Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini will be sacked if results do not improve, according to former forward Rodney Marsh.
Premier League champions City are winless from their past three games in all competitions in just over a week.
City threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at CSKA Moscow in the
UEFA Champions League and that was followed by back-to-back defeats
against West Ham in the Premier League and Newcastle United in the
League Cup.
The Manchester club also went on a four-game winless streak after consecutive wins to start the league campaign.
And Marsh, who made 118 appearances for City between 1972 and 1976
and won the Community Shield, believes Pellegrini could do well to see
out the season.
"I think City are really struggling," Marsh told talkSPORT.
"I think he will get the sack. There is every chance, if this carries
on, that Pellegrini will be out, the same as [Roberto] Mancini was.
"Mancini won the Premier League and the following year finished second and he was sacked.
"If Pellegrini carries on like this, and Man City don't win the
league or get to the final at least of the Champions League, which is
looking dodgy as well, I think Pellegrini is sacked. He could go
earlier.
"I think it is on a really fine balance now. People that are close to
the club that I know are all saying that the owners have put in £175m
and they are struggling.
"I think the owners are probably thinking if we get knocked out of
the Champions League and if we end up third or fourth or fifth in the
Premier League - which I don't think will happen - then I think
Pellegrini is out early."
Marsh added: "Man City have got loads of world class players that,
apart from David Silva and Sergio Aguero, are all playing ordinary
football at the same time.
"When you have that, it doesn’t matter how brilliant the players are,
if you are not pulling in the same direction you are going to
struggle."
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