Stoke City 3 Manchester City 1 (after extra-time, 1-1 at 90mins)

MANCHESTER CITY boss Roberto Mancini claimed he was not feeling any extra pressure after Stoke ended his hopes of silverware last night.

Mancini’s ten-man side were edged out 3-1 by the Potters after a fiery FA Cup fifthround replay at the Britannia Stadium went to extra time.

The result left City to focus solely on their attempts to break into the Premier League top four and after just two wins in eight, the heat is starting to be turned up on Mancini.

When asked if the pressure was increasing, the Italian said: ‘‘No, no, absolutely not.

I’m disappointed because we lost.

‘‘We had a good chance to go to the next round and the final, but this is football, we must improve.’’ City forced extra time after Craig Bellamy struck immediately to cancel out Dave Kitson’s 79th-minute opener.

But the game turned after Emmanuel Adebayor was dismissed for raising his arms in an attempt to fend off Ryan Shawcross.

Shawcross headed the Potters ahead five minutes into injury time and Tuncay booked Stoke’s place in the last eight four minutes later.

Mancini added: ‘‘My opinion is that we played very well.

‘‘We dominated the game and had six or seven chances to score a goal before the sending off of Emmanuel.

‘‘Football is strange. When you play well and have a lot of chances, if you don’t score something can change the game.

‘‘Until the situation it was our best performance in the last three or four games.

‘‘Manu played very well, fantastic, tonight. For me – maximum yellow card. It was not so dangerous.’’ It was the third time the two sides had played out 1-1 draws over 90 minutes in the past 12 days.

Stoke boss Tony Pulis, whose side now face Chelsea in the last eight, was pleased the Potters had finally emerged victorious.

Pulis said: ‘‘We have played a team three times in the past two weeks, a team of unbelievable resources and quality.

‘‘We have managed to come out on top, so we are delighted, really pleased.

‘‘In the first half I thought Thomas (Sorensen) kept us in the game. He made a couple of great saves. But second half and through injury time I thought we were the better team.’’