Football: Roberto Mancini set to be sacked by Manchester City before summer tour

Roberto Mancini is set to be sacked as Manchester City manager with the Italian's tenure almost definitely ending before the club's summer tour to the United States.

                    Roberto Mancini is to leave Manchester City, with Manuel Pellegrini set to be named as his successor

With club pursuing Manuel Pellegrini, the Malaga coach as his replacement Mancini cut a troubled figure following Saturday's FA Cup final 1-0 defeat Wigan.

Then he railed at the club for not denying the stories regarding Pellegrini, an illustration of Mancini's brusque style that has not endeared him to City's players or some members of staff.

This and other factors have caused City's Abu Dhabi executive to lose confidence in Mancini, who was given a five-year contract last summer after leading the club to a first top-flight title in 44 years.

Mancini has struggled to build on that success, with his team exiting the Champions League in the group stages, losing their league title to their Manchester United and on Saturday losing to Wigan at Wembley

Champions' league: Real Madrid dominates Galatasaray, Malaga held by Dortmund.

With a dominant display, Real Madrid put itself in prime position to reach the Champions League semifinals.Cristiano Ronaldo scored nine minutes in, and Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain added goals in a 3-0 win over Galatasaray on Wednesday night in the first leg of their quarterfinal.

Ronaldo put the nine-time champions ahead with when he split defenders Emmanuel Eboue and Semih Kaya, ran onto a perfectly weighted through-pass from Mesut Oezil and chipped goalkeeper Fernando Muslera with a left-footed shot from 10 yards. Ronaldo has 45 goals this season, including a Champions League-leading nine.

Benzema doubled the lead in the 29th with a right-footed shot from 8 yards after Michael Essien’s cross went over Eboue and landed at Benzema’s feet.Higuain replaced Benzema in the 65th and scored Madrid’s third goal eight minutes later on a 7-yard header on Xabi Alonso’s free kick.Galatasaray, led by Didier Drogba and Wesley Sneijder, faces a tough tak in the second leg of the total-goal series Tuesday in Turkey.

Alonso and Sergio Ramos will be suspended for the second leg for yellow-card accumulation

In Wednesday’s other game, Malaga was held to a 0-0 tie by visiting Borussia Dortmund.

In Tuesday’s games, Barcelona tied 2-2 at Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich won 2-0 at home against Juventus.