Pep Guardiola made sure he wasn't going to risk getting in trouble with the FA when asked for his view on Manchester City's penalty appeals in their 1-1 draw against Chelsea.
With Liverpool and Arsenal winning convincingly earlier in the day, the pressure was on City to keep up.
They faced a tricky match against a Chelsea side who appear to have found some form in the past two weeks.
And Mauricio Pochettino's side got off to the better start with Raheem Sterling putting the visitors ahead just before the break.
Manchester City players appealed for a handball in stoppage time
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City were wasteful in front of goal with Erling Haaland suffering a rare off day despite a handful of guilt-edge chances.
It wasn't until the 83rd minute when City got back on level terms with Rodri prodding home from inside the box.
City pushed for a winner in the dying minutes but Chelsea were able to hold on with a point shared between them.
There were two separate appeals from City players for a penalty in the second half that were waved away by the officials and VAR.
Earlier in the second half, Kyle Walker wanted a penalty after hitting the deck while under pressure from Sterling.
Andrew Madley saw it the other way though as Walker fouling Sterling and VAR Peter Brookes stuck with the same decision.
There was an even bigger shout for a penalty in stoppage time when the ball hit Levi Colwill's hand inside the box.
Replays appeared to show Colwill flick his arm at the ball before clearing his lines, but VAR once again opted against awarding a penalty kick.
Guardiola was asked about the appeals after the game and he was guarded in his response.
Pep Guardiola avoided the question about the penalty appeals
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"Oh ok," he replied before letting out a wry smile.
Guardiola then quickly deflected away from the question, adding: "We didn't perform well in the first half and that is what you have to improve.
"The draw means City are now relying on Liverpool to drop points in the title race with Jurgen Klopp's side four points ahead having played a game more.
Kyle Walker was adjudged to have fouled Raheem Sterling
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They'll have a chance to get back on track on Tuesday when they host Brentford, who lost 4-1 to Liverpool earlier on Saturday.
And Guardiola doesn't see any reason for his side to "panic" with plenty of games left in the season.
He said: "We play Tuesday and we are going to try and get the points. I don't have the message for the fans about that [no panic].
"I will focus on my team and I am disappointed for the result. We did our best and [it finished] 1-1."
