Manuel Pellegrini - Through the front door?

Manuel Pellegrini is determined to leave through the front door of Manchester City.

His team's victory on Tuesday against PSG in Champions League , has left a clear signal that Europe Citizens are taking the tournament seriously.

Relegated to fourth place in the league table, 15 points behind the leader, led by the Chilean DT and resigned any hope lightweight title.



However, the League Cup in his pocket after agonizing penalty shootout victory against Liverpool on 28 February, at least farewell Pellegrini not be blank.

And despite knowing that after May 15 will no longer coach the team, the engineer Pellegrini Man City still continues to fight in the tournament's most important clubs in the world.

And that has merit. It must be very difficult to convince a group of players that play the whole for you, knowing that next season will be implemented which orders another. When, with every reason in the world, we thought players could enter a period of relaxation after the news that Pellegrini would be replaced by Guardiola , the Chilean coach managed to keep the ship afloat and today is three games to win the most important title of his career and the club.

"We are always with him. Always we take care of your back. His daily work is extraordinary , "said Jesus Navas after Tuesday's victory. "He is a coach who always demand the best of us. Try to get the better our in every situation. It is an outstanding coach and deserves the best. "

Whatever happens from here on, Pellegrini has already made history in the City, giving the club a league title and two League Cups. And with the victory against PSG, he has led the team to its first semifinal in history.

This is not the first time that Pellegrini wins in Champions.

In 2006, with the modest Villarreal , was a step to bring the Yellow Submarine at the end of the tournament (the day of the penal famous erred by Riquelme), leaving the way to the majestic Arsenal Wenger, where he still played Thierry Henry .

And in 2013, a huge arbitral award deprived of reach semifinals after crossing against Borussia Dortmund, which ultimately would be the runner-up tournament.

"I came to City because I had good performance in Europe, so leave the club without having led to a new seat would have been a bad thing for me," said the Chilean after Tuesday's victory. "It's very important for me to be in the semifinals, because that's my job."

Discreet, reserved, almost taciturn, and with a trail of chivalry welling in his gestures on the sidelines, Pellegrini has been a technical high in a league high. Therefore, it would be wrong than any other team in the league put their eyes on him to lead a new project.

Titles in Chile , Ecuador , Argentina , Spain and England, in all countries where he directed, speak of a winning coach, but especially from a manager who is able to adapt to the environment than life, football to be more precise, his path.

On his future, not yet give clues where he will go.

"I'm not thinking about it. I do not want to link anything happened to this victory [against PSG], with my future and other work that gets me, "he said.

Although the team is in semifinals of Champions, you still have not secured their participation in the tournament next season.

Their situation in the league is now entering via the repechage, unless in six games remaining, two points discounting achieve that Arsenal will have lead in the third.

To continue sliding in the Premiership (since February has lost four games and drawn one, enough to have left out of the fight for the title), his position could see threatened by Manchester United, which is only four points below.

The other way to reach the Champions League next season without relying on any local result is winning the tournament. The most difficult path of all.

But Pellegrini is still affordable. At least his words so indicate.

"Playing the way we did here, we have many chances against anybody."