City's only win during that period came at Villa but City have followed that up with home defeats by Fulham - their only away win of the season - and Arsenal.
“We need to get some momentum going by beating Blackburn," he said.
“We definitely feel as though we have under-achieved this season because we were going for Europe. Next season we need to be better and for longer.”
Sylvain Distin and Antoine Sibierski might come into contention for the match at UEFA Cup qualifiers Blackburn after missing last night's game with knocks.