Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini accepts his side are now facing a fight to stay in the Champions League places.
City appear to have lost too much ground to Chelsea in the Barclays Premier League title race and their recent form has led to a further worry, with the sides behind them catching fast.
The fading champions could even find themselves in fourth place before they next play - at Crystal Palace on Monday - if results go against them over the weekend.
This is not a battle they envisaged having to fight at the start of the campaign but Pellegrini realises nothing can be taken for granted after a frustrating second half of the season.
Pellegrini said: 'I think in this league you can never be sure you are going to have a Champions League place. You have six or seven teams that, from the beginning, all of them play for that position.
'At the moment, for the whole year, we have been in a position of the Champions League. I hope that we will continue.'
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