Emmanuel Adebayor, Wayne Bridge and Roque Santa Cruz all departed Eastlands in the search of regular first-team action, along with three of the younger members of the City squad who were given first-team exposure in the Carling Cup earlier in the campaign.
Yet now Mancini is bemoaning a lack of bodies as a reason for some of his side's more stuttering performances in recent times, including their 2-0 first-leg defeat to Dynamo Kiev in last week's Europa League last-16 clash.
City try to overturn that deficit at Eastlands on Thursday, still using the same group of players they have been forced to rely on since fixture congestion first became a problem in the middle of January.
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Manchester City vs Dynamo Kiev Live Streaming
Europa League
18:00 GMT, March 17, 2011
City of Manchester Stadium, England