Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is delighted with the way his side bounced back against Newcastle in the English Premier League.
City are still six points behind Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, who beat them a week ago, but his players' reaction at St James' Park on Saturday delighted Mancini.
The Sky Blues earned their win over Newcastle through goals from Sergio Aguero, Javi Garcia and Yaya Toure, but it was scant reward for the quality of their performance, particularly in the first half.
'Sir Alex (Ferguson) knows that better than me. He knows this championship is not finished when there are only three games to the end. Now we have 21 games to the end, so it is still open,' Mancini said.
'When you have a defeat against anybody, but in particular against United, it is important to win again very quickly - and we have started here, where I don't think a lot of teams can win. I was very satisfied with the performance.'
When asked if he had special words for Ferguson in the wake of the win, Mancini said: 'The message is only Happy Christmas for December 25th.'
City were leading 2-0 early in the second half and should have scored on several other occasions before Demba Ba claimed his 11th goal of the season to give Newcastle hope of avoiding their sixth defeat in seven games.
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