After a dramatic weekend of football, Chris Sutton has now given his verdict on the title race between Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City.
Speaking on the BBC’s Monday Night Club, the pundit bucked the trend on recent predictions.Many people still predicted Manchester City to win despite Pep Guardiola’s recent performances, but Sutton begged to differ.
The pundit felt that Liverpool, a team who have actually been given little chance of winning this season, were showing the skill and luck of a title winner.
Sutton said: “The more they do that, the more you expect them to win and the wheels come off a bit with Manchester City. You’d think this might be their season.
“To put it bluntly, they (Liverpool) were lucky last weekend. It was never aired and was absolutely ridiculous.“So when things go like that, you feel the momentum, you imagine yourself in the Liverpool dressing room, 18 points behind when Liverpool lost. “It’s great.
Now we have confidence in the dressing room that we can continue to do this. Chris Sutton believes Liverpool can beat Manchester City and Arsenal to win the title.
Of course, there is little to choose from. Any club in the Premier League can lose this season. The same goes for the level of competition.Neither team seems capable of breaking away from the pack at this point.
As usual, the festive period will be crucial and Liverpool will be looking to make the most of it ahead of Mohamed Salah’s visit to the AFCON.It’s a bold call for Sutton to choose Liverpool over Manchester City and Arsenal, but he has something else in mind.
Arsenal are yet to have a goalscorer and David Seaman has tipped the club to appoint one in January.This is a common occurrence in Manchester City at this time of year.
They have a sloppy shape. But we are already approaching a stage where City will change their Championship style and look perfect for the final months of the season.
It will be difficult for all the other contenders as Arsenal try to maintain the same momentum that they failed to achieve last season.
