"A Complete Disaster"-Fernandinho
Thursday, 17th Apr 2014 10:14

Fernandinho has admitted Manchester City are running on empty as their title challenge took a huge hit last night. Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho described Wednesday's dropped points against the Black Cats as “a complete disaster” and said City's gruelling schedule had left them mentally and physically exhausted. City have played 13 more than title favourites Liverpool who haven't had any European football this season,and Fernandinho said the fixture overload was beginning to take its toll.

Fernandinho told The Daily Mirror “It can make some difference because we've been going for Champions League, Premier League and both cups,”

“Maybe our players are feeling a little tired. Maybe it has made a difference, but our team was good, especially in December and January.

“In February we were a little down but recovered and made some good performances in March. In April we've tried to play the same way, but it wasn't enough to win the game against Sunderland.

“The whole team is disappointed about the result, especially in the way we played. The result was a complete disaster for us."

“But we still have five more games, and are waiting for Liverpool or Chelsea to drop some points, and we will see what happens then.”

Despite City's blip Fernandinho said that there could still be more twists and turns in this season title race and that it could still go down to the wire.

“A lot of people have said this season has been the most competitive Premier League, with three teams that all had to be champions,” said Fernandinho.

“I'm sure it will still be decided in the last game. Now our focus has to be on West Brom on Monday, an that will be a massive match for us.

"It's really very hard, after the bad result against Liverpool. But we have to keep our head up and now need to look to West Brom here at home.

"We believe we can win the title. Chelsea and Liverpool have four games and they may drop some points - we think we can still win the title.

“We need to keep on — they can drop some points in their games and we need to win five games. We will see what happens in the end, but we need to recover our motivation for the next game and beat West Brom.”

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