Samir Nasri: 'Manchester City are hungry as ever'

Samir Nasri insists that the Citizens are no more desperate to lead the Premier League than before their Champions League exit.

By Ali Butt, Reporter

Published: December 11 2011 | 09:10

Last updated: December 11 2011 | 17:26

Samir Nasri has insisted that Manchester City are as hungry as ever following their Champions League exit in midweek.

The Frenchman, who is preparing to face Chelsea tomorrow night, has dismissed the notion that the Citizens are more eager to win the Premier League now after crashing out of Europe's top competition.

"The Champions League setback will not make us more hungry to win the Premier League," he said. "We were hungry from the first game of the season.

"At the start we wanted to win everything. We can't win the Champions League now but we will try to win the Europa League, and the Premier League as well."

The Citizens can restore their five-point lead at the top of the table with a win at Chelsea.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Liverpool	11	9	1	1	21	6	15	28
2	Manchester City Man City	11	7	2	2	22	13	9	23
3	Chelsea	11	5	4	2	21	13	8	19
4	Arsenal	11	5	4	2	18	12	6	19
5	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	11	5	4	2	15	10	5	19
6	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	11	5	4	2	19	15	4	19
7	Fulham	11	5	3	3	16	13	3	18
8	Newcastle United Newcastle	11	5	3	3	13	11	2	18
9	Aston Villa	11	5	3	3	17	17	0	18
10	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	11	5	1	5	23	13	10	16
11	Brentford	11	5	1	5	22	22	0	16
12	Bournemouth	11	4	3	4	15	15	0	15
13	Manchester United Man Utd	11	4	3	4	12	12	0	15
14	West Ham United West Ham	11	3	3	5	13	19	-6	12
15	Leicester City Leicester	11	2	4	5	14	21	-7	10
16	Everton	11	2	4	5	10	17	-7	10
17	Ipswich Town Ipswich	11	1	5	5	12	22	-10	8
18	Crystal Palace	11	1	4	6	8	15	-7	7
19	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	11	1	3	7	16	27	-11	6
20	Southampton	11	1	1	9	7	21	-14	4