Pep Guardiola says Manchester City will not win the Premier League title if they drop points against Leicester City this afternoon.
City head into the weekend fixtures six points adrift of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League, but do have a game in hand and a superior goal difference. Both the top two have been in superb form in recent weeks, with the Gunners winning seven and drawing one of their last eight, and City having won nine in a row in all competitions.
But given the results of one another as of late, neither can ill afford to drop points in the race for the title, with both in action against sides at the bottom of the table. City are in action less than 24 hours before Arsenal head to West Ham and can pile the pressure on Mikel Arteta's side by cutting the gap to three with a win.
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Guardiola, however, believes anything other than three points from his team would all but hand Arsenal the title given the current deficit between them.
Via Sky Sports, he said: "Everybody knows that if we lose games we lose competitions. That's why our attention to details is higher. It's the same [on Saturday] - if we lose the game, we will not be champions. If we win we could still be there.
"But we cannot forget, we are six points behind Arsenal, a team who have dropped few points during the season and have one game a week, with a lot of time for recovery, to analyse and prepare for games.
"It's so difficult if you drop points. That's why you have to be there as much as possible."
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