Mancini under pressure as City humbled again

ROBERTO MANCINI angrily removed the scarf that is fast resembling a noose around his neck at Molineux but there is a growing sense that more serious issues are unravelling.

The Manchester City manager had read the riot act to his squad days before about the perils of drinking alcohol but must have felt like drowning his own sorrows after a sobering afternoon that could not have been more poignantly timed.

Ten games in last season and Mark Hughes had lost only once in the Premier League, eventually paying the price in December with the sack.