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Silva hopeful Chelsea will drop points to benefit Man City

Manchester City midfielder David Silva feels the pressure is now on Chelsea in the Premier League title race. A run of eight consecutive victories in all competitions, just one short of a club record, has taken City into the last 16 of the Champions League and wiped out Chelsea's eight-point lead.

"Big teams have to get used to this type of pressure, and we need to replicate it until the end of the season and win as many trophies as we can," said Silva.

"We were eight points behind Chelsea a few weeks ago and now we have the same number of points - at least until they play on Monday - so maybe we can put a bit of pressure on them.

"But we will focus on ourselves and hope they drop some points."

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