Wednesday 30 December 2015 09:58, UK
Manchester City have gone off the boil after a good start to the season, goalkeeper Joe Hart has said.
City began December in first place, ahead of Leicester City on goal difference, but have managed just seven points from their last five games to slip to third place.
"We are not where we should be right now in the table," Hart told the club's official website. "We are right in the mix without really playing that well."
City opened the season with five successive league wins until mid-September, scoring 11 goals in those games and conceding none.
They have since failed to win a single league game on the road, their last away victory coming at Crystal Palace more than three months ago.
"We started the season strongly, but we have not been great over the last 12 games or so. The two teams above us in the table deserve to be there," added Hart.
"Without doubt, we need to push on, we need to win all our home games and be hard to beat in our away games as well."
Hart said City were unfortunate not to have taken more than a point against Leicester.
"It is a game we could and should have won but we did not. Kasper Schmeichel did well and made a few good saves, but we maybe should have done better with the chances we had."
Manuel Pellegrini's men travel to take on eighth-placed Watford, who have won four of their last six games, in the league on Saturday.
