The boss believes there are many tough games ahead for every club at the top, but says his side will fight to win as many of them as possible.
“What we have to do doesn’t mean it is going to happen,” said Pep when asked whether his team could possibly embark on a long winning run.
“I don’t know what will happen.
“I want to fight all the titles and in the Premier League there are 60 points left to play and many tough games for everyone.
“We are going to fight, but we can lose. People understand that in the last six or seven years we are the seventh team for net spend in this country.
“Our standards make people say, ‘what happened at City if they are not at the top of the league?’ This is not a problem.
“Accept it and try to be better and work out what we have to do to be there.
“It’s not about mentality because you see the games against United or Chelsea where we behaved really well.
“When we lose a game it’s a tendency to say we didn’t run or fight, but always I believe there is a tactical reason that doesn’t help.
“In our game, one or two missed positions that are not correct and we struggle.
“We are not a team that plays man to man. That process - do it well in the right moment - helps to do everything.
“It will be easy for me to say ‘guys you don’t run’, but they want it. They want to perform well.
“Sometimes maybe I didn’t choose properly the players. It is a challenge I like because it makes me feel I have to find something to make the team play better.
“I’m the man responsible. When the players don’t play well, it’s because there is something wrong in my decisions and I have to find it.
“When I die, people will talk about how good Pep was that’s for sure, but since we are here, people expect that we perform well and try to win the games otherwise ‘Pep out’.
“I want to stay here and for that I have to win games and I have to be there in all competitions.”
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