Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has stressed the importance that goal difference could have this season, with the title race expected to go right down to the wire.
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City can leapfrog Liverpool on Wednesday night with a victory against their Merseyside neighbours, Everton.
Guardiola is expecting a tight finish - one that will go down to the wire - despite Liverpool's recent slip-ups.
"I'm pretty sure the winner will be the last fixture or the last two. I'm sure of that," the City manager said.
"The first message (to his players) is to win the game and the second one is, 'If you can score - score, and if you can avoid to concede, do it.'
"The Premier League could go (down) to goal difference, I agree. We are not going to say to the guys today we have to win 25-0. I never said that.
"First you have to win the game, but then, second, try (to boost the goal difference) because it can happen."