UNDER-PRESSURE Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini has asked for more time in the post after his side lost their third match in a row against Lech Poznan on Thursday night.

ALISTAIR CRAGG will have to do something special if he is to convert his indoor gold medal-winning performance to the outdoor track at the European championships in Gothenburg the week after next, following last night’s run at the Norwich Union Super Grand Prix in Crystal Palace where he faded to finish seventh in what was by no means a world class 1,500m.