TITLE RACE REMAIN DREAM FOR.............

Day of destiny: It's in our hands and I trust my team to win the title, roars Mancini

City boss Roberto Mancini is not getting ahead of himself before his side's date with destiny.

City head into their final game of a remarkable season as hot favourites to win the Barclays Premier League title.

Victory over relegation-threatened QPR at the Etihad Stadium will be enough to secure a first league crown since 1968, and many feel the club could dominate for years to come.

Cheer we go: City's players appear in a relaxed mood in training as they close in on the club's first title in 44 y

Mancini is also excited about the future but is putting all thoughts of that aside to concentrate on the present.

The Italian said: 'I said three or four weeks ago I think Manchester City now are one of the top teams in England, in Europe.

'After (this) Manchester City can win a title for three or four years - it is possible.

'I don't know this, but now it is important to win the first. The second (comes) after.'

City lead the table from Manchester United only on goal difference but such is their advantage under that criteria - eight better than the defending champions - matching their neighbours' result should be all that is required.

Mancini has seen his side surrender a five-point lead over United to fall eight points behind just over a month ago, only to claw it back in the space of four games.

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It has now become a case of merely holding their nerve to complete the job, and Mancini has faith in his players.

'I trust them 100 per cent,' said Mancini, who was publicly saying the title race was over a month ago.

'They know they have everything in their hands.

'They work hard, they fight every game for one year and in this championship that is very hard. Now they have a big chance.

'We want to win for our supporters. They don't win the title for nearly 50 years and stay in a city where our 'cousins' win every year.

'I think that is really difficult for our supporters but now maybe people can be happy after Sunday."

City made a blistering start to the season and established themselves as firm favourites when they beat United 6-1 at Old Trafford in October.

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Yet United refused to give up the chase and were well placed when City began to falter after the turn of the year.

They seemed to have a decisive advantage just five weeks ago but a slip more remarkable than City's has put Mancini's men back in charge.

Mancini said: 'In the championship you need to play 38 games.

'We were on the top for 28 but after that we had some problems with some important players injured.
"We don't have the experience that United have - we probably saw this in that moment.

'But we believed always - also when they had eight points more than us.'

Mancini's suitability for the position, not least when City looked to be sliding out of contention in April, has been questioned but his pedigree is strong.