back into old habits following Saturday's defeat to
West Ham.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini says his side must
improve their concentration at the back but denied they are
showing defensive weaknesses similar to last season.
City's 100 per cent start to the Premier League campaign came
to an end against West Ham on Saturday, with Victor Moses
and Diafra Sakho on target in a clinical performance from the
visitors at the Etihad Stadium.
While Kevin De Bruyne pulled one back, a City side shorn of
injured captain Vincent Kompany saw their lead cut to three
points after also being beaten by Juventus in their Champions
League opener in midweek.
Having surrendered the title to Chelsea last season, Pellegrini
warned of the need to improve defensively but refused to press
the panic button.
"I don't want to compare one season with the other because we
are just starting this season," said the Chilean.
"I think that in the two last games [against Juve and West Ham]
we didn't play with the concentration and the intensity that we
need in defending so we conceded against Juventus - they shot
twice at our goal and they scored two goals.
"[This match] was the same - one shot from outside the box and
one from a corner was the offensive volume that West Ham had
in the whole of the game.
"We must be more concentrated in specific balls because two
balls decided the result."
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