Kevin De Bruyne has told Liverpool that they will need to be "almost perfect" to catch Manchester City this season.
Pep Guardiola 's men went 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League table on Saturday after beating title rivals Chelsea 1-0 at the Etihad.
De Bruyne scored the only goal of the game but the 30-year-old, who captained the Citizens in Ruben Dias' absence, insists the race is not over.
"It is very hard because obviously they need to be almost perfect," the Belgian told BT Sport post-match.
"But there is another team dangling there. Just keep the momentum, and try to win each game by game."
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With Liverpool set to come to Manchester in April, Jurgen Klopp 's side sit a whopping 14 points adrift but with two games in hand.
De Bruyne added: "We knew if we win today, we make the gap bigger to them. But we don’t need to look at that.
"A lot of things can change and the momentum can swing very quickly, and the team were focused on the job that we needed to do."
Saturday's match was a game in which chances were at a premium, with the City skipper needing to be at his silky best to finally breach the Blues' well-drilled back line.
Guardiola has now done the double over Thomas Tuchel' s team this season, with both games being decided by a single goal.
Tuchel claimed his side deserved a draw but the Citizens dominated possession in what many billed as the match that would end the title race.
"Obviously it's a big game and I think they came here, they had a very good plan," De Bruyne continued.
"They were very tight defensively but we played a pretty good game. Obviously it’' nice to score the goal, it's important because it's the only one. I think the team played very well today.
"I think it's always very difficult to play against them. They're very tight defensively, they know what they're doing and you have to be very patient.
"I don't think we gave a lot away so I think we played the game we needed to play. We shouldn’t play too open because then they're so dangerous and I think we did what we had to do."
On his 70th-minute strike, he added: "I just got away from him at the right time. I was looking where the spaces are but they were dropping off, dropping off, so I just found that little angle and it worked perfectly."
