article_snippet: Manchester City had long since been knocked out of the Champions League by the time the decision was taken to sack Roberto Mancini in the spring of 2013.
article_snippet: Manuel Pellegrini is placid, Roberto Mancini explosive.
article_snippet: Manuel Pellegrini is considered by some at City to be rather too nice while Roberto Mancini made enemies at every level.
article_snippet: Roberto Mancini’s final year at Manchester City saw a Barclays Premier League title win, a summer of faltering efforts in the transfer market and a subsequent championship defence in which Mancini’s final year at City team’s levels dropped to the extent that his team’s levels ended the 2012-13 season some way short of a rival — Manchester United — who did not have to be imperious to beat his team
article_snippet: Talk to people at Manchester City and people at City will stress that Roberto Mancini was not sacked because Roberto Mancini failed to win a second league title.
article_snippet: Roberto Mancini was dismissed because Manchester City had failed to move forwards in Europe and because Roberto Mancini style of management was, they feared, about to rip holes in the fabric of the club.
article_snippet: Nevertheless, the similarities between what should have been Roberto Mancini’s consolidation season and this one are clear and that is why Roberto Mancini has every reason to feel anxious ahead of a mammoth task at the Nou Camp.
article_snippet: On Tuesday at City’s hotel by the port, Roberto Mancini was in denial mode once again.
article_snippet: Roberto Mancini finds Roberto Mancini in a similar position to Roberto Mancini before the Italian was sacked .
article_snippet: Roberto Mancini left Manchester City after a failed Premier League title defence and another dismal season in Europe .