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Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini on Friday looked ahead to his team's trip to Anfield to play Liverpool in the English Premier League on Sunday.
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SOUNDBITE: (English) Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager:
(about Liverpool playing a Europa League match on Thursday and being delayed in arriving back)
"I think it's an advantage (to us). It's not a disadvantage because I always think these things.... it's the performance the day of the game. But I played also a Europa League and when you arrive on Friday, it's not the best way to prepare for the game on Sunday. But those are the rules. They are playing a Europa League (game)..... maybe another time we prepare worse.... the game. So I repeat, it's important, but not that easy."
SOUNDBITE: (English) Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager:
(Q: Chelsea aren't playing because of appearing in the League Cup final at Wembley, so if you win you could narrow the gap at the top. How important is that psychologically?)
"Yes, of course it's important. More than psychologically, it's important mathematically. We are going to have three points more. We are going, as you said, two points behind Chelsea because they will not play their next (league) game. We had the same exactly the same last season. I remember we were nine points behind Chelsea with three games in hand, but we were nine points behind them, and after that you must feel the pressure to win all those games. So it's very important to beat Liverpool because they are a strong team. It's a difficult stadium also. It's important to try to continue winning in the Premier League the way we did the last two games. We won 4-1 and 5-0 against Stoke and Newcastle (respectively) and continue fighting for the title, to retain our title till the end, because I repeat, we have to play (for) 36 points more. That's a lot of points and as soon as we close the gap it's better for us."
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Liverpool arriving late our advantage - Pellegrini
Saturday, February 28 2015Category:Soccer