Liverpool, Mane: "I want Manchester City to lose; when we watch them play, we have more pressure than if we are playing ourselves!"

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Manchester City and Liverpool are fighting head-to-head for the Premier League title. Currently, both sides have the same number of games played (31), but Pep Guardiola's City sit one point ahead of Jurgen Klopp's Reds (77 compared to 76 points). Later today, this could possible change, as Liverpool take on Tottenham. One of the most feared matches for Klopp - from here until the end of the season - the individual with more pressure on his shoulders is Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah, who has not scored in his last seven matches... Below, in an exclusive interview with Sky Sport, Senegal international Sadio Mane spoke about his teammate and the two sides fighting for first place.

"I think the truth is Manchester City is one place below. Of course we are more focused on ourselves, but sometimes we look when Manchester is playing, we have more pressure than if we play ourselves! I want them to lose, but they are so good, and sometimes it's difficult for them to lose. It could be [the toughest game], but people expect the only tough games to be against the top six, but sometimes that's not the case because it's unpredictable. It could be Southampton. Sometimes you win easily with the top six, and sometimes you get a difficult game, but it's the same with the teams at the bottom of the table. So it would be a bit silly to say Tottenham would be the biggest game."

Mane stated that it is up to himself and his teammates to get Salah back on the scoring sheet.

"People out and around the club are speaking about Mo because he used to score almost every single game. It's almost normal because it's football, but we all know him as somebody who is very, very relaxed with the situation. Sometimes it can happen. But I would especially love to see him smiling by scoring goals. We try to help him score more goals for him."

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