Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua tohe a Manuel Pellegrini kaore ia i te miharo ki te piki ake o United i te teepu. I ui mo ona whakaaro e pā ana ki nga hoa whawhai nui o tana kapa e rere ana i mua i a ratou i te Barclays Premier League, ka mea te rangatira o Manchester City: 'Kaore i miharo, kaore, no te mea ki taku whakaaro he mahi a Louis van Gaal hei kaiwhakahaere kei reira tonu ana kapa he kapa whakaeke, he kapa e wikitoria ana i nga taitara i nga waahi katoa. I hokona e United he maha o nga kaitakaro tino pai penei i a Angel di Maria, Radamel Falcao, Ander Herrera, Juan Mata me Daley Blind. Ko te kaiwhakahaere o Manchester City a Manuel Pellegrini e kī ana kāore ia i te miharo ki te pikinga ake o Manchester United ki runga i te tēpu. E tohu ana ia i nga hainatanga utu nui a United penei i a Angel di Maria (pokapū) me Radamel Falcao (matau) Kei te whakaaro a Pellegrini ko te kaiwhakahaere o te kounga o Louis van Gaal me tumanako kia pai te mahi ki taua roopu. Kei te whakaaro a Pellegrini ko Juan Mata (taha maui) me Ander Herrera nga kaitakaro pai rawa atu me te pokapū ki te rere o te United. Kua tohua hoki e Pellegrini te kaitiaki Dutch o United a Daley Blind (matau) hei waahanga nui o te roopu United. Ki ahau, ko te mea whakamiharo, he aha i kore ai e mahia i mua, i te tīmatanga o te tau. Engari ehara i te mea miharo te āhua o to rātau tākaro i tēnei wā. Kua ngaro a City i te rima o a raatau whakataetae e whitu whakamutunga i roto i nga whakataetae katoa, kaore ano kia wikitoria mai i te waenganui o Hui-tanguru. Nā tēnei rere i heke atu ai rātou i runga i te pokohiwi o Chelsea i runga rawa i te kapa, ā, ka heke ki te tuawha o ngā tūranga. I whakahokia e Pellegrini tana tūnga e kore ia e wehi ki te ngaro i tana mahi engari i whakaae ko tana kapa he hihiri atu i mua i te kēmu o te Rātapu. 'Ki taku whakaaro ko te hihiri tuatahi ko te wikitoria tonu,' i kii ia. 'Ko te tukinga ki tētahi kapa pēnei i a United, nāna i whakahaere te riiki mō ngā tau maha, he nui ake. 'I tētahi wā i kī a Sir Alex Ferguson kei te whakararuraru ake te hunga noho tata i a rātou, nō reira e kī ana ahau he hihiri rua tērā mō mātou.' Kei te whakanui a Glenn Murray (i raro i te taha maui) i te whaainga tuatahi o tana kapa ki a City. I eke a Jason Puncheon ki te whutupaoro mō Palace i a rātou e patu ana i ngā tāngata a Pellegrini ki te 2 ki te 1. Te taone nui...
Kua whakaitihia e Manuel Pellegrini te ahua o Manchester United. E whakaaro ana ia ko te tumanako tonu a United kia pai te mahi i runga i a raatau whakawhitinga. Kei te tumanako a Pellegrini kia mutu te rere kino o te ahua me Manchester City. Kua hinga a City i te rima o ā rātou kēmu e whitu whakamutunga i roto i ngā whakataetae katoa. Ka tutaki ngā kapa e rua o Manchester i te whakataetae ā te Rātapu ki Old Trafford.