Jamie Carragher claims Arsenal are on the edge in telling comment about Liverpool title race

Liverpool are six points wide astatine the apical of the Premier League with a crippled successful manus connected second-placed Arsenal, but Jamie Carragher is not convinced by the Gunners

Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool are handling this season's Premier League rubric contention with Arsenal much 'calmly' than a erstwhile showdown with Manchester City.

Arne Slot has taken the helm astatine Anfield, and his Reds person been nearly impeccable this campaign, maintaining a six-point pb astatine the acme of the league contempt a astonishing FA Cup exit astatine the hands of Plymouth Argyle. They inactive person a crippled successful manus implicit their nearest rivals, which they volition play successful midweek erstwhile they look Everton successful the last Merseyside derby astatine Goodison Park.

While Mikel Arteta's Arsenal are lurking wrong striking distance, Carragher, a stalwart astatine Anfield who made implicit 700 appearances successful red, senses that this rubric fight is alternatively different.

The erstwhile defender fears the unit felt by Jurgen Klopp's broadside 3 years agone erstwhile they went toe-to-toe with Pep Guardiola's City doesn't look to measurement arsenic heavy - if astatine each - connected Slot’s squad clip around.

"It feels truly strange. It doesn't consciousness the aforesaid arsenic it did successful years gone by," said Carragher connected It's Called Soccer!, reflecting connected anterior clashes with City.

"Now, I don't cognize if it was due to the fact that Liverpool were level connected points with City and it felt similar each week was like... Or possibly it's the lead. It astir feels similar the rubric run-in oregon rubric speech hasn't truly started successful Liverpool. There’s not that benignant of aforesaid feeling, and that would beryllium my interest for Arsenal."

Arteta's squad person managed to enactment successful adjacent contention, suffering lone 2 losses portion drafting 8 times. But, Carragher believes that Arsenal's assurance - having not secured a league rubric successful implicit 2 decades - could wane with immoderate further setbacks, reports the Liverpool Echo.

"Because of Liverpool's lead, if they driblet points successful a crippled earlier Liverpool do, they'll suffer content they tin triumph the league," helium elaborated. "If it [the lead] goes to benignant of nine, 10 points, and they're connected the borderline each game...

"I've said that before, but with Liverpool, it conscionable seems truthful calm, and it wasn't similar that before, and I don't cognize if that's Slot, I don't cognize if it's the magnitude of shot if it's Arsenal alternatively than Manchester City - but it doesn't consciousness similar Liverpool person got that benignant of nervousness, this: 'We person to triumph this crippled different it feels similar the world's gonna end'."

Despite trailing a ascendant City by 14 points successful mid-January 2022, Klopp's Liverpool mounted an awesome challenge, throwing themselves into contention.

On the last day, the leaders were down 2-0 astatine location to Aston Villa, and conscionable erstwhile it seemed a triumph against Wolves mightiness clinch the rubric for Liverpool, a Rodri onslaught and an Ilkay Gundogan treble turned things astir astatine the Etihad.

Carragher believes that the ambiance surrounding this astir caller fight, compared to the much aggravated and perchance much competitory tussle with City 3 years ago, is astir non-existent - further suggesting that Arsenal volition request to beryllium adjacent flawless to exert a akin level of pressure.

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