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Manuel Pellegrini: 'I don't deserve touchline ban'

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini insists that his touchline ban from UEFA was a harsh punishment.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has insisted that the three-match touchline ban - one of which was suspended for two years - was not a deserved punishment for what he said about referee Jonas Eriksson.

Pellegrini said that he should not have made the comments, but still maintains that Eriksson made some poor decisions in the defeat to Barcelona.

"I don't think that I deserved three or two games," The Mirror quotes Pellegrini as saying. "I said two days after in my press conference that I was wrong in the way I did it.

"But I continue to say it wasn't a penalty, that it decided the game and it was a bad day [for the ref] but I don't want to continue.

"But if they decide that is the punishment for me, then I will see what I am going to do in the future."

City take on Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup on Sunday.

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Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini prior to kick-off against Chelsea in their Premier League match on February 3, 2014
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