Pellegrini: Cup final loss a lesson

Manuel Pellegrini expects his Manchester City players to have learnt from last year’s Wembley nightmare as they prepare for this weekend’s Capital One Cup final against Sunderland.

Pellegrini, appointed last summer, was still at Malaga when City suffered a shock loss to Wigan – in what proved Roberto Mancini’s last match in charge – in the FA Cup final last May.