Rate 18, 2013 6:39:00 PM Roberto Mancini's assistant admits that new struggles against Manchester United and Chelsea took their toll on the champions, who experience Tottenham on Sunday As City laboured to a 1-0 conquer struggling Wigan on Wednesday, once they needed an inspired Carlos Tevez goal to grab all three factors at the Etihad the consequences of these performances were plainly evident. Platt pinpointed mental fatigue being the key reason for their below-par performance, telling the Independent: "I think we're probably experiencing the consequences of the 2 big games we've had, emotionally more than such a thing, what it takes out of you. "We saw on the pitch anything couldn't be got by us going. There is a lack of power about us. Maybe we were mentally tired. "We didn't seem as if we were planning to create such a thing and I do believe it needed a display of brilliance to unblock the game, but that's what we know we've got in the group. "The physical part is one thing but we could recoup by fuelling the boys right, getting the right food into them, offering them the right and the right sleep treatments. "It is not the physical side that's the issue, however the emotional side. That sport may have brought us back again to earth. "We will go and recover to White Hart Lane." Irrespective of any reasons, Platt was excited to reward Wigan because of their performance at the Etihad, and was especially impressed by their ball preservation. "Wigan certainly are a great team," he continued. "It is most likely not the type of weight we desired to experience three days after a - and that coming on the rear of the Man Utd sport - because they keep carefully the ball, and when you can not get near them because of a lack of power it gets irritating. "It gets frustrating for the audience, frustrating for the people because usually we have the lion's share of person here. "But it was a night where we'd to just get the job done and that is what we have done." The conquer the Latics cut the difference between Roberto Mancini's area and group leaders Manchester United to 13 points, but Platt dismissed any talk of a late concept challenge, in spite of City's sport in hand. "It is unimportant what they do," he concluded. "Unless they open the door completely and have a huge failure then it's over, it's been over for a long time. "The items space is way too big. I do believe they'll overcome the line."
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