Sterling: Premier League title City's to lose

Raheem Sterling believes the Premier League title is Manchester City's to lose, but does not expect rivals Manchester United to give up the fight.

Pep Guardiola's side stretched their lead at the summit to 11 points with a 2-1 win in last Sunday's derby at Old Trafford – an advantage they consolidated by beating Swansea City 4-0 in midweek.

Tottenham promise to offer a tough test to City's all-time English record of 15 consecutive wins when they travel to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

And England winger Sterling, who has excelled with 13 goals in all competitions this season, knows City can ill-afford to let their standards drop.

"We're 11 points clear at the top of the table. If we win all our game we win the title so, if you put it that way, it's ours to lose," said the 23-year-old in an interview with BBC Sport's Football Focus.

"If we try to win as much as possible we have a good chance. It's still early days, it's still only December. We've got great opponents in this league.

"United are going to be doing everything they can to try and catch us and hope we slip. We just need to keep that mentality going.

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