Pressure? I chortle in the face of pressure, shrugs Roberto Mancini today, sending out exactly the right message before what has become an intriguing match against Fulham.

Or, as the Telegraph headlines it, "Roberto Mancini confident of riding out the storm". Two defeats in a row for the League leaders - yes, we've checked, still leaders - is a storm?

Anyway, Roberto runs rings around adversity, and he's told the Press pack as much.

Richard Jolly in The National writes: "Mancini believes the Premier League title race will be less stressful than managing Inter Milan, and feels his experience in Italy serves as excellent preparation for the final months of the season.

"He laughed off suggestions that he is cracking under the pressure of trying to make the club champions for the first time in 44 years. 'For this reason, I don't sleep for the last three or four weeks,' the Italian said with a smile.

"Mancini believes his four years, and three league titles, at the San Siro will stand him in good stead as City look to resist the challenge by their resurgent neighbours.

Here's what Roberto reckons: "There doesn't exist a place like Inter Milan, where you can be really under pressure.

"After Inter, you can manage every team, because Inter has a big history: you have pressure every day, every minute.

You need to do everything well, every game, every day

Does he have Toots and the Maytals' Pressure Drop on his iPod? Nobody asked him, obviously.

Meanwhile, Carlos Tevez remains a Manchester City player, as far away from Milan as ever. The Mail reports that Anzhi Makhachkala are hopeful. Oh, those Russians.

They say that "City’s rebel striker is weighing up his options, with the transfer window still open in several countries.

"Anzhi, who signed Samuel Eto’o and Yuri Zhirkov last summer, can match Tevez’s wages but have yet to make a formal offer to City, who value him at £30m."

It's the capital of Dagestan, by the way, 1,000 miles from both Moscow restaurants, Carlitos.

The Mail adds: "Tevez has been in Argentina since November without permission. It is unlikely he will go ahead with plans to play in a testimonial for his former Boca team-mate Martin Palermo."