Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola admits they will be out of the title race. If they lose to Liverpool again next time out.

“Yes, if Liverpool win, I don’t know, but it’s not about winning or losing the title, we don’t think about what happens at the end of the season,” Guardiola said.

“Ultimately, if we don’t win the title, it’s because we don’t deserve it. When we won the title in the past, we won because we deserved it. What we need to do now is the game against Feyenoord.”

“The most important thing is to qualify for the Champions League, then the players will improve.”

Manchester City suffered their fifth consecutive defeat in all competitions. After being thrashed 4-0 at home by Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday night.

City became the first reigning champions to lose five games in a row since Chelsea in 1956. And Guardiola’s team could fall 11 points behind Liverpool if they are beaten at Anfield next Sunday.

In the event of a defeat, Guardiola insisted the main objective of the season would be securing a Champions League place. Rather than looking at the title.

“When you lose 4-0 you can only congratulate Tottenham. We are a bit fragile right now, we struggled to score goals in this game. And we are playing a bit in our thoughts with negativity. สมัคร ufabet We lost three games in the row in the Premier League. But we have to break these results,” the City manager said.

The Citizens are now five points behind Liverpool, having played one more game. And could be eight points clear if the Reds win at Southampton on Sunday.