Reaction to Sunday's defeat for City at Swansea makes for grim reading, whichever way you slice it.

The Daily Star's headline of "Don't Luke now" sums it up, with Ralph Ellis writing, "Manchester City went into meltdown as they were knocked off the top of the table at Swansea.
"England midfielder Gareth Barry swore at assistant manager David Platt when he was substituted after just 38 minutes.
"And Mario Balotelli and Yaya Toure had to be dragged apart in the tunnel at half-time after shouting insults at each other.
"While City were fighting, and losing to Luke Moore’s late goal, neighbours United took full advantage."
The Sun's Martin Blackburn picks up on comments from the manager regarding a possible return for Carlos Tevez, "City's next league fixture is at home to Chelsea next Wednesday and the temptation will be to restore striker Carlos Tevez to the squad.
"They have drawn a blank for two successive matches in the last week following on from the flop in Lisbon and their former skipper is on his way back to full fitness.
"Mancini admitted: 'Carlos needs to train again, maybe for another 10 days.
"'I don't think he can be 100 per cent straight away after five months. I believe he can help us in the last two months.'"
But despite our defeat, Roberto Mancini showed his class to praise Swansea, with Wales Online reporting, "Mancini went on record earlier in the year to praise Swansea’s style and he was quick to follow up his compliment even after a result that knocked his team off top spot for the first time since mid-October.
"And asked whether Swansea have done what it takes to make it a second-year in the Premier, the Italian responded: 'They have 36 points now? Then it is easy.
“'I said before they played some of the best football and here they played very well. I don’t think we deserved to lose but they played very well with the ball, especially the first 30 minutes.'”

Roberto Mancini has reflected ruefully on missed opportunities that came back to haunt City as they slipped off the top of the Barclays Premier League.

A headed goal from Luke Moore in the 82nd minute condemned City to defeat at the Liberty Stadium, meaning that the Blues are now behind Manchester United in the race for the title after their local rivals won at home to West Brom.
The hosts had the upper hand early on, and City were grateful when Joe Hart saved a Scott Sinclair penalty. City seemed to be gaining control, but as the game progressed they could not create many clear-cut chances before Swansea hit them with a sucker punch.
"Swansea played very well for the first 30 minutes," said Mancini, "they were aggressive and had a lot of possession. Later on in the first half, and then the second, we controlled the game and had some chances, and we should have scored. Then we have made a mistake at the end and conceded their goal.
"We had plenty of chances in the second half, but if we create chances we need to score from them! If you don't and you also make mistakes, like against Sporting you can pay by conceding a goal. I don't think we deserved another result like this, but now we can do nothing."

Mancini made an alteration to City's approach by substituting Gareth Barry in the first half, replacing him with Sergio Aguero in a move that did appear to improve matters.
The Manager explained, "We were getting a lot of possession, and we needed another striker. It was not easy for Mario on his own, so I made the change for that reason."
Despite falling behind United, Mancini insists that there is a long way to go in City's quest for a first league title since 1968.
"There are 10 games to go, and it's important we start to score and win again. Some players may be tired after seven months of the season, but I think we have a lot of energy to get back to the top.
"It all depends on us; we have 10 games and anything could happen. We have to be strong, when you're at the top it's easy, when you're not you have to be strong."

Do you want to see how the world's media get their angle on the Manchester City story at the Etihad Stadium?

We are pleased to announce that BBC Radio Manchester sports reporter Ian Cheeseman has once again agreed to host two special commentator tours of the Etihad Stadium this April.
Ian's previous tours proved to be very popular, and this time he will be hosting a morning tour specifically aimed at our younger fans on Thursday 12 April, while there will be one for adults in the afternoon of the same day.

Ian will give you a sneak preview into the life of a sports journalist on match day with a tour of the media and press areas of the stadium in addition to the usual behind the scenes glimpses. If you have ever wondered what it takes to provide his slick, entertaining and exciting commentaries, why not come along?

And there will even be the chance for one lucky visitor to sit next to Ian when he calls a City game! Guests can take part in a fun competition for guests where they try hand at commentating on a City game, with the prize of sitting next to Ian on a home City game.
The tours will run on Thursday 12 April and start at 11:00 for the junior tour and 14:00 for the adults. Each tour will last approximately two hours. To book all you need to do is ring our tour office on 0161 444 1894 - option 4.
The price for the tour will be £13.00 adults, £9.00 concessions, £35.00 family ticket. A tour of the rest of the stadium is included in the price.