adminMANCHESTER. — Manuel Pellegrini insists Manchester City can take the Barclays English Premier League soccer title race down to the wire because Liverpool and Chelsea will drop more points before the end of the season.
City are title outsiders after a 3-2 defeat at leaders Liverpool and then a 2-2 draw with Sunderland in midweek left them six points off top spot.
But Pellegrini, whose team host West Bromwich Albion in a must-win fixture today, is sure City still have a chance to overhaul the leaders because the unpredictable nature of the season suggests Liverpool and Chelsea could both slip up before the race is run.
Pellegrini’s assessment was made before Chelsea slumped to a 2-1 defeat at home to Sunderland on Saturday, a shock result which confirmed his theory. It also opened the door for City to move closer to the second-placed Blues, who are currently four points ahead of the Eastlands outfit having played two games more. — AFP.
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