Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini admits they could learn from Manchester United over how they control their press.

While City continue to wash their dirty linen in public, United manage to keep most of their domestic conflicts in-house.

"It is true our problems are in the open," he said. "This is where we need to improve because the problem should always stay inside. It is a problem for the club to realise.

"One of the problems is the photographers at the training ground. We have talked with the guys here for two years about this and they've done nothing.

"It is strange, but we need people to understand that when you want to stay at the top you should work hard for everything. You do not want to give other people the chance to talk about you.

"Now we must finish our job to build a strong team. We maybe need time, but we are becoming one of the top in Europe."