Diogo Jota has warned Manchester City that Liverpool are poised to pounce if they drop any points in the remaining seven games of the Premier League season. The Blues stayed a point ahead of their title rivals with the 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium last week, but Jurgen Klopp’s team will grab top spot with anything but a defeat against Manchester United tomorrow night.
City then face a home game with Brighton on Wednesday night, when they will seek to bounce back immediately from their FA Cup semi-final defeat by Liverpool at Wembley. And with a Saturday clash against relegation-haunted Watford, the day before Liverpool face a derby clash with Everton, City could turn the table and pile the pressure back on Liverpool.
Jota feels Liverpool built up a head of steam by winning then on the bounce before that 2-2 stalemate with City, and says that his team are ready to take full advantage if City slip up. He points out that City had built up a 14-point lead in mid-January, although Liverpool had two games in hand, and that the Merseysiders have clawed it back to the point where they are breathing down City’s necks.
