John Stones has dismissed the idea that Sunday’s showdown with Liverpool will decide the destiny of the Premier League title. But the Manchester City defender feels that his team’s experience of seeing out a season will stand them in good stead in the next few weeks.
Unlike Liverpool, who blew up in 2014 to let City overhaul them and claim the crown, the Blues have never let the league title slip from a winning position, and the last time they were involved in a tight finish with Jurgen Klopp’s team - in 2018-19 - they handled the pressure to hold off the Merseysiders and win it on the final day of the season.
But that season run-in did not involve a head-to-head between the two teams, and this time Liverpool have it in their own hands to leapfrog City by winning on Sunday. Stones, however, denied that Sunday’s meeting is a winner-takes-all affair, with both teams still having another seven games left afterwards.
