Pep Guardiola has insisted Manchester City must push the Premier League title race to the final day of the season, despite relying on Arsenal slipping up. With two games left, City trail the leaders and need a favour from elsewhere to retain the trophy.
“The important thing is to arrive at the end with options,” Guardiola said. “All we want is to be with our people in the last game to try to fight. To extend for these last four or five days what we have to do is win at Bournemouth.”
City face a tough test at the Vitality Stadium against a Bournemouth side on a 16-match unbeaten run and chasing European football. “They are 16-17 games unbeaten. The run is unbelievable,” Guardiola noted. “The only chance we have is to win the game. We have to break that run, otherwise it will be over.”
City travel in high spirits after winning the FA Cup on Saturday, their second trophy of the season. “It’s better to travel to Bournemouth with the feeling that we won the FA Cup than the opposite,” Guardiola said. Despite a congested schedule, the squad is fully fit after Rodri returned at Wembley.
