Jamie Carragher makes bold title prediction ahead of Liverpool vs Man City

Jamie Carragher has made a bold Premier League rubric prediction up of Liverpool’s showdown against Manchester City connected Sunday.

Arne Slot’s league leaders host Pep Guardiola’s second-placed side astatine Anfield arsenic the two biggest favourites for this year’s trophy fastener horns.

Liverpool presently person an eight-point pb implicit City aft 12 games played this term, portion they are 9 points up of Chelsea and Arsenal.

City are successful hopeless request of a triumph after six games without a triumph successful each competitions – and a decision to the Reds could spot them autumn 11 points down Liverpool.

Should that effect happen, Liverpool fable and shot pundit Carragher has predicted that City volition beryllium ruled retired of the Premier League rubric race.

‘With immoderate hesitation, I volition marque a prediction which – due to the fact that of the Guardiola origin – whitethorn travel backmost to haunt me,’ Carragher told The Telegraph.

‘If City suffer to Liverpool, their rubric defence is implicit earlier Christmas.’

City’s signifier has fallen disconnected a cliff successful caller weeks with Guardiola’s broadside throwing distant a 3-0 pb to gully 3-3 against Feyenoord connected Tuesday.

But with City having clinched six of the past 7 Premier League titles, determination is inactive assurance astatine the Etihad that they tin crook things around.

Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher, a superfan of City, does not deliberation the rubric contention volition beryllium done and dusted based connected Sunday’s clash astatine Anfield.

‘What I volition accidental is we are precise bully astatine chasing,’ Gallagher said. ‘When it turns, we tin beryllium successful there. 11 points, is it insurmountable?

‘There is simply a batch to play for but I’m not heading [to Anfield connected Sunday] expecting a win, I’d instrumentality a draw.’

Liverpool are the lone broadside to person stopped City winning 7 Premier League titles successful a enactment successful caller seasons, with the Reds landing the 2019-20 trophy nether erstwhile brag Jurgen Klopp.

Meanwhile, bookmakers William Hill person made City outsiders for Sunday’s clash, which is the archetypal clip that has happened successful 7 years.

‘Manchester City are not favourites successful their upcoming necktie against Liverpool, and remarkably it’s the archetypal clip they person been outsiders successful a Premier League fixture since the 2017 season,’ a William Hill spokesperson said.

‘City’s caller tally of form, which has seen their winless streak widen to six games, sees them lone considered a 9/4 changeable to get the amended of Liverpool astatine Anfield with the location broadside the 11/10 favourites successful the market.

‘As a effect of their 4 consecutive Premier League losses, City are present 8 points down league leaders Liverpool, and the Reds are 4/5 to triumph the rubric this play with City drifting to 7/2, besides down Arsenal successful the marketplace astatine 3/1.’

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