The general feeling is that this season’s title race hinges on Arsenal’s trip to relegation-threatened West Ham on Sunday.
Should Mikel Arteta’s side emerge victorious, the trophy is theirs to take with two games remaining.
Those matches are against already-relegated Burnley before finishing the season against Crystal Palace, who have a Europa Conference League final to negotiate.
However, if Arsenal draw or lose against the Hammers, it leaves the door ajar for City once more, with fixtures to come against Palace and Bournemouth before rounding off against Aston Villa.
Asked if he will watch Sunday’s match, Guardiola told BBC Radio 5 Live his sister is visiting as he has “not seen her for a long time” but if he is at home “of course I will take a look and watch – I like football”.
Haaland, meanwhile, took his tally to 50 goals for club and country and said the players “can’t think of the title race”, but he will have “notifications on his phone” of the Arsenal-West Ham game.
Guardiola ended Saturday’s post-match news conference by saying “come on you Irons”, before gesturing the Hammers symbol with his arms above his heads.
The Spaniard knows his side need a favour from Nuno Espirito Santo’s men to maintain hope.
