Monday 4 March 2013 23:47, UK
Man City manager Roberto Mancini has suggested his side's run-in could determine the future of several players.
City have a chance to cut United's lead back to 12 points as they travel to struggling Aston Villa to play their game in hand on Monday. Mancini's men were beaten by another relegation-threatened side in Southampton last month and another defeat to lowly opposition would be unthinkable at this stage. Yet even with victory, City would still have just 10 games to turn around a seemingly impossible situation. Mancini is relying on favours from elsewhere and hopes United's Champions League exertions - they face Real Madrid this week - will catch up with them. He said: "I think every game could be difficult when you play every three days and at the moment Manchester United have a lot of games, important games, Champions League, FA Cup. "We hope they can lose points but we don't know when or where."
