Manchester City were everyone’s favourite to defend their Premier League title before the start of the season but now it seems the tide is favouring Liverpool.
The Reds currently sit on the top of the Premier League table – four points clear of Manchester City and many people have started to believe that Jurgen Klopp will finally be able to overcome that long wait.
And even the likes of Ian Wright and Chris Sutton feel that Liverpool have it in them to win their maiden Premier League trophy this season if they can manage to overcome a few hurdles.
“Liverpool because I took them at the start and they’ve given me a run for my money and that’s what I wanted,” Ian Wright said.
“Because you look at City and the amount of points City accrued last season, and they look like they’re more than capable of doing the same thing. But I think that Liverpool have improved and I think they’re going to give them a run.
“What’s going to be interesting about it now is how Liverpool deal with the pressure they’re going to be coming under after not winning for 29 years. That’s what I want to see: how Liverpool deal with that and how the players deal with that and how Klopp deals with that.
“And that’s what I’m quite excited about, that it’s a race. It’s two teams. Not like records and points. Two teams.”
Here’s what Chris Sutton thinks.
“I think Liverpool if they keep their key players fit, I think they’ll probably go all the way,” Chris Sutton commented.
“But it’s whether Van Dijk stays fit. It’s whether Salah stays fit. And that is the biggest issue.
“I don’t think – and I might be miles off and I understand Ian’s point – I don’t think that they’re going to fade away because their thought process is ‘we haven’t won it for 29 years’. I think the biggest issues are key men, big leaders not on the pitch. That’s where they may come up short.
“They’re keeping clean sheets. Even the win at Brighton at the weekend. Was it emphatic? No. Did they deserve it? Just about.
“In previous seasons, I don’t know their record against Brighton but it’s been their inability to see games against the so-called lesser sides, with respect to Brighton, though. And they have that ability because they keep clean sheets and they’ve a good goalkeeper and they’ve got a solid backline. It’s keeping the key men fit.
“I think City do edge it just in terms of strength in depth in their squad but I just think Liverpool’s defence may just see them over the line now.”
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