EPL: Onuoha confident Man City calm over Liverpool title challenge
Manchester City hero Nedum Onuoha has dismissed claims the players are worried about Liverpool’s impressive title push.
Pep Guardiola’s side have dropped five points from their last four Premier League games to allow Liverpool to close the gap at the top of the table to a single point.
“I think they’ve been good. At the start of the year Pep called it right and said they wouldn’t hit their best form for a few months; for that first game against Spurs, Raheem had trained once and other people had been out for a while, so we didn’t see the best version of City at the start but we saw enough for them to be competitive,” he told the Manchester Evening News.
“Then they went on the roll when they won 10+ games in a row again, and now we’re at the end of the year and some people think they’re struggling? City are top of the league, they’re in the Champions League quarters, they’re in the FA Cup semi-finals so let’s be clear: they are in a very strong position and they have the experience to be able to see this type of thing through.
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“I sense some nervousness around but I think that’s a good thing because the fact is you’ve got big games coming up. You look at some sides around the league and they don’t have big matches so they just count down to the end of the season, whereas for City and a couple of others you are thinking you hope it goes well because if it does then what a season it would be.
“Speaking from experience, you see those big matches and to know all eyes will be on them is the stuff you dream of as a kid. Even though the games are high pressure and you could argue season-defining, you would much rather be on the field because that is the place where you’ve got control of your destiny.”