Jamie Carragher changes Chelsea Premier League prediction after admitting error

Jamie Carragher has backed Chelsea to decorativeness up of Tottenham successful the Premier League apical 4 this season.

Enzo Maresca’s broadside presently beryllium 3rd successful the Premier League table, 9 points down leaders Liverpool but they way champions Manchester City by conscionable 1 point.

Tottenham, meanwhile, are 3 points down Chelsea successful sixth spot but produced different fantabulous attacking show past play by hammering City 4-0 astatine the Etihad Stadium.

Carragher initially predicted Chelsea to decorativeness extracurricular the apical six astatine the commencement of the play but the erstwhile Liverpool defender admits helium did not expect the drastic betterment made nether Maresca.

‘I deliberation Tottenham mightiness conscionable miss retired but that is not truthful overmuch astir them,’ Carragher told Sky Sports.

‘I deliberation Chelsea person been truthful awesome astatine the commencement of the play and a batch amended than I thought they would be.

‘So I americium really looking astatine Chelsea now. I can’t truly marque a lawsuit for them not being successful the apical four. I deliberation the information they’ve gone retired the Carabao Cup early, the European contention that they’re in, I deliberation they’ll spell successful agelong until the extremity of the play and astir apt triumph that contention but it’s against precise average, mean absorption truthful we cognize Maresca has played the 2nd squad successful each crippled and I deliberation that volition continue.

‘So I find it precise hard not to enactment Chelsea successful my apical four. I volition present alteration Tottenham and Chelsea The crushed with Tottenham is conscionable that inconsistency, you look astatine their numbers, their underlying numbers this season, they’re really amended than they were past play erstwhile Tottenham were apical of the array and had made the champion commencement for a agelong clip nether Ange Postecoglou.

‘But they’re emblematic Tottenham. Tottenham fans wanted their Tottenham backmost and they’ve got them back. Great football, exciting, tons of goals but you tin ne'er beryllium definite what benignant of show they’re going to enactment in. Is it going to beryllium the Manchester City show wherever they triumph distant 4-0 oregon is it going distant to Crystal Palace and losing 1-0? truthful I’m going to spell for Tottenham successful fifth. That’s wherefore I spot them not getting a Champions League position.’

Carragher has besides changed his Premier League rubric winners prime from Manchester City to Liverpool pursuing the beardown commencement to the play made by Arne Slot’s side.

‘I deliberation I would alteration that close now, if I was asked close now,’ Carragher said.

‘I cognize there’s inactive a agelong mode to go, not conscionable Liverpool I really deliberation Arsenal mightiness decorativeness supra Manchester City, adjacent though Manchester City are supra them astatine the infinitesimal but I deliberation their problems successful midfield.

‘I’m going to spell Liverpool to triumph the league now. I deliberation they volition beryllium the bookies’ favourites, and I deliberation they’ve got a sizeable lead.

‘I inactive deliberation it volition beryllium a precise choky run-in whether that’s Manchester City trying to get astatine them oregon Arsenal coming backmost astatine them arsenic well.’

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