Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola said his team remain favourites to win the Premier League and bag a record fourth straight title this season.
Last season City found themselves trailing Arsenal, but they gathered momentum and ran to their third straight title with five points clear. Against Aston Villa on Wednesday night, Guardiola said he is confident City can climb back to the top and win. They are currently third place and three points off Arsenal, after draws with Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham.
“My feeling today is we’re going to win the Premier League,” said Guardiola.
“If we play at the levels that we showed against Liverpool and Tottenham, we’re going to win it again.
“People don’t believe it already after three draws but we feel we’re going to do it again, knowing that it is not easy because no team has done it yet [won four in a row].
“The difficulty is there and was last season but, if you ask me today what I’m feeling, we’re going to do it again.”
Meanwhile Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has no such optimism as they tackle Sheffield United.
The Reds manager insisted that his side are only thinking about the next game after a favourable weekend of results.
Liverpool produced a stunning comeback to beat Fulham 4-3 on Sunday afternoon before Manchester City were denied by a late Tottenham Hotspur equaliser.
However, the German believes that is too early to think about winning the Premier League.
“We are two points behind Arsenal, our late winner was very important for everything, that is true, nothing to do with a title-winning season.
“If you can do that every week, it is pretty likely you would win the league, we just didn’t already, we missed a few opportunities to do that.
“A lot of things we can take from the game, we have to take into tomorrow, the spirit and stuff like this, the beginning was really good, after we are 3-2 down was really good.
“I don’t think for a second about where we could end up, we have to be where we are now until April, if we are still there then we can talk about what is possible.
“I have no clue where we will be in April, the toughest period of football, we played without a few players, we lost Joel, it is so tough what is coming up.
“There is absolutely nothing to think ahead of the next game, there is no chance, focus on Sheffield United, go for it, play the best possible game and keep going.”
