Manchester City striker Aguero still holds Premier League title hope
Sergio Aguero remains adamant Manchester City are still in the title race and is determined to keep the pressure on Chelsea by winning Sunday's derby against United.
City have fallen nine points behind Jose Mourinho's men, having played a game more, after a disappointing run of form which culminated in a 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace on Monday.
Aguero famously scored a 94th minute winner to wrest the title from United's grasp in 2012 after overhauling an eight-point deficit and he is not giving up hope that City can perform another miraculous comeback this season.
"Of course we can still win it," the City striker told Sky Sports News HQ.
"In football, anything can happen - as soon as you think something is certain, then everything changes, we have seen it so many times before and we'll see it again.
"We only focus on ourselves, try to win every game we play and keep pressure on Chelsea."
After failing to sparkle for much of the season, United appear to have finally found their best form under Louis van Gaal and Aguero is wary of the threat they pose.
"They are a team with a lot of great individual players, who can form an incredible unit when they work well together," Aguero said. "But this season that has not always been the case.
"Some matches they don't seem to play at the maximum, with the attacking qualities that they have in the team.
"But then in other games, they have really shown that those qualities, so they are a bit unpredictable.
"We know we will have to be at our very best to beat them - there's no doubt about that."
United's resurgence has come in conjunction with Wayne Rooney being moved up front into a lone striker role at the expense of high-profile summer signing Radamel Falcao.
The Colombian has struggled to meet the large expectations which accompanied him to Old Trafford but, despite scoring just four goals, Aguero remains a huge fan of his South American counterpart.
"They have a number of very talented strikers," Aguero said. "The one who in his career has been the most predatory is Falcao.
"He isn't having an easy time this season, but I really admire his commitment and his class and qualities are permanent.
"He is probably one of the most naturally-gifted strikers in football at the moment."
