With Liverpool exchanging blows with defending champions on a weekly basis, the title race looks set to go to the wire once again.
And as our Algerian winger previews a tricky Monday night trip to Crystal Palace, he reveals the more pressure the Blues are put under, the better the reaction.
CITY+ | SIGN UP TO ACCESS EXCLUSIVE CONTENT
“When there are other teams behind us or in front of us winning games, it makes us more hungry to win our matches,” said Mahrez.
“That’s what we want. We concentrate on us because that’s all we can do - other things, we cannot control.
“I love watching football and if they (Liverpool) lose, it would be a big week for us.
“Part of being a player is living with pressure - we have to have pressure and I wouldn’t be at my best without it.
“It makes you better and it makes you hungrier, so it’s good.”
Watch Riyad’s full preview of our trip to Palace, plus the reasons why he believes he has been so prolific this season, on the video above.
