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Carra on Reds’ title chances
- Updated: November 1, 2016
Liverpool’s victory at Crystal Palace on the weekend demonstrated that Jurgen Klopp’s side are capable of winning the Premier League this season, according to Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher.
The Reds won 4-2 at Selhurst Park on Saturday evening, having previously lost three of their last four league games against Palace.
Those three points kept Liverpool in a three-way tie for the leadership of the Premier League alongside both Manchester City and Arsenal after the opening 10 games of the season, a scenario Carragher says Reds supporters will be over the moon with.
“If someone had said Liverpool would have been sixth or seventh and a couple of points off top four at this stage of the season, I think Liverpool fans would have been delighted because of the tough start they had,” the former Liverpool defender said on Monday Night Football.
“Now to be that close to the top of the table, it gives you great hope going forward. We’ve spoken before about them having no European football and you see them not playing a full team in the EFL Cup against Spurs.”
Carragher has likened Liverpool’s impressive start to the campaign to the one they made three years ago under previous boss Brendan Rodgers, when they came within a whisker of winning their first top-flight title since 1990.
“I know defensively …
