Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has admitted there will be big financial issues if the club fail to qualify for the UEFA Champions League.
The defending league champions currently sit in seventh spot heading into the Boxing Day fixture against at the Etihad.
The Citizens have only secured one win in their last 11 matches across all competitions and they will be desperate to pick up points.
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"Financial is an issue, of course it is, but it's not just that," Guardiola said, as per Mirror.
"When I said before, people laughed. It's presumptuous, us winning the Premier League. They said, ah qualifying for the Champions League is not a big success. I know it is, because it happens with clubs in this country. They were dominant for many years and, after, they were many, many years not qualifying for the Champions League.
"The one team that has been in the Champions League for the past 11 or 12 years has been Man City. Now we're at risk, of course we are, definitely.
"You have to get points and win games otherwise we won't qualify for the Champions League and if we don't qualify it is because we don't deserve it.
"Because we were not prepared, because we had a lot of problems and didn't solve those problems and find a way to win games.
"There are of lot of contenders to be there. For every club it is so important and if we are not winning games, we will be out."