'It's now not in our hands': Pep Guardiola admits title no longer in Man City's grasp

[p][b]"It's now not in our hands, before it was, now no," ‌[/b]Guardiola said.[/p][p]"Four games we have (remaining) in the Premier League. ‌They will be quite similar and we'll see what happens."[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]City[/a] ‌had the chance to draw level on points with ‌leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] with victories over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/everton/KluSTr9s/"]Everton[/a] on Monday and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brentford/xYe7DwID/"]Brentford[/a] five days later.[/p][p]Instead, they find themselves five points adrift, albeit with a ‌game in hand, and needing a wobble ⁠from Arsenal.[/p][p]Guardiola was left ‌to reflect on a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/everton-KluSTr9s/manchester-city-Wtn9Stg0/?mid=rTwrFuZR"]point salvaged rather than three secured[/a] at ​Hill Dickinson Stadium.[/p][p][b]"It's better than losing,"[/b] he said. [b]"We'd rather win. We play for that and we ​just showed what a team we are. We tried everything. The players were aggressive."[/b][/p][embed guid="328d9e00-67e9-4a3d-ba05-e67928439e20" url="https://x.com/ManCity/status/2051426820872876326" social-type="twitter" /][p]Winger [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/doku-jeremy/lMHcYK4f/"]Jeremy Doku[/a] 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][p][b]"It's painful now but ‌there's still a lot of games to go and anything can happen,"[/b] Doku said. [b]"We'll keep on fighting. We owe it to ourselves and our fans."[/b][/p][p]City striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haaland-erling/UmV9iQmE/"]Erling Haaland[/a], 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][p]Following Saturday's game against Brentford, City face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Crystal Palace[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bournemouth/OtpNdwrc/"]Bournemouth[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Aston Villa[/a] in their ‌final three league games.[/p][p][b]Arsenal have the far easier schedule, at ​least on paper, with games against relegation-threatened [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/west-ham/Cxq57r8g/"]West Ham ‌United[/a], already-relegated [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/burnley/z3dmTMMO/"]Burnley[/a] and Palace.[/b][/p][p]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 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a] in the ‌FA Cup final on May 16.[/p]