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Clichy slams ex Man City boss Mancini

22 May 2013 - 04:21

Gael Clichy delivered a scathing assessment of Roberto Mancini's time as Manchester City manager, telling reporters that the sacking of the manager came as no surprise to him.

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&ldquo;The chairman made the decision and you have to respect it,&rdquo; said Clichy.<br />

&ldquo;Many people, particularly the fans, would have wanted to give him another go.<br />

&ldquo;But there are people at the top, above us. Above the manager is the chairman. He made the decision to call a stop to it - you have to accept this.<br />

&ldquo;We have to take responsibility for this season and yes, probably, it&rsquo;s because of the manager that we haven&rsquo;t won anything - because he&rsquo;s the man in charge.<br />

&ldquo;He&rsquo;s the manager and you have to take responsibility. The manager is there to make the choices.<br />

&ldquo;Of course, when results are good it&rsquo;s all down to the manager. When the results are not so good, it&rsquo;s also down to him.<br />

&ldquo;We have to be aware that he was probably at fault for this, but as players on the pitch we also have to take responsibility and also know that we didn&rsquo;t perform.<br />

&ldquo;Whether we played three, four or six at the back. That doesn&rsquo;t matter, you have to give 100 per cent and sometimes this season we didn&rsquo;t give everything.&rdquo;

Written by Kemal Patel