Man City Must Win Every Game To Catch Up With Chelsea - Mark Hughes

Manchester City need to win all of their remaining games if they are to beat Chelsea to the Premier League title, warns Stoke City boss Mark Hughes. Manuel Pellegrini's side are seven points behind the leaders with 14 league games remaining, having played out a 1-1 draw with Jose Mourinho's men on January 31.

Their next test is a trip to Stoke on Wednesday and Hughes, who used to manage his opponents, believes that the Potters could end the visitors' title chances.


"City will probably need to win every game they have left to beat Chelsea," he told the press.

"It's not beyond them. They will never think it's impossible because they will always keep going."

Hughes would love to do the double over City, having claimed a surprise win at the Etihad Stadium in August.

If City were to lose at Stoke and Chelsea to beat Everton, the gap at the top would increase to 10 points - an advantage which the Welshman believes may be too big to make up.

"You get to this stage of the season and start running out of games," he continued.

"A 10-point gap before Christmas doesn't worry teams. With 12 to 14 games left, it is more difficult. The more games chalked off, the greater the difficulty City will find."