Aymeric Laporte says Man City Premier League title success ‘depends on’ one thing

Aymeric Laporte says Manchester City’s chances of defending their Premier League crown depends on how well they can remain focused and keep consistency during the run-in.

The Blues have a Champions League quarter-final second-leg clash with Bayern Munich on Wednesday before an FA Cup semi-final against Sheffield United on Saturday. Their next Premier League match is the gigantic meeting with Arsenal on April 26.

City are still on for the treble and were given a title boost when West Ham held the Gunners to a 2-2 draw on Sunday following their own 3-1 win over Leicester on Saturday. It means a win over Arsenal coupled with three points in their game in hand would take them top of the table.

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Laporte - who started his seventh league game of the season against Leicester - says the squad is “in a good mood". But with potentially another six cup games to play in addition to their eight remaining league games, the 29-year-old said he and his teammates must remain fully attentive to the task in hand.

“I think the team is in a good mood now, winning a lot of games in a row (10),” he told club media. “We have to keep focused as we have over the last few weeks and even months. We have to focus on ourselves, that’s all.

“The title depends on what we do now, which is very important for us, and we will try to do our best. The end of the season is always the most important part of the season, so we can’t miss.

“Obviously, it’s very hard as the teams at the bottom want three points to get out of the relegation zone and we want to win this title. It’s very important for us to win, win, win as we have the three titles to win, so we will try it.”

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