Pep expects perfection

Pep Guardiola has played down suggestions that Manchester Cityrsquos greater experience will be pivotal as his side go head to head with Arsenal for the Premier League title saying his side must be perfect to come out on top Defending champions City chasing an unprecedented fourth straight English topflight crown are second in the table one point behind the Gunners but with a game in handGunners can put pressureArsenal on 80 points with three games to play have a chance to put pressure on City as they host Bournemouth in the early kickoff on Saturday City host Wolves at the Etihad later in the day desperate to avoid a repeat of the 21 defeat they suffered at Molineux earlier this seasonAlso ReadMan Utd tried to sign Kane Ten HagPep GuardiolaGuardiolarsquos men unbeaten in 31 matches in all competitions are hot favourites to win the Premier League for the sixth time in seven seasons but the City manager is taking nothing for granted He was asked at Fridayrsquos press conference whether his teamrsquos titlewinning nous would prove pivotal ldquoI would love to think lsquoyesrsquo but we have to prove it tomorrow against Wolves and in the next games We know that we have to win all 12 points otherwise it will be difficult because Arsenal are so strong so consistent and itrsquos difficult to see them dropping pointsrdquoGuardiola said topscorer Erling Haaland was fit enough to start after coming on as a substitute against Nottingham Forest last weekend and scoring in a 20 win ldquoWhen everybody is fit they have to be ready Of course I have little doubts for one or two players but the rest the gameplan what I want to do I had time to think about it and see the last games from Wolves but hersquos readyrdquo he saidDias Foden availableGuardiola confirmed that Ruben Dias and Phil Foden who both missed the Forest match through illness would be available along with goalkeeper EdersonLiverpoolrsquos Klopp says lsquopressure is offrsquo after collapseJurgen Klopp said the ldquopressure is offrdquo after his Liverpool team dropped out of the Premier League title race urging his men to rediscover their best form in the final few games of his Anfield reign Liverpool have won just one of their past five league games and it would now take a miracle for them to catch Arsenal and Manchester CityThe German 56 said he wanted his team to play with freedom in his last three matches starting with Sundayrsquos home game against fifthplaced Tottenham ldquoThe pressure is off now Thatrsquos done It would be really cool if we could play really really good football again That would be absolutely nice because obviously we have been very tense in the last weeksrdquo he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever