Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has spoken to Sportsmail's Pete Jenson ahead of their Champions League last-16 showdown with Barcelona . Here are the top 10 quotes from the interview with the Chilean boss . Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has spoken to Sportsmail 's Pete Jenson . Pellegrini on Manchester City 's triumphs last season going unrecognised . 'We were fighting on all fronts . We won the Capital One Cup , reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup , played in the Champions League and we won the League scoring 157 goals . Liverpool only had one competition and that 's an enormous advantage . ' Pellegrini on Liverpool getting the attention . 'The slip from ( Steven ) Gerrard ? They lost that game 2-0 , not 1-0 . If he had not slipped , does it end in a draw ? We 'd still have been two points ahead of them . So why was it Liverpool losing the league and not us winning it ? ' Pellegrini on being told to buy English players . ‘ It is important to have English players but can you sign them ? Can you get ( Raheem ) Sterling ? Maybe if you go to Liverpool with £100million you can . If I want an English player in the position of ( David ) Silva who is there ? Maybe ( Wayne ) Rooney , but who else ? ' Pellegrini on European silverware . 'Manchester United in all of that great era under ( Sir Alex ) Ferguson only won two Champions Leagues . Real Madrid went 32 years without winning the European Cup . It is important to be there in the later rounds but you ca n't think that not being there is a disaster . ' Pellegrini poses with the Premier League trophy in May 2014 after he saw his team win the title . Pellegrini on Barcelona . 'You can talk about tactics and technique but if you go a man down against Barcelona , you 're put in a terrible position . It is not a disgrace to get knocked out by them . Their squad , if it is not the best in the world , it is the second best . No other team can put together Leo Messi , Neymar and Luis Suarez but I want to play them with 11 and if they knock us out then let that be because they were better than us . ' Pellegrini on his days as a centre back before becoming a manager . 'If you want to say I was a disaster of a player then say it . But give me another disaster of a player who played almost 500 games across 14 years . ' Pellegrini on Manchester City 's riches . 'This year Liverpool , Arsenal , Chelsea and Manchester United have all spent more than us . People do n't accept that we are trying to become a big club in a very short time . I do n't think there 's such a difference between the top five or six squads . ' Pellegrini feels English clubs are n't helped in European competitions by the domestic fixtures during winter . Pellegrini on the festive fixture list . 'English football gives other leagues an advantage . There are some traditions you ca n't change , I realise that . Boxing Day is non-negotiable . But you ca n't play nine games in December and nine in January . You have to stop at some point . ' Pellegrini on James Milner . 'It would be very difficult to find a more complete player than Milner . There are players who are better technically . There are quicker players . There are players who head the ball better . But show me a player who does all the things that Milner does well and there is n't one . 'You leave him on the bench and he is furious , but watch him during the game , encouraging and shouting . And in the next training session he kills it for 95 minutes . It 's very difficult to find another Milner – an intelligent player , with big balls and a massive heart . ' Pellegrini on pressure in England compared to in Argentina . 'Here the pressure is normal . There , it 's every day , and it 's life and death . I 've never had a problem with pressure because I believe in my own ability . Last year I wanted to show I could win a major league in Europe . This year the challenge is to repeat the title or to do better in the Champions League . ' Pellegrini has spoken to Sportsmail about James Milner , the pressure he feels and on their trophy aims .
Read Sportsmail 's interview with Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini . Pellegrini feels his team 's triumphs Wednesday went unrecognised . City face Barcelona on last season , away in the Champions League . Pellegrini wants a fair fight at the Nou Camp to try to overturn the 2-1 loss . Gael Clichy was sent off in the first leg and Pellegrini is up for round two . CLICK HERE for all the latest Manchester City news .