Premier League Round 17, Manchester City hosts Liverpool at home!
This is the last battle before Christmas.
This season's schedule is quite peculiar, with Manchester City facing strong teams consecutively before Christmas. Just after playing Manchester United, they're up against the Red Army.
"Are they deliberately making it harder for us to win the Christmas championship, those bastards at the English Football Association!"
This was just Manchester City fans' complaints before the season started, but now it seems to be a thing of the past.
After Round 16 of the Premier League, Manchester City is still 5 points ahead of second-placed Chelsea.
At home, defeating the visiting Liverpool and entering Christmas with a 5-point lead to clinch the mid-term championship is Guardiola's demand to the players.
In the locker room, everyone is quietly sitting, listening to Guardiola's pre-match speech.
