Jamie Carragher predicts Liverpool to be title kingmakers in ‘50-50’ Arsenal and Manchester City race | OneFootball

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iverpool could prove the definitive test for both Arsenal and Manchester City in their race for the Premier League title, according to Jamie Carragher.

The former Reds defender has outlined the importance of the coming two weekends, in which City host Jurgen Klopp’s side before Mikel Arteta takes his Gunners to Anfield.

Arsenal currently boast an eight-point lead over City at the top of the table but Pep Guardiola’s men have a game in hand and are just as likely to lift the title in Carragher’s eyes.

“This year’s Premier League title race is still 50-50 between City and Arsenal,” he wrote in the Telegraph. “That could be about to change. By the evening of Easter Sunday it will be clearer who is in the ascendancy.

“Arsenal are looking to Liverpool for a favour on Saturday. Guardiola hopes for the same at Anfield next weekend.

“If Arteta has preserved or enhanced an eight-point advantage after the next two games, albeit having played a game more, the title will be his to lose.

“The run-ins are always about the big moments. Two-thirds of the season are about manoeuvring into a position where everything is possible. Once the March international break is over, you find out which sides have what it takes to get over the line.

“For all Liverpool’s difficulties this season, aside from when City and Arsenal play each other, they are the greatest challenge remaining in the league.”