Pellegrini hoping history repeats itself

Manuel Pellegrini has urged his players to replicate their achievement of two years ago when Manchester City clinched the Premier League title from a seemingly hopeless position.

City's 3-0 defeat at Liverpool on Wednesday - just three days after they beat the same opposition at Wembley in the League Cup final - was their third in succession in the league and has left them 10 points behind table-topping Leicester, although they do have a game in hand.

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