France defender Mangala has faced criticism from some quarters over his kind because moving to Etihad Stadium for a suggested cost of £42million from Porto in August 2014.
But with captain Vincent Kompany (calf) leading a damaging harm record that additionally includes goalkeeper Joe Hart (calf), Raheem Sterling (groin) and most likely Yaya Toure (knee), Mangala is ready to continue deputising towards the Ligue 1 champions.
Mangala's performances will have been detached, however Pellegrini is constructive the 25-12 months-old can maintain a fantastic PSG attack - led via the evergreen Ibrahimovic - quiet at the Parc des Princes.
"If in case you have the information then you're going to see whenever Mangala plays then we win," Pellegrini mentioned.
"In a number of games this season he has made mistakes, which may be very awful to concede, but in case you evaluation his overall performances, he is an excellent player.
"I don't believe the cost made a change for him. He's an extraordinarily younger player, he's adapting to a problematic league within the prime League.
"He has the entire conditions to be an extraordinarily essential participant here and i am sure he's going to support in each season he performs in the most popular League."
The tie marks city's first foray in the quarter-finals of the Champions League after being knocked out within the final 16 with the aid of Barcelona within the earlier two seasons, as they search to in the end translate their home type into Europe.
There may be equal significance to the game for PSG as they bid to arrive the semi-finals for the first time due to the fact gigantic-spending house owners Qatar exercises Investments completed their buyout in 2011.
PSG have dominated domestically and wrapped up the Ligue 1 title final month with a 9-zero battering of Troyes.
There was little let-up from Laurent Blanc's guys and they routed nice four-1 on Saturday, Ibrahimovic at his splendid great with an encouraged hat-trick - leaving the Sweden global wanting just one purpose to beat Pauleta's report of 78 ambitions in all competitions at the Parc des Princes.
For PSG, knocked out via Barca within the quarters final season, the primary aim is now on competing with Europe's elite and lots of take into account them favourites to beat metropolis.
But Thiago Motta was keen to stress the great at metropolis's disposal - the influential Kevin De Bruyne and Samir Nasri arriving from lengthy lay-offs in Saturday's four-0 win over AFC Bournemouth - ahead of a crucial first leg.
"They have first-class avid gamers," he told newshounds.
"They have got [David] Silva, [Sergio] Aguero - if we give them the ball, we can endure. The key will be to look after good and, when we've got the ball, to manipulate the game like we did towards Chelsea [in the last-16 against]."
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