have much more to do with it. Il Mancio's fury with referees are legend, not to mention his coaches. Renzo Ulivieri, at Bologna, and Eugenio Bersellini, at the start of his Sampdoria career, were on the receiving end. Mancini's chroniclers in Italy will also tell you that the reason why he only played 36 times for Italy is the great Enzo Bearzot's vow never to play him again after the then 20-year-old went for an unauthorised night out to New York's famed Club 54, with Marco Tardelli and Claudio Gentile, during a friendly tour of the Big Apple in 1984. Bearzot kept his promise. Tardelli and Gentile were never reprimanded. Manchester and Mancini will know even more about each other by tomorrow evening after an FA Cup tie which, should City preserve their one-year unbeaten home record and win, would leave United's season in a very desolate place. Already, his side look like one in which some of United's players might struggle to command a place, though it took him a while on Thursday to formulate a diplomatic response to the question of how many actually might do so. "[United] is a strong team with a strong mentality. They are a fantastic team and for me, now, they are top," he said. Asked once again to answer the question, he replied: "I am happy with my players but if you ask me how many top players do United have I can list them. Nani, Rooney, Giggs, Ferdinand, Carrick, Valencia. Great