Liverpool news: Pep Guardiola dismisses Jurgen Klopp claim over Man City title chances

Man City currently hold a nine point lead over Liverpool, although the Reds do have a game in hand.

Klopp made the claim following Liverpool's comfortable 2-0 win over Leicester in midweek, saying he was "not sure" if the win would have put any pressure on Man City.

However, Guardiola says he has been around football too long and faced Liverpool too often to believe they are not capable of closing the gap in the title race.

"I don't believe him," said Guardiola of Klopp's claim as his side prepare for the trip to Norwich.

"Absolutely (it's possible) and he thinks the same, otherwise he wouldn't be the competitor that he is. Of course he believes.

"In football, everything can happen. But he knows that he has to win a lot of games - like we know we have to win a lot of games - to fight to be champion again."

"Both teams have shown over the years that they can make an incredible run of victories in a row," said Guardiola, whose side achieved a record 100 points in 2018.

"If one team is able to do it, they can do it again. Both teams have the same managers, more or less the same squads and ideas.

"Both could make 16, 17 wins in a row. They can do it, we can do it too. This is the reality.

"The margin to Liverpool is nothing. We have to win a lot of games - a lot - with many points, more than 90 points, to arrive at 95 or 96, to be champions. I'm pretty sure of that, definitely."