"You may think I'm making excuses, but this is football. Even the smallest factors can affect a match, and we were fully prepared to win!"
"Bang bang!" He knocked on the table twice more, expressing his dissatisfaction with the referee, "Everyone knows what kind of comeback we made in the previous game, and what kind of spirit we have!
"If it weren't for some off-field factors, we absolutely wouldn't have ended up with this result!"
After he finished speaking, the room fell into a long silence.
It wasn't until more than ten seconds later that a reporter stood up and said, "Sorry, may I ask, has Manchester City basically pulled out of the championship race?
"The team now has no room for error. If they drop points in just one more game, Arsenal might clinch the title early in April.
Mancini stared at the reporter, gritting his teeth, "One game in hand, only 8 points behind, who taught you math? Why are we out of the title race?!
