Pep Guardiola has promised Manchester City won't give up on this season's Premier League title race.
The Citizens are nine points behind leaders Liverpool heading into the hectic festive period.
And Guardiola says the two-time defending champions are focused on reducing that gap.
"The only pressure we can have is we are going to lose the Premier League. It is not the first time in Manchester City's 125-year history that they [may] lose the Premier League," Guardiola said.
"[If] we lose the Premier League we are going to try again next season.
"We didn't give up last season and that is why we won again. Maybe we are going to lose but this team never gives up. This team tries and this is why we [beat Chelsea] against an incredible top side.
"But if you believe that with the Norwich defeat and the other ones that I am going to doubt my players because they [supposedly] didn't try you are wrong.
"Because if they don't, [then] last season we would not have been able to do what we have done after winning 100 points in the Premier League, which had never happened before.
"Even this season we are there. Even Norwich, Wolves and [against] Liverpool especially. One [thing] is the result.
"We have to judge the result but after I try to judge performances. I see every morning my team and I don't have doubts we are not going to try."
