Intro:

Reaction after Newcastle United won 2-0 at Manchester City on Wednesday (29 October) to knock the English League Cup holders out of the competition.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager
(Q: What are your feelings on that result?)

"Well my feelings is that we are not playing well, I think we are in a difficult moment, with a lack of trust. We are conceding too easy goals and we are not scoring the goals that we have the chances to score. So that's I think the feeling at this moment."

Q: Is that down to confidence in the players out there at the moment?

"I think so, of course it's a lack of confidence, but we must arrange as soon as possible because we need to continue involvement in the other competitions."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager
(Q: Is the Manchester derby the ideal opportunity to bounce back?)

"We will see, we will see with the players, which the way to try to recover that confidence because I think that it is not normal to see this team playing the way we are doing now."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager
(Q: Is this Manchester derby a big test of character for your team?)

"I think the test for the character is not just in one game, I think it is in the whole season. So I don't want to think about negative things on Sunday. I repeat, my only duty at this moment is to try to recover the trust of the players."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager
(Q: Do you have any worries going into this Manchester derby, you mention the confidence?)

"Of course we must be worried we didn't win the three games that we played in this week, we must be worried about that, but we must find the solution and we must arrange it."