Ilkay Gundogan says Man City have ‘no potential to do mistakes’ in title race with Liverpool

Ilkay Gundogan admitted Manchester City have no room for error with Liverpool breathing down their necks in the title race.

Jurgen Klopp’s side face Brighton on Saturday afternoon and could be within three points by the time City travel to Crystal Palace on Monday night.

City have dropped just four points from their last 18 Premier League matches yet have not pulled away from Liverpool and Gundogan is already glancing at the pair’s meeting at the Etihad Stadium next month.

Liverpool are breathing down their necks and could go within three points of their tally

‘There is no potential to do mistakes for both sides and then you have the showdown at the Eithad in a few weeks,’ Gundogan said.

‘Both teams are able to win all of their remaining games as we both have shown a couple of years ago. It’s going to be a tight race until the end.

‘We are still full of motivation for every single competition and that’s how we approach all of our games – to go out there to win the next game.

‘The most important thing is not to let go, to keep training well, recover good and then go again on Monday evening because we are going towards the end of the season and every game is becoming more important. Now the big games are coming and we’re looking forward to them.’

Champions City have dropped just four points from their last 18 Premier League matches

Gundogan is already glancing at the pair’s meeting at the Etihad Stadium next month

Gundogan – who has found game time harder to come by this term – believes the experience of previous title victories will help galvanise City at home and abroad in the Champions League. Pep Guardiola’s team find out their quarter-final opponents next Friday.

‘We’ve won together a lot in recent years so that always helps,’ he added. ‘The confidence is very high. Getting to the final last year even though we lost is a great experience for all of our players, especially because it was the first time for a lot of us. 

‘We smelt last year how it was, this tension and atmosphere to go into the final. We have the highest hopes again for this year and even though the competition is very big I think there is a lot of quality and potential in our squad and there is no reason not to be confident.’

Gundogan says experience of previous title wins will help galvanise City at home and abroad