Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini claimed he was not feeling any extra pressure after Stoke ended his hopes of silverware.
 

Mancini's 10-man side were edged out 3-1 by the Potters after a fiery FA Cup fifth-round replay at the Britannia Stadium went to extra time.

The result left City to focus solely on their attempts to break into the Barclays Premier League top four and after just two wins in eight, the heat is starting to be turned up on Mancini.

When asked if the pressure was increasing, the Italian said: "No, no, absolutely not. I'm disappointed because we lost.

"We had a good chance to go to the next round and the final, but this is football, we must improve."

City forced extra time after Craig Bellamy struck immediately to cancel out Dave Kitson's 79th-minute opener.

But the game turned after Emmanuel Adebayor was dismissed for raising his arms in an attempt to fend off Ryan Shawcross.

Shawcross headed the Potters ahead five minutes into injury time and Tuncay booked Stoke's place in the last eight four minutes later.

Mancini added: "My opinion is that we played very well.

"We dominated the game and had six or seven chances to score a goal before the sending off of Emmanuel.

"Football is strange. When you play well and have a lot of chances, if you don't score something can change the game.

"Until the situation it was our best performance in the last three or four games.
 

"Manu played very well, fantastic, tonight. For me - maximum yellow card. It was not so dangerous."