Pep Guardiola has suggested that if Liverpool beat Manchester City at Anfield next weekend his team could already be out of the Premier League title race.
City lost their fifth consecutive game in all competitions and third straight league game with a heavy 4-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Guardiola's side face Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday before travelling to Anfield five days later.
Liverpool can move eight points clear if they beat Southampton on Sunday and Guardiola was asked after losing to Spurs whether an 11-point gap -- if City lose to Arne Slot's team -- would be too much to overhaul even at this stage of the season.