Why Lionel Messi is Pep Guardiola and Man City's biggest problem - Alan Shearer

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Where the quadruple will be won and lost by Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, according to BBC football pundit Alan Shearer.

Palace have already beaten them this season, before Christmas when Andros Townsend scored a wonder goal at the Etihad, and the Eagles also missed a late penalty against them last season that would have ended City's unbeaten start.

I don't expect Liverpool to win every game either, and United away might not be a fixture City have to win to maintain their advantage. That is great if you are a neutral, and able to sit and watch what is happening in both games, but having been involved in a scenario like that myself - when my Blackburn side won the title in 1995 - it is not such an enjoyable experience for the teams and players directly involved - at least until the outcome has been decided in your favour.Aguero is Premier League top scorer this season with 19 goals.

City can cope with some of those setbacks because they have the strongest squad in the country, which is one of the reasons they have reached this stage of the season in the position they are in. It is a blow for City that Aguero has picked up a knock at such an important time, but on the other hand it is a big positive that Kevin de Bruyne is back in action.

They will need more of those sort of moments from him in the next few weeks, because they could make the crucial difference.We have to believe we can win quadruple to do it - Bernardo Silva

 

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