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imageMANCHESTER: Manuel Pellegrini claims Manchester City's second place finish in the Premier League does not represent a failure for the deposed champions.

City are guaranteed to end as runners-up behind champions Chelsea whatever their result in their last game of the season at home to Southampton on Sunday.

While City's lofty position would be gratefully accepted by many of their top-flight competitors, Pellegrini's expensively-assembled side have won few plaudits this season after tamely surrendering the title and crashing out of the Champions League in the last 16.

Yet City manager Pellegrini struck a defiant note when asked to assess his team's campaign.

And with UEFA president Michel Platini reportedly on the brink of relaxing Financial Fair Play regulations, the Chilean believes the new developments will help ensure City challenge at the top of the English game for years to come.

"I think all the rules about FFP must be clear and Platini saying he will make changes is because they have got some things wrong in the past," Pellegrini said.

"I think a club like ours, when you don't have any debt, I don't see why you have restrictions.

"But it is a thing I am glad they are reviewing because I said before I never understood what are the rules of FFP.

"Of course, with restrictions, you are giving an advantage to other teams. It is not the most important reason we failed this season because, as I said before, we lost a lot of points to teams not as strong as our squad.

"But against Chelsea or Man United or Arsenal or Tottenham or Liverpool, if you have restrictions the other group doesn't have, then of course it's an advantage.

"This year we will all be in the same condition and we will see which is the team that works more to have a strong squad."

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2015

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