The fallen champions crashed to a 4-2 loss at Old Trafford on Sunday evening, the latest in a string of miserable results in 2015.
City have now lost six of their last eight games in all competitions and have won just four from 12 in the league since pulling level with Chelsea at the top of the table on New Year's Day. The result is certain to increase the already considerable pressure on Pellegrini, who admitted before Sunday’s clash that his side had thrown their season 'into the garbage’.And asked if he needed to question his own performance, the Chilean said: "I always think it is my responsibility, always.
The 61-year-old was then asked at his post-match press conference how the team could change their fortunes. "By winning," he said. "That is the only way." Pellegrini would not comment on his own future. "I am not talking about my position," he said. "It is not important."
City now find themselves fourth in the table and, rather than looking upwards, perhaps facing a battle to retain a Champions League spot ahead of the likes of Southampton or Liverpool. Pellegrini, however, insisted he was not thinking that way.
He added: "We are concerned about trying to win the next game. We have to play six games more. We have been the whole year in first or second position and maybe in the last week, losing these two games, we are in fourth.
"But United and Arsenal have to play against Chelsea. We have 18 points more to play for so we must not try make it a dramatic moment. "We now have two games at home, we must try to recover from this defeat and we must try to win the next game."
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