Pereira: Porto 'gave it their best shot'

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Thursday, February 23 2012 by SNTV

Intro:

Reactions from the Etihad Stadium after Manchester City beat Porto 4-0 in the second leg of their Europa League round of 32 tie on Wednesday night.

Sergio Aguero opened the scoring in the first minute and second half goals from Edin Dzeko, David Silva and David Pizarro helped 'City' knock out the defending champions 6-1 on aggregate.

Script:

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Roberto Mancini, Manchester City manager:

(Talking about Sergio Aguero's first-minute goal)

"It was important. It was important. But after we scored Porto played very well, because they are a strong team, one of the best in Europe. They play football very well. Also we had the chances to score other goals, but we didn't score, and when you don't score you can have some problems."

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Roberto Mancini, Manchester City manager:

(Asked if City can win the Europa and English Premier League)

"We hope, we hope so. You know it is not easy this. We want try to go in the final if it's possible. it will be difficult because, in the Europa League, play top squads, (Manchester) United, Valencia, Schalke. it is like the Champions League. For this reason it will be difficult but we want to try. Barclays Premier League we are top, if we win the next 13 games we win the league."

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Roberto Mancini, Manchester City manager:

(Asked about Carlos Tevez's return to the team)

"I think that he (Carlos Tevez) needs maybe two to three weeks to find good form. After if he's OK he play, like the other players."

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Vitor Pereira, Porto head coach:

"When I entered the dressing room after the match, I didn't see any player with a lack of confidence. They were all convinced that they gave it their best shot. They weren't happy, but they don't lack confidence."