<!--Article Start--> <p style="text-align: justify"></p>Manuel Pellegrini has declared City never play for a draw and is hoping a derby win over United can give his side an extra boost , so that City fan finish the season strongly.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Manchester United have won five successive Premier League games to climb above City in the league table for the first time this season and Pellegrini declared that Uniteda s recent form is no surprise to him, given the quality signings they made in the summer.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a Ia m not impressed because Louis van Gaala s teams are offensive teams who try to win titles,a he asserted.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a United bought a lot of very good players in the summer a Di Maria, Herrera, Falcao, Mata the season before a and Blind."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a They bought a lot of very good players a the strange thing was why they werena t doing it before but ita s no surprise [theya re doing well now]."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a I dona t like to compare a always when you make these comparisons, there are a lot of things you dona t analyse."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a City have a project, United dominated for so many years. These last few years City have had a project and have spent money to sign players which is the only way to equalise the squads Liverpool, United, Chelsea and Arsenal have had."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a Our target is to improve in our project and thata s how we work every day."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a I think that United have a lot of respect for our team as we dominated not only the derby in the last few years but also the Premier League.a </p> <p style="text-align: justify">Pellegrini refused to look beyond Sundaya s game and the City boss refused to answer when journalists asked him whether he still believes his side can win the title.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"Instead, the City boss preferred to concentrate on the derby and to fix what he sees as the teama s biggest current problem: scoring goals."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a All that is in my mind is just to think about winning the next game you play and that is the derby against United,a he added.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a Never is a draw a good result. I understand we are not having the away results we want. 2015 is not a good year for us for this but the motivation is to win, always."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a Ita s difficult to have a more intense match than you have in the Premier League every match but ita s more when ita s a derby in a city."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a It gives the game an extra boost a I hope not only the intensity is high but the quality."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"Both managers like attacking systems so I hope fans can enjoy the game and I hope we can do it for our fans.a </p> <p style="text-align: justify">The City boss also confirmed Ivorian Wilfred Bony will be unavailable for the clash against United with club captain Vincent Kompany also a major doubt for Sunday's showdown.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Dedryck Boyata and Stevan Jovetic are also injury concerns for Manuel Pellegrini.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"Stevan Jovetic has a muscle injury,a he told journalists.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a Bony twisted his ankle and knee before Palace and he wona t be ready for this game.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a Boyata has a problem with his knee. Kompany will be assessed tomorrow. He could finish the game the other day but he couldna t in work the normal way all week."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a Wea ll see tomorrow if he can play or not. I always say the same, ita s always better with Kompany but if he cana t play, we have a squad and we will replace him.a </p>