Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has admitted that his side is not thinking about chasing down Liverpool in the Premier League, despite a 6-0 win at Ipswich Town suggesting the Citizens could be heading in the right direction again.

Pep Guardiola's men hammered the newly promoted outfit with Phil Foden scoring twice and Mateo Kovacic, Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland and James McAtee also scoring. But Manchester City remains 12 points behind Liverpool and has played a game more.

"I don't think we need to look at Liverpool for the moment, you know," he told Sky Sports. "We just need to try and do a better job and get more wins on the board, and obviously we have a big game in Paris now.

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"We've not really got the time to think about that. The goal is to win as many games as possible. We know we dropped too many points."

Manchester City is fighting with the likes of Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa to make the Champions League places at the moment. But with English teams performing well in European competitions this year, the fifth-placed team should be able to UEFA's top competition.

For that reason, it would be a major shock if Manchester City missed out. It should also open up an opportunity for someone like Nottingham Forest to really believe it can stay the distance for the rest of the season.

Liverpool.com says: Arsenal is the biggest challenger for the Reds at this point in the season. The Gunners, though, would need to go on quite a run to be able to catch up. Mikel Arteta's men keep dropping points at the moment and don't look like a team filled with goals, so another good few weeks from Liverpool could even extend the gap further.