Roberto Mancini believes Manchester City can reclaim the Premier League title next season if they keep all their key players fit.
City came out on top in Monday's derby as a 2-1 victory at Old Trafford cut the gap on leaders Manchester United to 12 points, but Mancini still does not think his side can become champions with just seven games remaining.
He is certain, however, that City are capable of finishing top again next year if they keep performing like they did against United and cut out the errors.
"We know that we can win the title next year," said the Italian. "This year we did some mistakes but we can do nothing now. The season is gone.
"It is important we continue to win because we have another seven games but it does not change anything for the future.
"We need to continue to play like this for next season.
"We have two or three months where we can work well, where we can improve our team.
"I think we showed here we can't be 15 points behind."
Mancini believes City will be able to compete for the title as long as they do not lose a number of their star men at the same time.
He said: "We can't lose Yaya (Toure), (Sergio) Aguero and (Vincent) Kompany together. We are not so strong that we can lose three or four players together.
"If we lose one time Aguero or one time Yaya (it is okay), but three or four together is very difficult for us."
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