Manchester City football team manager Manuel Pellegrini has said that the club need to win all of their remaining Premier League games in 2014 if they want to stay in the title race, as his side currently trails early leaders Chelsea by eight points after 11 league games.
Pellegrini said that they have 24 more points to try to win in 2014, adding that they have to try to do it, and believes that that is the only way. He believes that December and the last week of November are a decisive month for the Premier League.
City, who face Swansea City at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, have already dropped 12 points this season and sit third in the table. At this same stage last season, City embarked on a 20-game unbeaten run in all competitions, winning 18 of them, a run that ultimately helped them lift the Premier League trophy, The BBC reported.
Pellegrini said that they are going to finish the first round of fixtures at the end of December, and believes that maybe not to be top of the table, because Chelsea are in a very good moment, but added that it is important to have a good first round.
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