Mancini and Martinez on today's match

Roberto Mancini: "I have a lot of respect for Shay and I told him the situation before the finish of the (transfer) market. I told him. 'Shay, you can choose. I hope that you stay here but I respect your decision and if you want to leave you can.' He decided to stay here and until January he must stay here. I understand his frustration but I need that Shay stays here and puts in 100 per cent. In January if he decides to leave I respect his decision ... I thought about (the captaincy) during the summer and I spoke to Carlos (Tevez) about it. He is an important player and he can improve as captain and we can have more of him."

Roberto Martinez: "We created Manchester City's best chances and that is very disappointing. In any performance the hardest thing should be to concede a goal. At the moment from time to time we come out with this softness in our defensive play which really lets ourselves down and puts games out of our reach. In defence we showed a lack of intensity. We are giving ourselves a mountain to climb to get points from games and that is what is so disappointing. (Nigel de Jong) was lucky (not to see red) but it was as self-inflicted defeat. I will never look at anything else other than ourselves when it is so obvious what made the difference."