Pep Guardiola has warned Manchester City have no chance of chasing down Arsenal in the Premier League title race unless they can find a way to consistently address their second-half slumps.

After watching the Gunners ease to a 3-0 win over Sunderland on Saturday, City faced the prospect of sitting nine points behind the league leaders on Sunday evening when they took on Liverpool at Anfield.  

Guardiola’s side have developed an unwanted habit of falling asleep in the second-half of games, scoring less goals, squandering more chances and dropping 11 points since the turn of the year – most notably against Tottenham at the start of the month.

They bucked that trend on Merseyside with goals from Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland securing a comeback victory that reduced the gap back to six points, putting pressure on Mikel Arteta’s side once again.

City will be just three points behind if they beat Fulham on Wednesday night with Arsenal in action away to Brentford the following day.  

While title talk at the Etihad has been ignited somewhat, Guardiola has warned City ‘will not win’ against Fulham or any other side unless they can start going the distance in...