article_snippet.sent: Over the pond, New York City FC manager Jason Kreis is finding life increasingly difficult following a patchy start to the season which continued on Thursday night as Philadelphia Union snatched a late draw in a match which had been bossed for long periods by the men in sky blue.
article_snippet.sent: The pressure hasn’t reached Manuel Pellegrini proportions.
article_snippet.sent: Yet New York City FC manager Jason Kreis and NYCFC will be under no illusions about the task in hand.
article_snippet.sent: MLS needs to start acknowledging international breaks like everyone else.
article_snippet.sent: City’ s Mix Diskerud, arguably MLS best player thus far, was unavailable having played for the US in MLS win over Mexico on Wednesday night while the likes Robbie Keane missed League matches during the last round of Euro 2016 qualifier.
article_snippet.sent: Another quirk this side of the pond saw Philadelphia lock horns with Kreis’ side just four days after beating Philadelphia lock horns with Kreis’ side at home 2-1.
article_snippet.sent: It goes without saying that Villa was emphatically Pellegrini.
article_snippet.sent: Kreis needed the rest of the team to start performing after the break though.
article_snippet.sent: Perhaps Kreis should give Pellegrini a call at some point soon.