Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini was proud his players stood up for their Champions League win at AS Roma.
City were without injured captain Vincent Kompany and striker Sergio Aguero while Yaya Toure was suspended. David Silva, on his return from a knee injury, only came off the bench for the final 23 minutes.
Pellegrini said: "Maybe if we had not qualified for the next round it would be easy for me to say we played without all these important players - Kompany, Yaya, Silva and Aguero.
"But I never complain about that. I have a lot of trust in this squad and maybe this squad deserves more credit.
"People say we are just 'Kun' (Aguero). Kun is a very important player - like Cristiano (Ronaldo) in Madrid or (Lionel) Messi in Barcelona - but I always say this team is not just one player and I think we demonstrated that."
