Mancini demands City steel

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini knows his team must toughen up if they are to keep their Champions League quest alive.

City have made another disappointing start in the competition, having collected just one point from their opening two matches in Group D.

Alarmingly, according to Uefa statistics, they have allowed 50 attempts on their own goal during their opening loss at Real Madrid and in their draw against Borussia Dortmund last time out. It leaves them heading into the first of their back-to-back games against Ajax in the Amsterdam ArenA anxious for a result.