James Milner: Believes City can overhaul Chelsea in the title race
James Milner believes Manchester City can win their remaining 10 games and retain their Premier League crown.
City returned to winning ways against rock-bottom Leicester City on Wednesday night after suffering back-to-back defeats to Barcelona and Liverpool.
Chelsea remain five points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand but, after the late charges that won titles in 2012 and 2014, Milner is not giving up hope.
The England international, who scored City's second goal in the 89th minute against Leicester, said: "I think we have played better but it is pleasing to get a result. It was important to bounce back after the disappointment of the weekend.
"Now it is about recovering from this period and getting back to 100 per cent, then working on things that we have been struggling on and getting back to the form we know we can hit and have shown in games, for periods of maybe 10,15 or 20 minutes at a time.
"We have got a bit sloppy. It is important we step that up and do it for the 95 minutes of a game and not just in periods. That is what you need to do to be successful.
"We know what is in front of us now. The remaining games, we have to win, and we are more than capable of doing that. We have done it before. It is important we build on this win and take that forward."
City and their manager Manuel Pellegrini suffered a barrage of criticism after the Barcelona and Liverpool defeats damaged their European and domestic title hopes.
However, goalkeeper Joe Hart believes the result against Leicester sent out an important statement by Pellegrini, who dropped out-of-form captain Vincent Kompany and playmaker Samir Nasri among five changes.
Hart said: "We've had criticism off people who don't particularly matter to us. What matters is what our manager thinks, and what we think as players. We showed where our heads are at with this result.
"We'll keep trying to win every game we've got, same as we have done for the past couple of years, when we've been chasing titles and cups."
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