Roy Keane and Jamie Carragher have described Manchester City the ‘team to beat’ in the Premier League ahead of Chelsea, Liverpool and Man United.
City came from behind two times to draw 2-2 with Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday, after last week’s impressive win over Champions League holders Chelsea.
Ahead of the international break, the Blues are top of the table on 16 points, while Liverpool are only one point behind. And Man City and Man Utd are level on points in third and fourth respectively.
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Speaking after City’s draw at Anfield, former United skipper Keane told Sky Sports: ‘It’s about the managers as well, Pep Guardiola’s track record is mind-boggling, he knows how to win football matches.
‘They are a hard team to beat. Liverpool will no doubt be in the mix because they have lots of goal scorers. ‘They conceded three against Brentford and two today, so that doesn’t look great, but they’ve got brilliant players going forward, world-class players.
‘I still think all of these teams, Chelsea included, will do well to finish ahead of Man City.’
Carragher added: ‘Man City are the team to beat. The game last week against Chelsea was a big one for me. ‘It was a complete domination and it was similar for periods today in that first half. For me, they are the team to beat.’
‘Both teams will be satisfied,’ Keane added. ‘There was a great reaction from Liverpool in the second half as they found some energy and scored two outstanding goals.
‘Defensively it was poor from City but they then showed their quality to fight back so I think both managers will be pretty satisfied with the draw. It’s been a tough week for City – with three away games.
‘Overall, I thought it was a brilliant match and probably a fair result. Liverpool had so much more energy – and that came from the supporters as well.
‘They have the quality going forward but just their overall level was upped and they were smarter with their passes.
‘They weren’t over-thinking it and they were hunting in packs whereas at the start of the game, they showed City too much respect.’
