How Man City dressing room views Premier League title race with Liverpool after Man United win

Manchester City used a painful derby defeat from almost four years ago, as well as a relentless Liverpool title challenge this season, to motivate themselves for the win over Manchester United this weekend.

After Liverpool beat West Ham on Saturday, City knew they must beat United to restore a six-point lead in the Premier League to keep Jurgen Klopp's side at arm's length. With United winning their last three visits to the Etihad, though, victory on Sunday was far from guaranteed as Liverpool found themselves in a rare position of supporting United this weekend.

City were relentless, though, and ran out 4-1 winners over United, and defender Kyle Walker spoke after the victory about how their poor recent record in the derby spurred them on to make a statement victory.

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Recalling the painful 3-2 defeat in 2018, on a day when victory would have secured the Premier League title for City, Walker said they 'owed' United a big result.

“I think this season especially," he said when asked if victory felt special.

"We have found it difficult when they have come here in recent years. They have turned us over. We could have won the title one season and Pogba scored a late goal, so I think we owed them one and we did it in style today. It is an important victory.

"I think every game from now until the end of the season is a cup final. We need to make sure we bring the same level of performance to every single game and hopefully, that will be enough for us to clinch the Premier League. Today is a great one for the bragging rights, but the season is not over by any stretch of the imagination. We know we need to keep getting the three points and keep