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AFP, Sunday, December 27, 2009 7 AM
After Manchester City won its first game with
Roberto Mancini in charge, a 2-0 win over Stoke City, the Italian said his team could break into the English
Premier League's top four this season. Mancini received a warm welcome from City fans and players, several of whom were close to his predecessor,
Mark
Hughes. Mancini started
Robinho over Hughes ally
Craig Bellamy, and the Brazilian, who rarely played well
under Hughes, helped set up this first goal scored by
Martin Petrov. On City's chances of finishing in the top four -- it is in sixth place, three points
outside the top four -- Mancini said, "It is possible but to arrive in the top four we must work, work every day."
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