Everton boss Marco Silva has insisted his side will be going for the win when they travel to Manchester City on Wednesday night, despite it helping their neighbours Liverpool in the title race.
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Some have been suggesting, perhaps a tad tongue-in-cheek, that Everton should lose to City in order to help them in their title race against arch-rivals Liverpool.
But Silva has rubbished any of these suggestions - saying his Everton side will be going to cause an upset at the Etihad Stadium.
"What I want and what is my feeling is that this title race is not for us to look to," Silva said.
"We know what is our fight and for sure our fans what they want is our team winning the game.
"We are talking about one title and at this moment more than just two teams are fighting for this title.
"But there are many, many games to play and nothing will be decided (on Wednesday night).
"For us, we must think about what is our aim from the match and do everything we can to achieve that because it will be really, really tough. All the other fights are not for us.
"When you are playing against a really strong side and we are not in a very good moment also, the things that can equalise the balance is our fans creating a strong atmosphere in our stadium to put us in a condition to fight for a good result against a team like City."