Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has shrugged off wrecking Liverpool's title party.

City's move to the top may lessen the chance of a fairytale finish for Liverpool, who are still hoping to end their title drought stretching back to 1990 in a year which has the added symbolism of being the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.

Pellegrini was asked whether he had any feelings about not being the most popular champions should they lift the trophy in the coming week.

"I don't know who will be the most popular champions because I am not talking about the title," he said.

"When we finish the season we can analyse all those things.

"After we lost against Liverpool (last month) I said the Premier League was not over and we must continue playing and we tried to do our best - that is why it is so important to try to win the next game."