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Pellegrini: Punishment good for Costa

Saturday, January 31 2015 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Manuel Pellegrini on Friday called on Chelsea striker Diego Costa to "change" after he picked up a three-match ban.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager

    "I think it is a very important game. It's not the game that will decide the title because after that we have to play 45 points more. If you remember some years ago this club won the title being eight points behind Manchester United in that moment. In football, you never know but it is a very important game and it is important for us to close that gap as soon as we can."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager
    "I don't feel pressure, never. The only pressure I feel in my whole career is my own pressure to try to do my best job in every team that I have."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager
    " I think Frank is an important player for us, I think that Diego Costa is an important player for Chelsea. But I say always the same thing - in this case of Diego Costa and in this case of Yaya (Toure) for our team - I think that big teams with important squads cannot depend on just one player. So I think it is very important miss for both teams but they have another player to replace."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager
    "I think that he is a great player, a very important player. I think that he has his character, it's not an easy character. But I think that I hope for him this punishment - I am talking after the punishment is already done, so I am not trying to take advantage for the game tomorrow - but I think that that will be a good thing for him to change a little bit in the future. He doesn't need to do it that way because he is a very good player, a top player."

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