Pep Guardiola has warned Manchester City their hopes of a fifth consecutive Premier League title will be over if they lose to Liverpool next weekend.
City were hammered 4-0 by Tottenham on Saturday, losing at home for the first time since November 2022 to make it three league defeats in a row.
That slump extends to five across all competitions and City could be eight points behind leaders Liverpool next Sunday when they travel to Anfield — a ground where they have not won in front of a crowd since 2003.
Asked if an 11-point deficit would be too much to make up, Guardiola replied: "Yeah. In terms of Liverpool winning and winning, it's true.
"We're not thinking about winning or losing [the title], we are not in the situation to think about what is going to happen at the end of the season.
"If in the end we don't win it's because we don't deserve it. We won it in the past because we deserved it."
City captain Kyle Walker, who endured another personal ordeal of a performance, warned his team-mates that the consequences of a similar performance against Liverpool would be dire.
"It's a great game to turn it around and take three points from the team who sit above you," he told Sky Sports. "But we can't put in a performance like that or we'll get walked over."
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Pep Guardiola has warned Manchester City their hopes of a fifth consecutive Premier League title will be over if they lose to Liverpool next weekend.
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