Manchester City must be “almost perfect” between now and the end of the season if they are to catch Premier League leaders Arsenal, according to manager Pep Guardiola.
Arsenal dropped points for just the third time this season in Tuesday’s goalless home draw with Newcastle United, but they are still eight points clear of second-placed City.
The reigning champions play their game in hand away at Chelsea on Thursday, though Guardiola accepts Arsenal may well be uncatchable on current form.
“The way you have to reduce the gap is to play good and win games,” Guardiola said at Wednesday’s pre-match press conference.
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They have an average and they’re going to do 100 points or more if they carry on, and we won’t catch them. We will have to be almost perfect.
“We’d expect from here to the end of the season they’d drop a little bit in terms of their performances, but they were excellent against Newcastle, so we’ll see what happens.”
