Hughes set to face owner's questions as City slip again

MANCHESTER: Manchester City manager Mark Hughes insists he has no fears about his meeting with the club's owner in Abu Dhabi this week despite his team's disappointing 3-3 home draw with Burnley.

City play a friendly with the UAE national team on Thursday and Hughes will have talks with Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

After a run of only one victory in six league games, the past five of them draws, the potential appears to be there for some awkward questions from the man who invested 200 million pounds (US$332.3 million) in new talent over the summer.