City must hold nerve, declares Mancini

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has urged his players to keep their nerve and not be deflected by the flak that has been heading in their direction recently.

City emerged from yet another tumultuous week with a precious three points from their Premier League encounter with Tottenham on Sunday.

It allowed the champions to nudge themselves up to second in the Premier League, still unbeaten, and just two points adrift of Manchester United.