Manchester City: Pellegrini Blasts Mourinho’s Small Team Tactics

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Manchester City manager, Manuel Pellegrini, has accused Chelsea of playing like ‘a small team’ and compared Jose Mourinho’s defensive tactics to Stoke.

Pellegrini blasted Mourinho for his negative tactics after the Blues' left the Etihad stadium with a 1-1 draw on Sunday.

"I think we played during 90 minutes against a small team trying to defend, trying to keep 10 players in front of their goal and (City were) a team that wanted to win from the beginning," Pellegrini told a news conference.

"We had two or three clear chances to score at the start of the second half and after with 10 players, we continued trying to win. I am satisfied with the performance of my team but I am not satisfied with the score.

"I think we played against exactly the same team we played against Stoke here.”

Chelsea took the lead through Andre Schuerrle after City's Pablo Zabaleta was sent off before Frank Lampard – Chelsea's record all-time scorer – levelled for the champions and Pellegrini hailed his goalscorer.

"When I sent Lampard into the game, I told him go and score,” he added.

"I was so sure Frank would play well against Chelsea because he is a very good professional.

“I was absolutely sure he will be a very useful player for our team. He has nothing to do in New York until January when they started the season there.

"It was very important for him to continue working every day and playing in our team but it was (also) very important for our team to have a player with the experience and quality of Frank Lampard."

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