Man City in 'crisis' after tempestuous defeat

Pellegrini launches inquest after 2-1 loss to CSKA Moscow in which two players were dismissed

Manchester City's Yaya Toure vies with CSKA Moscow's Mario Fernandes
(Image credit: PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty)

Manchester City 1 CSKA Moscow 2. It's official. Manchester City are in crisis. Just a few minutes after watching his side suffer a 2-1 defeat at home to CSKA Moscow, Sky Blues manager Manuel Pellegrini declared: "It is a crisis of confidence and we must find out why by talking to the players every day."

Though City's form has been patchy all season – dumped out of the Capital One Cup by Newcastle and league defeats to Stoke and West Ham – it's their Champions League form that has been the most shocking.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.