Manchester City striker Wilfried Bony believes the champions now have to target victory in every remaining game to retain their title . City remain five points behind Barclays Premier League leaders Chelsea after slipping to a 2-1 defeat at Liverpool on Sunday . The London side also have a game in hand and City have just 11 matches left to turn the situation around . Wilfried Bony says Manchester City can still retain the Premier League if they win all their remaining games . Bony has only made appearances from the bench so far for City , and was booked in the defeat by Liverpool . Bony said : 'It is disappointing , we have made it difficult for ourselves now . 'If Chelsea win ( their game in hand ) it will be more difficult for us to get close to them . But we still hope - there are 11 more games and every game we just have to win , be positive for the rest of the league and try to get maximum points . 'We need to win , win , win and hope Chelsea will drop some points . It is a difficult moment for us but we still hope we can do it . ' Bony might hope to play a greater role in City 's run-in after making just three goalless substitute appearances since signing from Swansea in January . City were beaten 2-1 at Anfield after stunning strikes from Jordan Henderson and Coutinho ( above ) Bony will hope to make more of an impact on the title run-in than he has been able to so far since signing . In between Henderson and Coutinho 's strikes Edin Dzeko equalised , but City were well beaten . Bony did not feature for a month after the move was completed due to his involvement in Ivory Coast 's African Nations Cup win and has had to make do with coming off the bench since . His 78th-minute introduction at Anfield came with his side already 2-1 down and he was unable to affect the outcome . His only notable contribution to the game came when he was booked for an aerial challenge on Adam Lallana that arguably could have been worth a red card . City had cancelled out Jordan Henderson 's superb early strike with a well-worked Edin Dzeko equaliser but the outstanding Philippe Coutinho restored the hosts ' lead with a 75th-minute stunner . Sergio Aguero had hit the post and he spurned two other good chances , while David Silva also went close late on , but Liverpool dominated and ultimately deserved their victory . Manuel Pellegrini insists he will keep focusing on his own team 's games rather than watching Chelsea . Pellegrini defended his selection after he stuck with the same line-up that thrashed Newcastle last week . Manager Manuel Pellegrini will continue to chase Chelsea but the challenge from below is strengthening , with third-placed Arsenal just four points behind . Pellegrini said : 'We are worried about our team , not the other teams that are behind us . It is important to try and continue playing the normal way . 'In the last two games in the Premier League we scored nine goals and we won the two games . That is why we repeated the same starting 11 . 'This is more important than to be worried about things you can not manage . '
Defeat to Chelsea leaves Manchester City five points behind Liverpool . League leaders have a game in hand , but City still believe . Bony says they can win the title if they win all 11 remaining fixtures . Manuel Pellegrini : Manchester City will fight until the end . CLICK HERE for all the latest Manchester City news .