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Manchester City Premier League winner Joleon Lescott said the club needed to use his previous title to take it as a source of inspiration while he was desperately trying to chase Liverpool out.
The Blues are now five points behind Newcastle defeats on Tuesday and the Merseysiders draw against Leicester.
And they will face a critical period next week with matches against Arsenal, Everton and Chelsea in the space of seven days.
Lescott was part of two teams that eliminated big deficit points before winning the famous trophy.
In 2012, City was eight points behind rival United with just six games to go, but had managed to win against goals.
While in 2014, they were nine points behind Liverpool with five games against (although two with a game in hand), they finally won the league by two points.
And the Blues cult hero said players and fans could learn from them to continue their exciting battle against Jurgen Klopp's men.
Before the draw at Anfield, he said: "It will be harder now.
"It hurts me to say it, but it's probably Liverpool losing.
"But there will always be a belief there.
"To rely on the experience that the club has to recover eight points to a month from the end, should bode well."
"I'm sure if you asked the two managers, they would prefer to be the best and occupy the Liverpool position, with the advantage of the points.
"But only time will tell, who knows what will happen by the end of the season.
"There will definitely be changes regarding the points, and I hope it's in favor of the city."
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Many fans and experts rushed to declare that the race was over after the defeat by City's shock at St James's Park.
However, said Lescott, he had scored similar points in his two winning seasons and there was still plenty of time for things to change.
"Fans of the city do not need me to pbad on a message to them, they will certainly not lose hope after winning with the latest kickoff of the season.
"If there is a group of fans who know that they should not lose hope, it's the City fans.
"There were moments in the games, no matter the season itself, where people said it was over," joked former Wolves, Everton and Aston Villa players.
(Image: Harvey Gibson's Victory Visuals)
"But players will never give up and just want to win every game.
"In the immediate future, they will just want to regain their ways of winning and bouncing back after defeat.
"As we approach the end of the season, if Liverpool fails, the league's victory will start to get better and accelerate."
The 36-year-old, who is currently working for City to help them find youth loan contracts and track their progress, made a speech at the launch during the "Accept no replacement" campaign at his football center. at 5 at Cheetham Hill, encourage people to be active.
The city remains in all four competitions, with Chelsea in the final of the Carabao Cup, a trip to Middlesbrough or Newport in the fifth round of the FA Cup and Schalke in the last 16 games of the Champions League, which will take place next month . -half.
However, Lescott thinks that the Blues have enough quality players to get by and that this is not an obstacle.
"I think the team has something to go through.
"There is only one more match in the League Cup, it will obviously be a difficult match, but there are not many more games to add to the calendar."
"In England Cup, many Premier League teams have been eliminated, so if they continue to face smaller opponents, this may also relieve some of the major players in the team. . "
The "Accept No Substitute" campaign allowed players at 5 UK to burn 250 million calories in January. For more information: www.goalsfootball.co.uk
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