Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini says his team cannot look any further than their next match.

The reigning Premier League champions lost for the fourth time in six outings when they were defeated 4-2 by Manchester United in the derby at Old Trafford on Sunday.

That result has seen City drop four points behind their neighbours and on current form, their chances of an automatic Champions League spot are hanging by a thread.

But Pellegrini insists that goal will have to wait as he prepares his side for next weekend's home meeting with West Ham United as they look to arrest a poor run of results.

"We are concerned about trying to win the next game. We have to play six games more," he said.

"We have been the whole year in first or second position and maybe in the last week, losing these two games, we are in fourth.

"But United and Arsenal have to play against Chelsea. We have 18 points more to play for so we must not try make it a dramatic moment.

"We now have two games at home, we must try to recover from this defeat and we must try to win the next game."