A place in Europe's number one club competition could be secured as early as Saturday evening should City overcome Everton at Goodison Park and Tottenham lose to Blackpool in the later game.
More likely, City will have to wait until next Tuesday's home encounter with Spurs to confirm their new exalted status. Not that Mancini is getting stressed about that. He is just imploring his team to retain their focus.
"It is important to reach the Champions League by the end of the season, it doesn't matter whether it is Saturday or Tuesday or any of the four games we still have left," he said.
"We need another four points. Then we would be 100% sure.
"It was the first target we had when we started the season and at this moment we have a big chance. But we have done nothing yet."
Source: PA
Source: PA