Title race not over, says Man City’s Walker

LONDON: Kyle Walker insists the Premier League title race isn’t over for Manchester City despite their latest damaging defeat.Pep Guardiola’s side trail leaders Liverpool by 14 points after losing 2-1 against Manchester United in Saturday’s derby at the Etihad Stadium. In a match marred by an alleged racist gesture from a City supporter towards United players, the champions were punished for defensive miscues.United continually cut City open in a series of incisive counter-attacks, with a penalty from Marcus Rashford opening the scoring before Anthony Martial doubled their lead. City defender Walker is adamant his side aren’t out of contention yet, but he acknowledged it will take a big effort to catch Liverpool.“We knew they had quick players in quick areas - Martial, Rashford and (Daniel) James. They are very good on the counter-attack. We knew that but we didn’t handle it as well as we could have,” Walker said.“It’s a massive gap, we know that, but we need to keep fighting until the end. It’s not over until it’s over. We will keep trying, as a team.” After just 16 games, City have now dropped as many points as they did in the whole of last season. They would have to win all their remaining 22 games to match last season’s final points tally of 98.

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