Monday, 14th April, 2014
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is adamant that the Citizens are not out of the title race after yesterday’s 3-2 defeat at Liverpool’s hands at Anfield.
Liverpool lead the Premier League table on 77 points, followed by Chelsea on 75 points and Manchester City on 70 points, but the Sky Blues have played two games fewer than their title rivals.
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Pellegrini insisted that the defeat to Liverpool is not the end of the season for them and neither has it ended the title race.
"There are a lot of things that will happen from now until the end of the season”, the Chilean told the BBC.
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“We'll try to recover as soon as we can and try to win next Wednesday against Sunderland."
The former Villarreal manager believes that the two games that they have in hand could prove crucial come the end of the season.
"We have two games in hand and can be just one point behind Liverpool if we win those two games and they still have to play Chelsea.”
Manchester City won their last league title in 2011/12 season even though they were trailing Manchester United by eight points with six games left to play.
The Red Devils collapsed to defeats against Wigan and the Citizens themselves, and a draw against Everton left the Manchester sides equal on points going into the last day of the season. The Sky Blues defeated Queens Park Rangers in dramatic fashion to snatch the league title out of the hands of their city rivals on goal difference.
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