‘Always pressure’ for Mancini’s Manchester City

With Manchester City FC's UEFA Champions League campaign on life support, manager Roberto Mancini is feeling the pressure ahead of the Group D visit of Real Madrid CF. Up against "one of the best teams in the world", Mancini wants his side to salvage their pride and spoil the occasion for José Mourinho, who is taking charge of his 100th game in Europe's premier club competition.CityRoberto Mancini, managerMaybe it takes pressure off [that we're outsiders to progress], but when you're obliged to win and you play an important game like this in the Champions League there's always pressure. We don't have much chance to go through but it's important to put in a good performance. It was a difficult group

Pardew: AVB not under pressure

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has rubbished suggestions that his Chelsea counterpart Andre Villas-Boas is under pressure ahead of the Blues' visit to Tyneside on Saturday. PA PhotosWhile Andre Villas-Boas is struggling at Chelsea, Alan Pardew is overachieving at Newcastle • Preview: Newcastle v Chelsea• AVB not expecting sack Villas-Boas has suffered six defeats in his opening 21 games since arriving at Stamford Bridge over the summer, with the Portuguese's current win percentage of 52% the worst of any Chelsea boss since Ruud Gullit. The Blues' latest loss came at home to Liverpool in Tuesday's Carling Cup quarter-final, and Villas-Boas' next test is a tricky one away to Pardew's high-flying Magpies. But despite speculation mounting that trigger-happy owner Roman Abramovich may be losing patience, Pardew insists Villas-Boas should