Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini says Middlesbrough deserved their FA Cup victory.
Boro goals from Patrick Bamford and Kike dumped them out of the cup.
Pellegrini said: "We had two games in the same match. Before they scored we did played very well. After that I think Middlesbrough deserved to continue in the cup.
"But I feel it is not normal not to score in the last two games at home.
"I think there are a lot of football reasons rather than Abu Dhabi. They are different things."
