Despite two losses on the bounce, and only two wins from five, there has been no finger pointing at Manchester City in the wake of their derby defeat.
City know their performances haven't been good enough on the whole so far in January, and they also know that if improvements aren't made then any remaining hopes of catching Arsenal in the Premier League will be gone before results start to improve.
It could be easy for the City defenders to feel that their attacking colleagues are falling short with only one occasion in the last five outings seeing the Blues score more than one goal. The attackers could turn around and point to defensive mistakes in each of the three recent games where they have dropped points.
