He said: "I cannot sit here and say I think they still feel us around. I'm pretty sure Arsenal and City see it now as a two-horse race. They might have to say something else publicly but they don't expect for themselves to lose two games from now on I don't expect them to do that.
"If they do it, we would be completely silly if we would then not be around. I don't think it will happen, but if it happens then we should be there. That means we have to win our football games, starting with West Ham, against an opponent who, I'm not 100 per cent sure, but (is in) maybe a similar situation as we are because they lost their last game properly.
"So, they want and have to show a reaction. We want and have to show a reaction. Let's see who can do that better."