Jamie Carragher mentioned Manchester Metropolis are dealing with a battle to complete within the high 4 after their 2-0 loss to Liverpool on Sunday left them 11 factors behind the Premier League leaders in fifth.
Metropolis’s fourth consecutive Premier League defeat stretched their winless run to seven video games in all competitions as a first-half purpose from Cody Gakpo and a second-half penalty from Mohamed Salah secured a dominant victory for Arne Slot’s facet.
Pep Guardiola held up six fingers to the house followers, in reference to his Premier League title wins, as they taunted him with chants of, ‘You are getting sacked within the morning’, however Carragher feels Metropolis are actually out of the race this time period and warned they need to begin wanting over their shoulders.
“I don’t see there’s any way back for Manchester City now,” Carragher mentioned on Sky Sports activities.
“Typically you’ll want to lose so folks realise what you’ve got carried out so you do not take it as a right. And possibly he is sending a message to the hierarchy, the folks above him and the followers.
“But this season Manchester City will not win the Premier League.”
Carragher highlighted their points in midfield, the place Rodri is sidelined for the season with a knee damage, and likened their plight to Liverpool’s throughout Jurgen Klopp’s latter years in cost.
He added: “It’s a mini-crisis for Manchester City. I think it’s reminiscent of Liverpool two years ago.
“I truly assume they may have a struggle on their fingers for the highest 4.
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Pep Guardiola gestured the quantity six after Liverpool followers at Anfield chanted ‘sacked within the morning’ at him
“I look at Arsenal, Chelsea and the way they are looking right now and I think it will be difficult for Man City to finish above them if they don’t go into the market in January.
“I am going again a few years to the season Man Metropolis gained the treble. Liverpool went to the Etihad in April and bought beat 4-1. It might have been six or seven. They bought completely battered and also you felt prefer it was the top of that Jurgen Klopp staff.
“But what it was was the end of that midfield, of Jordan Henderson and Fabinho. No matter how good a manager you are, you can’t fix that.
“I do not assume Pep can repair Metropolis’s midfield now. He wants to purchase gamers there. If he can do it in January, who is aware of, however he might have to attend to the top of the season.
Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring Liverpool’s second purpose
“Right now, I can see Man City losing another four or five games between now and the end of the season. I look at the energy of Chelsea and Arsenal and I think it will be difficult for City to finish above them.”
The defeat, throughout which Metropolis have been overrun within the centre of the pitch, sees them drop under Arsenal and Chelsea, who beat West Ham and Aston Villa respectively this weekend, and likewise fourth-placed Brighton.
“Man City at one stage in the second half had Rico Lewis and Bernardo Silva in central midfield,” continued Carragher. “I love Bernardo Silva. What a player. But he’s not a central midfielder. Rico Lewis is a decent player but it’s nowhere near enough.
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“Look at what Arsenal and Chelsea have got in central midfield, the energy, the power. They can’t compete with that at the moment, Man City.”
Keane: By no means felt like Liverpool would lose
Roy Keane praised Liverpool’s show and highlighted the significance of their profitable mentality below Slot. The win means they’re 9 factors away from second-placed Arsenal.
“We have to praise the manager Arne Slot as he’s doing a magnificent job but the squad he took over were a decent group,” mentioned Keane.
“He is added his character to it. In case you’d have been instructed that Liverpool could be within the place they’re now, you would not consider them.
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“Their performances, their defence, their big players are turning up for the big occasion. They were awful against Southampton but still scored three goals and won the game.
“It by no means felt like Liverpool have been shedding immediately. It is a mixture of decision-making and high quality.
“Man City didn’t show that intensity. Walker switches off for the first goal. At the moment all their players are just off it and so it’s like the perfect storm for their opposition.”
Carragher felt Walker’s position in Gakpo’s opener was reflective of his decline right into a “liability” for the champions.
“He can switch off and that’s always been the negative about him,” he mentioned. “He doesn’t look again and switches off.
“That has been an issue all through his profession. That’s nothing to do along with his age.
“He has become a little bit of a liability for Man City.”
