Roberto Mancini revealed that he would be backing cross-town rivals Manchester United as they take on Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League.
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The Manchester City boss thinks the two extra games United will play against Los Blancos can only serve to benefit his team as they look to catch the current Premier League leaders.
"Yes, it would be another two games for them. I will go there and support them with a red-and-white flag," he told The Sun.
"But playing Real is tough - they are one of the best in the world. Them and Barca. They have incredible players, fantastic history. It will be very hard for United to beat them because they are a really top club."
Mancini then cited City's incredible comeback last year, when they rallied from eight points behind with just six games left to win the domestic title for the first time in 44 years, as the reason for his belief that it is not too late once again overhaul the 19-time winners.
"If we could do it last year when we were eight points behind with six games to go, it's not impossible that we can recover this with 14 games left," the Italian said.
"We could recover five or six points and still lose at the end but we'll do
everything to win this championship. United have good experience but
anything can happen right up until the last game.
"And we have a good memory of what happened last year. When you are seven points behind, it's difficult to recover but we're a good team and playing well. We've also started to work better with the defenders."
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