Liverpool and Manchester City both want to get a win in the Premier League match week 30, because in week 31 they will meet at the Etihad stadium. The distance of one point with Manchester City makes Liverpool players more motivated to win the match against Watford to keep the distance from Manchester City.
9 matches left for each of them and with only one point difference, if any team make mistakes, lose points and let the opponent to take a lead, they will face with very high risk to lose the title. There are not man matches left and it is not enough to correct mistake. It is not abnormal to see a team have a win streak from 6 to 8 matches, so if mistakes make, it will almost be able to correct in this phase of season
Pep Guardiola certainly does not want his team to abdicate, he will look for a way to get 3 points off Liverpool to secure his position at the top. If the Big Match week 31 ends in a draw, Liverpool will have to wait for Manchester City to lose points in another match in order to sit in a first position.
Pep will not want to lose Premier League and he together with his team have one point more than Liverpool and Klopp. It means they still controll the competition in their hands. Nevetheless, if Pep have to make hard choice between Premier League and Champions League, he will choose Champions League. He and Manchester City are more obsessed with Champions League. It somewhat gives big opportunity to Liverpool and Klopp.