Manchester City will bounce back from their poor Champions League form and become stronger as they chase more domestic honours, Roberto Mancini insisted yesterday. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/oct/Manchester-City.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 303px; " /> Manchester City players celebrate a goal during an EPL match against Sunderland earlier this month. Pic/Getty Images. The City boss has admitted it will require a miracle for his expensively-assembled side to reach the Champions League knockout stage after losing to Ajax in midweek. Their 3-1 defeat in Amsterdam leaves the reigning Premier League champions with only one point from three games, a point most observers could reasonably put down to outrageous good fortune as they somehow got a draw against Borussia Dortmund after losing to Real Madrid in the Bernabeu. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/oct/Mancini.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 414px; " /> Roberto Mancini But City will leapfrog second-placed Manchester United, who are away to leaders Chelsea on Sunday, if they make it four domestic wins in a row today against a Swansea side which has tasted victory once in six league games. And Mancini is urging his side not to let their European misery disrupt their defence of the league title. &ldquo;When you play an important game and you lose you are disappointed, and I&rsquo;m disappointed like all my players,&rdquo; said the Italian. &ldquo;Maybe now it&rsquo;s difficult to go through but we have an important season and if we are like this after one defeat, then we&rsquo;re really weak. But I don&rsquo;t think this. It is the second season we have played Champions League. We need to improve but the games are the same. I think we&rsquo;re strong enough (to bounce back).&rdquo; Defender Micah Richards questioned the tactics against Ajax but Mancini responded: &ldquo;We work every day on tactical situations. &ldquo;All the players know this system. We conceded a third goal because we did a stupid mistake &mdash; not because we changed the system. &ldquo;Yes (good players should be able to play in any system).&rdquo;

Man City boss Mancini confident effects of Ajax defeat won't show against Swansea today

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