Pep Guardiola has warned Manchester City that if they fail to beat Liverpool at the Etihad on Thursday then their attempt to retain the Premier League is effectively over.
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City can reduce the gap with Liverpool to four points if they win this week, and Guardiola used his post-match press conference after beating Southampton to tell his players that unless they win that game then their title challenge is “almost impossible”. Defeat would restore the gap to 10 points with 17 league games remaining.
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“In the position of Liverpool, we drop points, it’s over, it’s finished,” Guardiola said at St Mary’s this evening. “It would be almost impossible.
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“Of course I think they are going to drop points, but not too many. And if we want to be there as far as possible until the end, we have to win games. We have done last season, and this season as well, except the last four days.”
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Guardiola hopes that the home support at the Etihad Stadium will be decisive. City drew a tight 0-0 at Anfield earlier in the season. “We know what we have to do,” he said. “It’s first against second next Thursday.
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Word on the twitter streets:
Thursday night 🔥
Manchester City 🆚 Liverpool
Pep vs Klopp
Virgil vs Laporte
Sterling vs Salah
Sane vs Mane.
Aguero vs Firmino
Ederson vs Allison— ManCity Zimbabwe🇿🇼 (@CityZimbabwe) December 31, 2018
Right now the Liverpool vs Manchester City match bigger than El Classico.
— Duane Patten (@docpat10) December 31, 2018
"I don't know if he can play against Liverpool." 🤕
Pep Guardiola offered an update on Kevin De Bruyne's fitnesshttps://t.co/jobrA9USbX
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) December 30, 2018
Liverpool vs Manchester City on the 3rd January..
If Liverpool win, do you think they've secured the title or is there a fightback in one of the Premier Leagues teams?
Discuss..
— The Football Stands (@TheFootyStands_) December 30, 2018
I’d just like to point out that Manchester City Vs Liverpool on Thursday is rather a big game.
— ThatLadWhoHatesTheCups (@JosephPepper) December 30, 2018
There will be fireworks on the 3rd of January.
Manchester City vs Liverpool
— Don Boye (@DonBoye_) December 30, 2018
January 3rd, 2019
Manchester City vs Liverpool
Liverpool wins this, the League is over!!!
— OTAS™ (@Tasonivan) December 25, 2018
Well @ManCity vs @LFC is a must win game for city if they are in for the tittle!!! Are the scousers gunna run riot? Invincible season? Winners? Or choke artists again! #slip
— Ian (@ianmilling86) December 29, 2018
Predict the Last Booking (red/yellow card) of Liverpool vs Manchester City (Game-Week 21) and win a water bottle.
Predictions should have done before the kick off.#MCILIV #PremierLeague
*Conditions apply.
*Retweet compulsory. pic.twitter.com/vnVqpiJTKO— PL Fantasy Nepal (@PLFantasyNepal) December 30, 2018