article_snippet: Manuel Pellegrini suggested after City's 1-0 defeat in the Nou Camp that the number of games English clubs played in December and January meant the number of games English clubs played in December and January struggled in the latter stages of the Champions League.
article_snippet: Manuel Pellegrini believes the games Manuel Pellegrini team play over Christmas hinder his team in Europe .
article_snippet: I heard (Southampton manager)
article_snippet: Ronald Koeman complaining about the number of fixtures in England, so maybe it is an advantage for us. '
article_snippet: I don't know, it is impossible to say, but us do enjoy watching the English teams playing on Boxing Day.'
article_snippet: Speaking after the game, Manuel Pellegrini suggested the heavy fixture scheduling played a part in City's demise.
article_snippet: For the second time in three years, there are not any English teams in the last eight of the Champions League .
article_snippet: Manuel Pellegrini said: 'It is difficult to analyse because the Champions League is strong, with money and very good players. '
article_snippet: In Spain, Italy and Germany Italy and Germany stop playing.
article_snippet: Last year We played nine games in December and nine in January, and that was before We played Lionel Messi's Barcelona.'
highlights_snippet: There are no English teams in the last eight of the Champions League .
  
highlights_snippet: Until English clubs learn to keep the ball English clubs are doomed to fail .
  