Manchester City assistant boss David Platt confident goal record will improve
Saturday 29 December 2012 14:05, UK
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Manchester City first team coach David Platt is convinced they are still in a position to defend their Premier League title.
Chances
Mancini claimed his strikers had been "maybe too soft" after their defeat at the Stadium of Light.
Platt insists the Italian simply meant his forwards had failed to take chances rather than suggesting they were lightweight, with the former England player convinced they will soon enjoy an upturn in fortunes in the final third of the pitch.
"I don't think he means soft - sometimes it can be lost in translation," Platt said of Mancini's comments.
"In the last few games we have produced enough efforts on goal but if you correlate the statistics, we should be scoring more goals.
"These things have a habit of balancing out over the season. Goalscorers usually have the same quota that they had (in previous years).
"I think if you asked them they would be disappointed but goalscorers go through barren spells. It is just unfortunate that at the moment all of them seem to be having one at the same time.
"It's not just them. Compared to the number of goals we scored last season we are significantly down but that is all around the pitch.
"We have got to produce better chances and we have to put them away."
