Zabaleta rues lost points

Pablo Zabaleta: Full-back thinks Manchester City should be closer to Arsenal

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Manchester City full-back Pablo Zabaleta has admitted that they have not accrued as many points this season as they should have done.

City continued their superb home form on Sunday with a 6-0 destruction of Tottenham but they are only fourth in the Premier League table because they have managed just one victory on their travels, suffering four defeats.

And Zabaleta said: "We have 22 points, that is six behind Arsenal. We should have more than that.
"Even though we have not played that well away from home, we should have maybe two or three more points that we lost in crucial away games.


"Mistakes have cost us points. Sometimes, when you cannot win, it is important not to lose.
"We know at the moment we are playing very well at home. It is important to play with the same attitude and ambition away from home.

"We know we have dropped so many points in away games, that is bad for the team.
"But there is still a long way to go and hopefully our performances away from home will improve."
The demolition of Spurs was another illustration of City's firepower as Sergio Aguero scored twice to reach 10 Premier League goals for the season.

And Zabaleta added: "We know the quality we have in the front players, they can score at any time in the game.
"That is why we always talk about how important it is to keep clean sheets. If we do that, we know we are going to score some goals.
"Obviously, you don't expect to win 6-0 against a very strong team like Tottenham. Sometimes it happens and, on this occasion, we deserved it."