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\nAn animated Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola.
\nPhoto: Shaun Brooks \/ PHOTOSPORT\n<\/p>\n
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola admitted the Premier League title race had slipped out of his team’s control after they were held to a chaotic 3-3 draw at Everton on Monday.<\/p>\n
“It’s now not in our hands, before it was, now no,” Guardiola said.<\/p>\n
“Four games we have (remaining) in the Premier League. They will be quite similar and we’ll see what happens.”<\/p>\n
City had the chance to draw level on points with leaders Arsenal with victories over Everton on Monday and Brentford five days later.<\/p>\n
Instead, they find themselves five points adrift, albeit with a game in hand, and needing a wobble from Arsenal.<\/p>\n
Guardiola was left to reflect on a point salvaged rather than three secured at Hill Dickinson Stadium.<\/p>\n
“It’s better than losing,” he said. “We’d rather win. We play for that and we just showed what a team we are. We tried everything. The players were aggressive.”<\/p>\n
Winger Jeremy Doku struck the dramatic equaliser in the 97th minute to complete a double on the night, and echoed his manager’s frustration while insisting City had not abandoned belief with four league games still to play.<\/p>\n
“It’s painful now but there’s still a lot of games to go and anything can happen,” Doku said. “We’ll keep on fighting. We owe it to ourselves and our fans.”<\/p>\n
City striker Erling Haaland, who scored in the 83rd minute, could be heard saying “We’re still in it” as he shook hands with his teammates after the final whistle.<\/p>\n
Following Saturday’s game against Brentford, City face Crystal Palace, Bournemouth and Aston Villa in their final three league games.<\/p>\n
Arsenal have the far easier schedule, at least on paper, with games against relegation-threatened West Ham United, already-relegated Burnley and Palace.<\/p>\n
While their hopes of winning the league suffered a huge blow on Monday, City are technically still in the running for a domestic treble. They beat Arsenal to win the League Cup in March, and meet Chelsea in the FA Cup final on 16 May.<\/p>\n
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