Guardiola: ‘I don’t believe’ Klopp over title talk

Pep Guardiola has dismissed Jurgen Klopp’s suggestion Liverpool are not in a position to challenge Manchester City for the Premier League title.

Liverpool boss Klopp said he was “not sure” if his side would be able to apply pressure to City after they cut the champions’ lead to nine points, with a game in hand, on Thursday.

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Yet City manager Guardiola does not think even Klopp believes what he said and expects it to take a huge points tally to secure the crown.

“I don’t believe him,” said Guardiola ahead of City’s trip to Norwich on Saturday.

“Absolutely (it’s possible) and he thinks the same, otherwise he wouldn’t be the competitor that he is. Of course he believes.

“In football, everything can happen. But he knows that he has to win a lot of games – like we know we have to win a lot of games – to fight to be champion again.”

Liverpool would finish with 96 points if they won all their remaining 15 games and Guardiola feels they are capable of doing just that.

The Reds chalked up 99 points in winning the title in 2020 after accumulating 97 when finishing runners-up to City, by one point, the previous year.

“Both teams have shown over the years that they can make an incredible run of victories in a row,” said