{"id":719,"date":"2019-02-28T16:42:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T08:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/2019\/02\/28\/guardiola-expecting-twists-in-man-city-liverpool-title-race\/"},"modified":"2019-02-28T16:42:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T08:42:39","slug":"guardiola-expecting-twists-in-man-city-liverpool-title-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=719","title":{"rendered":"Guardiola expecting twists in Man City-Liverpool title race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pep Guardiola saw his\u00a0Manchester City side beat West Ham\u00a0to remain one point behind leaders Liverpool, though he expects both title-chasing sides to drop points during\u00a0the run-in.<\/p>\n

Sergio Aguero’s 59th-minute penalty at the Etihad Stadium earned City their fourth successive top-flight win on a night when Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool thrashed Watford 5-0 to stay at the summit.<\/p>\n

City have now won eight of their previous nine Premier League games – only dropping points once in a loss to Newcastle United last month.<\/p>\n

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And while Liverpool sent an emphatic message by returning to winning ways in style, Guardiola insists both clubs will slip up across the final 10 games of the campaign.<\/p>\n

“We knew it \u2013 Liverpool is a top side, we know that,” City manager Guardiola told a news conference.<\/p>\n

“Now we have a gap with the first two with the third, we’re eight points [ahead of Tottenham], nine points for the leader.<\/p>\n

“We knew it, 10 games… many things are going to happen.<\/p>\n

“I think we are going to drop points, I think Liverpool are going to drop points. We’re going to see until the end.<\/p>\n

“It’s important now\u00a0to refresh, good recovery and prepare the game against Bournemouth.”<\/p>\n

City can go back top of the table at the weekend as they face Bournemouth the day before Liverpool meet Everton in the Merseyside derby.<\/p>\n

Guardiola’s quadruple-seeking side then meet Watford the following week, with\u00a0the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Schalke and the FA Cup quarter-final at Swansea then on the schedule prior to the international break.<\/p>\n

“Hopefully we can make a good performance against Bournemouth and after we have one week to prepare [for Watford], the last game in the Premier League before 21 days without Premier League again and focus on Schalke and Swansea,” Guardiola added.<\/p>\n

“That’s why it’s a real final for us against Bournemouth.”<\/p>\n

West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini, who won a title with City in 2013-14, was unhappy with City’s penalty.<\/p>\n

Substitute Bernardo Silva won the spot-kick when Felipe Anderson bundled into him from behind and Pellegrini felt the contact was minimal.<\/p>\n

“I’m not happy with the result because it was not a penalty – Bernardo Silva threw himself down when he felt a touch,” he said.<\/p>\n

“To be generous, it was a little soft. That is too generous really. It was not a penalty, it’s a play that happens a lot of times inside the box.”<\/p>\n

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Both sides won on Wednesday, although Tottenham lost 2-0 to Chelsea to make their title ambitions look unlikely Pep Guardiola saw his\u00a0Manchester City side beat West Ham\u00a0to remain one point behind leaders Liverpool, though he expects both title-chasing sides to drop points during\u00a0the run-in. Sergio Aguero’s 59th-minute penalty at the Etihad Stadium earned City their … <\/p>\n

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