Manchester City midfielder David Silva admits they feel the title race with Chelsea is now back on.

The Londoners do still have a game in hand - at Stoke on Monday night - but after an indifferent spell in October and November, City now have momentum.

Silva said: "Big teams have to get used to this type of pressure, and we need to replicate it until the end of the season and win as many trophies as we can.

"We were eight points behind Chelsea a few weeks ago and now we have the same number of points - at least until they play on Monday - so maybe we can put a bit of pressure on them.

"But we will focus on ourselves and hope they drop some points."