Anelka frustrated with dropped points

City's last win was against Chelsea on October 16, and although the Blues did well to come away from Old Trafford with a point in the meantime, they've also failed to turn commanding positions against Norwich and Blackburn into three points.

And Anelka, for one, believes that City must change their approach, particularly against the Premiership's strugglers.

"The last time we won in the Premiership was against Chelsea and that is too long ago," said Anelka. "Since then we have played twice at home and drawn twice. Two points is not enough.

"We have to change our mentality against what we call the smaller teams. We play good against the bigger teams but then when we play against teams lower in the league our play is often flat.

"I believe we are not concentrating enough to play and win such games. I am not happy and the rest of the players are not happy.

"We have to work together," the City striker added. "We have to play together on the pitch because if we play like we did against Blackburn then we will have a trouble having to fight in every game to win.

"But we don't want to play like that. Make no mistake we want to play good football just like we did against Charlton and at the moment it is not happening.

"I am at a loss to know exactly why or what is happening but we couldn't take control in the last game against Blackburn."