Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has refused to rule Liverpool out of this season's Premier League title race - despite the Reds' underwhelming recent form.
After just eight Premier League games, Jurgen Klopp's side sit 14 points behind league leaders Arsenal, after they were defeated at the Emirates 3-2 last Sunday. Liverpool have registered just two wins since August and subsequently have been unable to replicate the form that saw them go within a whisker of achieving a remarkable quadruple just five months ago.
Last week's defeat in the capital means Liverpool are now also 13 points behind City, who have won six of the last eleven Premier League titles, and the two sides go head-to-head at Anfield on Sunday afternoon in a fixture that has frequently been dubbed as a 'title decider' in recent seasons, no matter how early in the calendar it takes place.
