Roberto Mancini tells players they have 'one chance' to make history

Roberto Mancini will tell his Manchester City players to seize their “one chance” to end the club’s 44-year league title drought by beating rivals United on Monday night.

On the eve of what the Italian hailed as the biggest Manchester derby in half a century, Mancini said he will use his pre-match team talk to warn his players not to pass up the chance make history.
He said: “We have only one chance, because they [United] lost points against Everton. One chance. After 50 years, Manchester United and Manchester City are playing for the title.”
Although both sides will have two further Premier League fixtures to play, Sir Alex Ferguson said who whoever wins at the Etihad Stadium will go on to win the league.
Ferguson said: “If City win, I think they probably will win it from there, yes. Even though they still have to go to Newcastle. I think they’d have a great chance, but if we win on Monday, we’d be strong favourites.
“A draw and we’d be favourites too, no doubt about that, with two games to go. We’d have to be happy with that, but we won’t be talking about going there not to lose.”

Mancini insisted United remain strong favourites to retain their title, and will be so even if City overtake them at the top of the table with a win on Monday.
He said: “My opinion is always the same — I think they have more chance than us. We’re playing Newcastle. This is very, very difficult. Then we’re playing against QPR, and QPR will probably need to win their game. I think [even] if we win this game, they are favourites.”