Pep Guardiola's men, reeling after blowing a -intention lead within the very last minute in their semi-final against Real Madrid to lose 6-five on aggregate, are one point clear of the second one-positioned Reds but have the drawback of gambling after their opponents for the second consecutive weekend.
At the other cease of the table, Norwich have already been relegated and Watford appearance positive to follow, with Burnley, Leeds or Everton set to join them inside the Championship next season.
AFP Sport seems at a number of the important thing talking points beforehand of this weekend's action.
Bruised City
Manchester City have been on course for a treble before Liverpool won remaining month's FA Cup semi-final at Wembley. Now they have simply one trophy to play for.
Jurgen Klopp's crew have the chance to show the screw on Saturday even though they've a tricky fixture in opposition to Tottenham, who're in determined want of the factors as they chase a pinnacle-4 spot.
Newcastle misplaced 1-zero to Liverpool closing week but that got here after four instantly wins for Eddie Howe's revived side, who are now appropriately in mid-desk after their early season woes.
City realize the mathematics is simple -- win their last four Premier League video games and they'll be champions for the fourth time in 5 seasons.
Guardiola is confident his facet can shrug off the suffering of their European go out however he has no margin for error.
"We want time now, one or two days, but we can upward push," he stated. "We need to do it."
