Mancini should’ve been decisive over Balotelli

Roberto Mancini’s loyalty to Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli has cost City dear in the title race,

talkSPORT presenter Jonny Gould argues that Mancini’s failure to grasp the nettle of his own miscreant players was the key difference between the two title-chasing campaigns. Mancini’s noisy neighbours failed to quell their own disquiet while Fergie and United were as one.

Read his piece here.