Pep Guardiola has admitted Manchester City have a big opportunity to chase down Liverpool with a victory on Thursday night.

A victory will see City reduce the gap to the league leaders to four points.

And Guardiola knows all three points will go a long way to keeping their title hopes alive.

"I have the feeling it is a big opportunity for us to reduce the gap but our focus is the same," Guardiola added. "Everybody asks what we are going to do if we lose, but we are going to try to make our game and to win it.

"At the moment Liverpool are the best team in Europe for the way they play and control the details in their game. It's a good challenge for us."