Yet they can still end respectably by securing second spot in the table and beating Wigan in the FA Cup final next week.
Roberto Mancini: "If in three years I didn't win (anything), okay, but we have done a good job until now. We won.
"We have a chance to win (the FA Cup) and are in second position.
"The chairman can take any decision about his manager but at the moment we don't have any problem.
"We didn't have any problem one month ago, two months ago.
"I am frustrated because I wanted to win a second Premier League and we had a chance, but sometimes you can do mistakes. This is life, this can happen."