“I know that if we don’t win the league, a lot of people will say this is the end of the empire and ask how we will survive. It’s never easy to find a solution immediately, but it’s not over yet. We’re not dead. It hurts me a lot to think we were eight points clear and allowed City to get back in the title race, but we can’t hide from that. I still believe we can win this title, but in order to maintain that hope we have to give ourselves the chance to believe. I’ve seen a lot of things in football, so why not another surprise?”