Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel feels they're several years behind Manchester City.
Tuchel, though, insists his side will not give up the fight — even if it's one that is likely to take longer than the next five months to win. City have won 27 points more than any other side in 2021, with Chelsea their nearest rivals.
"As long as I'm here in my Borussia Chelsea, I will do nothing else than make other teams underperform," said Tuchel.
"We will even try to make Manchester City underperform. We will not stop.
"And Jurgen, I'm pretty sure he will do the same to get the best out of Liverpool. And we, here, out of Chelsea.
"We will not stop chasing, we will not stop believing or stop doing this. Maybe the difference to the situation right now in the Bundesliga is we have the belief.
"We have to face reality. It helps in life in general if you are not dreaming and if you are realistic at some point.
"If you look at 2021, you have to admit that City has something like, I don't know, 20 more points than us and then Liverpool.
"We are the next in that race but it's a big gap - a big gap in points and in goals scored.
"I said this when I arrived, we have to close the gap as soon as possible and we will try from day one and this will not stop.
"Maybe it's a longer race than only a one season race to catch Man City because they will not stop improving."
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