolition\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roberto Mancini &#8216;Surprised&#8217; By Sunderland Demolition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has praised his side after their sensational defeat of Sunderland but admitted that he was somewhat taken aback by their five-goal demolition of their opponents. <\/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-367362","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 &#039;Surprised&#039; 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