{"id":419304,"date":"2011-05-07T18:03:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/"},"modified":"2011-05-07T18:03:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-07T18:03:00","slug":"you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/","title":{"rendered":"‘You can never lose games like today if you want to become a strong team’ – Roberto Mancini unhappy with defeat at Everton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n

By Jonathan Birchall at Goodison Park<\/h3>\n

7 May 2011 19:03:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\"Roberto<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Roberto Mancini – Manchester City (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Related Links<\/h4>\n

Teams<\/h4>\n

Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Roberto Mancini<\/a> believes Manchester City<\/a> are not ready to be called a top team after succumbing to a 2-1 defeat at Everton<\/a>, despite outplaying their opponents for the first hour of the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Italian was upset by his team\u2019s display in the second half which led to their eventual loss and the result now means that Tottenham can close the gap on them in the chase for fourth place, should they beat Blackpool at White Hart Lane in the evening kick-off.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to improve on our situation. You can never lose games like today if you want to become a strong team,” he told reporters.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was close, we had good chances to score in the second half through Yaya Toure and Edin Dzeko. It\u2019s not important to score the goals but that the team win the game.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Everton equalised through Sylvain Distin early in the second half and Mancini was disappointed that his team were unable to deal with what he perceived to be Everton\u2019s long-ball tactics.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEverton is a strong team. When they put Tim Cahill and Jermaine Beckford on, we stayed too deep for about 10\/15 minutes and they hit long ball after long ball and conceded too much space in the box,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe conceded two goals but we played very well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Read more here:
\n‘You can never lose games like today if you want to become a strong team’ – Roberto Mancini unhappy with defeat at Everton<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jonathan Birchall at Goodison Park 7 May 2011 19:03:00 Roberto Mancini – Manchester City (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Roberto Mancini believes Manchester City are not ready to be called a top team after succumbing to a 2-1 defeat at Everton , despite outplaying their opponents for the first hour of the game. The Italian was upset by his team\u2019s display in the second half which led to their eventual loss and the result now means that Tottenham can close the gap on them in the chase for fourth place, should they beat Blackpool at White Hart Lane in the evening kick-off<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":419289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-419304","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"\n'You can never lose games like today if you want to become a strong team' - Roberto Mancini unhappy with defeat at Everton - 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\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"'You can never lose games like today if you want to become a strong team' - Roberto Mancini unhappy with defeat at Everton - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Jonathan Birchall at Goodison Park 7 May 2011 19:03:00 Roberto Mancini - Manchester City (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Roberto Mancini believes Manchester City are not ready to be called a top team after succumbing to a 2-1 defeat at Everton , despite outplaying their opponents for the first hour of the game. The Italian was upset by his team\u2019s display in the second half which led to their eventual loss and the result now means that Tottenham can close the gap on them in the chase for fourth place, should they beat Blackpool at White Hart Lane in the evening kick-off\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"‘You can never lose games like today if you want to become a strong team’ – Roberto Mancini unhappy with defeat at Everton\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-07T18:03:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/\"},\"wordCount\":288,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/\",\"name\":\"'You can never lose games like today if you want to become a strong team' - Roberto Mancini unhappy with defeat at Everton - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-07T18:03:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'You can never lose games like today if you want to become a strong team' - Roberto Mancini unhappy with defeat at Everton - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"'You can never lose games like today if you want to become a strong team' - Roberto Mancini unhappy with defeat at Everton - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"By Jonathan Birchall at Goodison Park 7 May 2011 19:03:00 Roberto Mancini - Manchester City (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Roberto Mancini believes Manchester City are not ready to be called a top team after succumbing to a 2-1 defeat at Everton , despite outplaying their opponents for the first hour of the game. The Italian was upset by his team\u2019s display in the second half which led to their eventual loss and the result now means that Tottenham can close the gap on them in the chase for fourth place, should they beat Blackpool at White Hart Lane in the evening kick-off","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"‘You can never lose games like today if you want to become a strong team’ – Roberto Mancini unhappy with defeat at Everton","datePublished":"2011-05-07T18:03:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/"},"wordCount":288,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/","name":"'You can never lose games like today if you want to become a strong team' - Roberto Mancini unhappy with defeat at Everton - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2011-05-07T18:03:00+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/you-can-never-lose-games-like-today-if-you-want-to-become-a-strong-team-roberto-mancini-unhappy-with-defeat-at-everton\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}