Pellegrini: Hornets scare did us favour

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini hopes Saturday’s scare against Watford has shaken any complacency out of his side ahead of tonight’s trip to Tottenham.

Pellegrini voiced his frustration with his players after they needed to recover from 2-0 down against the Championship side in the FA Cup fourth round tie at the Etihad Stadium.

City eventually won comfortably 4-2 after a Sergio Aguero hat-trick, but Pellegrini said after the game their defending was a “disaster” and he would have liked to substitute all 11 players.