Mark Hughes has warned Manchester City they need to adopt a big club mentality as their profile increases. "We are now viewed as a big club and as a consequence of that everybody connected with us has to have a big club mentality," the Eastlands boss told the Manchester Evening News.

"The focus on us this year is more than tenfold what it was in the past and we have to deal with it. It has to be expected because there is a huge interest in what we do.

"That only accentuates the negative agenda some people have of us. They will try to make mischief and make our job harder.

"But that happens at every top club and if we are viewed as a big club we have to act like one.

"It doesn't faze me. I have experienced it for many years.

"When you have an understanding of the angles that criticism sometimes comes from you can deal with it in a better way."

During City's win over Newcastle on Wednesday a handful of fans, delivered a stream of insults towards the Press Box in retribution for the criticism of their club.