It's good that Manchester City didn't win the match yesterday, let's just say - it will be a cold shower for them, so that they don't become arrogant, and start playing at their maximum again. They beat Chelsea, widened the gap and perhaps decided that the championship was already in their pocket. They need to play all the games for the win, I think that Guardila will do just that, this is his trick.
Even so, they still have big advantage than Liverpool so they are still controlling the race. Liverpool now only can do their best and hope for more disappointed results from Manchester City. It is a very big challenge for Liverpool and Klopp to beat Manchester City and Pep in this race. About Pep, I agree with you. He is very perfection-obsessed man.
Manchester City finally stumbled this week and this helped Liverpool a lot. I was expecting Manchester City to defeat Southampton but they got a surprising 1-1 draw. Southampton scored a very early goal and kept it for a very long time. Manchester City equalized it but couldn't score the second one. By this result, Manchester City couldn't defeat them in both games in the league this season. And Liverpool benefited from their point loss like defeating Crystal Palace by 3-1 away. Now the gap is nine points and Liverpool can make it six if they win their absent game.
Liverpool were given a chance from Manchester City and took it well but they are still far from Manchester City. The less point difference, the better so it is true to say they have a better position in the race with Manchester City now rather than weeks ago.
However, more efforts from Liverpool must be done and more lost games from Manchester City must occur. Let's see how two teams will do in coming months. I wish that we will have a tight competition between Manchester City and Liverpool because I see Liverpool are moving to very end seasons with this squad.