We head into Thursday night’s match with Chelsea knowing that a victory would reduce the gap to leaders Arsenal to five points.
The Blues have won one and drawn one of our two league matches since the end of the World Cup break.
With more than half the season still to go, Guardiola expects his players to be in a determined mood at Stamford Bridge and in the weeks to come.
Match preview | Chelsea v City
He said: “What I want to see is we want to fight. What I want to see is we don’t give up. Not now.
“Until the last chance we still can fight to win the Premier League and the moment we are not able to win the Premier League because the other one is winning, they have to be ready to compete next season.
“This is when the teams are really, really, really good. And, of course, we want to try to do it.”
Click on the above video to hear everything Guardiola had to say...
CHELSEA V CITY
We will have full coverage of Chelsea v City on Thursday 5 January on mancity.com and our official app.
Our Matchday Centre begins at 18:00 UK with text updates throughout the evening as well as live statistics and team news an hour before play starts.
At 19:00, it’s time for Matchday Live! Presenter Natalie Pike will be joined in our studio by Shaun Goater, David James and Alex Williams for City-centric build up to the game.
Once we get going, Alistair Mann and Michael Brown will take you through all of the action with our radio commentary.
After the match we will bring reaction from Pep Guardiola and his players before highlights are available from midnight. CITY+ subscribers can also watch a full-match replay from midnight.
