Pep Guardiola says the fact Manchester City are now being billed as the ‘favourite’ to win the Premier League reflects the volatile nature of this season’s title race.
The reigning champions could jump above Liverpool into top spot by beating Everton at Goodison Park on Wednesday night.
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- Liverpool currently sit top of the table with 62 points, leading City by three points.
- However, the Reds have wasted opportunities to stretch their lead to seven points in recent games, drawing 1-1 with Leicester City and West Ham United.
- What’s more, City’s goal difference is +46, five goals superior to Liverpool’s +41.
- Spurs are also involved in the title race, trailing City by just two points and Liverpool by five.
- However, City will be boosted by the fact Spurs haven’t won the top-flight since 1960/61 and Liverpool haven’t won it since 1989/90.
Guardiola believes City were prematurely written off after losing to Newcastle United last week.
But the Spaniard admits his side will now be considered favourites after beating Arsenal at the Etihad before Liverpool drew with West Ham.
“Three, four days ago we were already done,” Guardiola said, according to Sky Sports.
“The champion was Liverpool and now we are the favourite and maybe in three days we are leading or we are seven points behind.
“We try to be calm in this situation. There will be a lot of surprises and it will be tough for every team to win all games because the contenders and non-contenders and all the teams have the abilities, capacity and skills to create problems.”
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“Man United are in the title race”
There are 14 points separating Liverpool in first place and Manchester United in fifth with 39 points left to play for in the final 13 games.
And Guardiola claims even Manchester United shouldn’t be discounted in the title race as Ole Gunnar Solksjaer continues to lead the Reds’ revival.
The City boss added: “I never said Tottenham was not there, nor Chelsea. I never put out all five-six teams, and United is making this run of victories every single week, they’ll be there to fight for the Premier League.
“If Chelsea is able to do games in a row, games in row, they’ll be contenders too to win the Premier League, so everybody is there. The gap is not too big.
“With 39 points to play for, when you are nine, ten points behind, it’s not too much. Seeing what’s happening right now in the Premier League, everybody is ready to take points.”
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