ROBERTO MANCINI angrily slapped down Joe Hart last night after Cristiano Ronaldo broke City’s hearts at the Bernabeu. (THE SUN)

Joe Hart takes blame – and rap from Mancini

From ROB BEASLEY in Madrid

Published: 16 hrs ago

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The Manchester City keeper was furious after his side threw away a 2-1 lead with just three minutes left.
Hart moaned: “It’s not on. You can’t go 2-1 up with five minutes to go and lose the game. Who else can we blame? We can only blame ourselves.”
But Mancini snapped: “Joe Hart should stay in goal and make saves. If anyone should criticise the team it should be me, not Joe Hart. I am the judge, not Joe Hart.”
Mancini admitted the pressure is now on in Group D but insisted City would not falter again in the group stages this season.
He added: “I think other teams will lose here but now we have five games to qualify.
“So it’s important we beat Dortmund in our next game at home.
“We know it will be difficult as they are a top team but we want to go through and we should go through.”

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