Pep Guardiola says Manchester City cannot afford to drop any points over their last six games.

City returned to the top of the table with a 2-0 victory over Cardiff City on Wednesday night.

"We have the feeling that if we drop points we will not be champions," Guardiola told reporters.

"So, I don't know how you're going to write, but mid-week against Cardiff, everybody said it was going to be easy.

"The way we started, commitment in all details, the corners, the throw-ins, in the focus of what we have to do, and what surprised me the most was the few goals that we scored today with the chances that we had, especially in the second half.

"So, we should've scored more goals, that's the regret that we had."