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Kevin De Bruyne believes Liverpool and Manchester City are under pressure in the Premier League race.

Kevin De Bruyne thinks that the pressure on Liverpool to win a Premier League crown is equivalent to the pressure that Manchester City faces in defending the title.

Liverpool, leader of the circuit, wins five points, but the gap could have been seven, he had capitalized on the defeat of the champions in Newcastle.

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But with Leicester claiming a 1-1 draw at Anfield, City can cut the two-point gap if he beats Arsenal on Super Sunday before the trip from Liverpool to West Ham on Monday night football.

"I think Liverpool will be under pressure because they have not won for so long [29 years]De Bruyne said Sky sports.

"But we are under pressure because we were champions last year and everyone expects us to be one of the title contenders." I'm not sure who at the strongest pressure, but there is pressure on both teams

"I do not think that knowing how to win the Premier League is an advantage.Last season, most of us did not know how to win a league, but sometimes it makes you more hungry if you do not have it. not won.

"We are trying to repeat what we did last year and win as many games as possible, we will see where we are in two months, and if the gap is small, it will be a close race. if it is not the case, it is not the case. "

Tuesday's loss to Newcastle was the fourth in the season for City, twice as high as last season's record-breaking campaign.

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Highlights of Newcastle's victory over Manchester City in the Premier League.

"This year, it's a bit more difficult because the teams are more compact and their plans are probably better than last year," explained De Bruyne.

"Doing the same thing as last year was almost impossible, we had a good level but it is probably lower than last year, but we are trying to reach the level we had. Last year.

"Last year, we would have won or drawn the last few games with late winners, but we have not been able to do it this year, that's how the level is so high for all teams that margin of error is so low.

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Pep Guardiola insists that Manchester City does not lack motivation after Tuesday's 2-1 loss to Newcastle.

"If it was last season with the points we have now, we would be first, but someone is better than us at the moment, so you have to congratulate us.We know how good this is. Is difficult. "

De Bruyne, philosopher, believes that if Liverpool beats them to win the Premier League title, they will be worthy of the league title, but insists that he and his teammates fight until it is no longer possible to defend their crown.

"Personally, I will go until we can not mathematically," he added. "We know we're late, seven points, 14 games, that's a big margin, but there are still some points to play.

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Back to Manchester City's 4-2 win over Arsenal at the Emirates in 2009; A game that involved the famous celebration of the goals of Emmanuel Adebayor against his former club.

"You have to play game by game, I did not watch the Liverpool game, but I was happy when I saw that they had drawn 1-1, as did They were happy after our defeat.

"We are trying to do our best but sometimes the best is not enough and you have to take it in. If Liverpool wins the title with 98 points, congratulations, they will have done well."

"But there's still a lot to defend, maybe the people are down, but there's still the FA Cup, the League Cup, the Champions League, and we're still fighting in the league – that's Is an incredible position to have in early February. "

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