Goals from Rolando Aarons and Moussa Sissoko sealed the Magpies' passage to the quarter-finals, with the visitors comfortably the better.
City are six points off the pace in the Premier League, struggling in the Champions League and have now surrendered their League Cup trophy with a whimper, leaving the Chilean in no mood to offer up excuses.
He told the press: "We are not playing well, with a lack of trust. We aren't scoring enough goals and conceding too easy goals. We must be worried. We didn't win any of the three games this week.
"I'm worried about why we are not playing the way we normally play. We conceded two easy goals. We are not playing the way that we normally do. We're not passing the ball quickly. With one competition less we can concentrate more."
David Silva made the starting line-up but only lasted five minutes of action before being taken off with a knee injury, but Pellegrini insists that starting the Spaniard with the Manchester derby approaching on Sunday was no risk.
"There was no reason why David couldn't play," the Chilean declared. "He was prepared. We tried to play with the best players. David was perfect to play. He was not going to play the whole game. My idea was to change him for Samir Nasri."
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