Bundesliga - 00:29 Guardiola: Dortmund can win nine remaining matches

The Catalan, who is set to take over as Manchester City manager in the summer, says that he expects the Bavarian's nearest rivals to pile on the pressure in the coming weeks

Pep Guardiola has backed Borussia Dortmund to win their remaining nine Bundesliga matches and push Bayern Munich as far as possible in the title race.

Bayern opened up a temporary eight-point advantage over Dortmund at the top of the table with an emphatic 5-0 win over Werder Bremen on Saturday.

Thomas Tuchel's side host Mainz – who beat the defending champions 2-1 at the Allianz Arena on March 2 – on Sunday and Guardiola has backed them to take maximum points from their remaining fixtures and pile the pressure on his team.

The Spaniard added that he is focused on claiming a fourth successive Bundesliga title over any other silverware this season, with Bayern still in the Champions League and through to the DFB-Pokal semi-final.

"We can't lose any. I think Dortmund can win nine games in a row, so we need to make sure we win," said Guardiola.

"When you win 5-0, people think it's easy, but the players knew they had to work hard. We started the game very well and we didn't give them many chances to counter-attack. We know what it is like to play these games and we need to win the games we have.

Source: http://www.goal.com