‘All we can do is breathe down the necks of Arsenal’ – Guardiola after Man City’s comeback win over Liverpool | OneFootball

Pep Guardiola says there is still plenty of time for his Manchester City side to catch Premier League leaders Arsenal after coming from behind to beat Liverpool.

Goals from Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland saw City win at Anfield and narrow the gap to Arsenal back down to six points, following the Gunners’ win over Sunderland on Saturday.

Though Guardiola also stressed his City side must keep improving if they are to stand a chance of catching Arteta’s team.

“I have the feeling that if we improve a little bit, a little bit, it will not be enough to compete against Arsenal,” he said after the win over Liverpool.

“We have them (Arsenal) at home, of course we have to beat them.

“13 games in the Premier League, from my point of view from my little experience, is a lot of time, a lot.

“It’s a problem when you go into the last games and playing teams in a relegation battle, it’s a proper game of football. They live to survive and they give their lives, have long weeks to prepare.

“We come from FA Cup, Carabao Cup, Champions League, that makes a lot of influence for these kind of things. Liverpool were preparing all week for that game and we play three days ago against Newcastle.

“All we can do is breathe down the neck of Arsenal, be in there and try, if they sleep, they make something (a mistake), use it.”

Bernardo Silva said after the win over Liverpool that the players felt like a defeat to Liverpool would have spelled the end of City’s title hopes.

“They didn’t tell me that,” Guardiola responded. “I’m more optimistic maybe than them but nine points, watching Arsenal. Are they going to lose more than three games, four games? Probably not, right?

“But in football, you never know, but the feeling is that. Despite that, there are always targets. FA Cup, final of the Carabao Cup, top eight in Champions League, we’ll be there in March. The players are coming. Ruben is back, Savinho and Jeremy is coming back soon, John is back too.

“Of course, we would be disappointed (to lose). Of course all the questions would say it’s over and of course six points is still better than nine but it’s still a lot considering how Arsenal, how strong they are in all departments.

“But I said 13 games is a lot in the Premier League, FA Cup is coming, Carabao Cup final, Champions League. Many games, injuries, every team plays for something. Champions League qualification, Europa League, Conference League, not being relegated, every game in the last ten games in my experience is so, so difficult.

“It’s important to try to be there and improve. The second half was not good enough again. The game we did really well, against Spurs, was not good enough again to win three points, today could happen the same, but it’s a young team and maybe in the near future we can improve a lot.”