Samir Nasri: It's a miracle that Manchester City are title favourites

Samir Nasri has described Manchester City’s position as favourites in the Premier League title race as a “miracle”.

Having seen Liverpool and Chelsea occupy the top spot in recent weeks, Nasri admits that he cannot quite believe City now have the chance to regain pole position.

They face Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday evening in what is unquestionably the toughest of their three remaining fixtures, knowing that a victory will take them back to the top of the table.

Resignation following defeat to Liverpool and a draw with Sunderland in April has now been replaced by expectation in Manchester, but Nasri is confident that he and his teammates can handle the pressure.

“We have to understand that now we are in this position, it’s a miracle. We thought that Chelsea would beat Sunderland – they didn’t,” he said.

“We thought Chelsea would go to Liverpool with a second team and lose - but they won.

“Now that we are here, it doesn’t matter where we are playing, we have to get a result and win it because it’s a miracle we are still here.