Liverpool’s Champions League-winning left back John Arne Riise has said that he believes Manchester City will win this season’s Premier League title.
Pep Guardiola’s side sit in pole position at the top of the tree after their victory over Fulham, and Riise feels that the Reds will ultimately fail to catch them.
“I still think City’s going to win it,” he told beIN SPORTS. “I hope not, I really hope Liverpool can do it, but I just think City are too strong.
“I know City are going to meet [Manchester] United and Tottenham, so Spurs has a good chance to stir up the title race for a little bit. But I just see that City… they just don’t stop. If Liverpool met City in the seven games to go I would believe more, because then you can beat City. But I just don’t see City losing games.”
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OPINION
This is a Premier League title race that is likely going to go right down to the wire. These are two of the best teams we have ever seen in the top flight and so they will certainly be pushing right until the end. As Riise says, it’s so difficult to see City losing. They are an incredibly well-oiled unit and there really isn’t a weakness in their team. Every single one of their players is world class and that gives them a tremendous advantage in every game they play. With that said, how likely is it that they’re going to slip up enough to hand Liverpool the title? It could happen, we’ll have to wait and see. The problem for the Reds is that the title is no longer in their hands, despite the points gap they had around the turn of the year. That is extremely concerning. It may turn out that their greatest hope lies with their hated rivals United, but we’ll have to wait and see how they fare in the Manchester derby.