Despite a convincing win in mid-week against Birmingham City, Manchester City will be hoping to shake off the mistakes from last weekend’s draw with Fulham when they entertain Everton at Eastlands stadium on Saturday.
Goals from Owen Hargreaves and Mario Balotelli helped the Blues sweep past the Midlanders on Wednesday night, and Mancini was delighted with the role Hargreaves played during his 57 minutes on pitch.
“He had no problems tonight,” said Mancini after the game. “He's had no problems for the last two weeks. We said that he would have about 60 minutes before the game, and I'm happy for him."It's important that he becomes again the player that he was, then he will be important to the England team as well.
“Owen is a fantastic player and he can become an important player for us. He can play often.”
But Mancini will be fielding a stronger side on Saturday then the one that faced Birmingham, with memories of a blown two-goal lead against Fulham still fresh in the mind.
“It is incredible that we lost these two points. Of course you cannot win every game away from home but this is one that we should have won.
“We should have scored more than one goal in the first half just like we should have scored more than one against Wigan in the first half when we were similarly dominant.
“We have to learn the lessons. We did a foul throw for the first goal and the second one should have been a free kick to us because Dzeko was fouled but that is football.“I am frustrated because I believe that we should have won the game. We gave away stupid goals.”
So with an almost full strength squad (Nigel do Jong’s foot injury is still leaving the Dutchman as questionable to play) City look good for Saturday, while Everton look to continue their impressive start to the season after collecting even points from their opening four games.
Kick-off is at 12.30pm on Saturday.
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