Pep Guardiola has warned his players not to take their eye off the Premier League because it would be “almost impossible” for Manchester City to retain the title if they drop any points in their final seven matches of the season.
City travel to Crystal Palace on Saturday lunchtime knowing a win would put pressure on title rivals Arsenal and Liverpool before they face Brighton and Manchester United respectively this weekend. City sit third, three points behind the leaders, Liverpool, and two points behind Arsenal in second. Asked if his team were able to focus on Palace with an important European away trip to follow – City travel to Real Madrid for the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday – Guardiola said: “We won the treble last season, we arrived in the semi-finals of the Champions League, won the Premier League, it’s always been like that.
