Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini: 'We improved late on'

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has insisted that his side showed marked improvement in the final half-hour of their Champions League clash with Borussia Monchengladbach.

The Chilean admitted that his side started poorly and could have defended better, but said that they dug deep late on to win the match 2-1.

"It was a strange game! For 65 minutes both teams had very good chances to score, we did not defend well. In the last half-hour we improved a lot and won the game," BBC Sport quotes him as saying.

"We knew that Borussia have a very fast team. Joe Hart made some brilliant saves. It could have been 4-4 after an hour but then we dominated the game.

"We got a little bit of luck at the end but we have had plenty of bad luck recently."

City took maximum points from their trip to Germany thanks to a last-minute penalty from Sergio Aguero.