Jamie Carragher has told Sky Sports that Liverpool are a “million miles” away from Manchester City at this early stage, after losing to Manchester United on Monday night – condemning them to just two points from a possible nine.
Liverpool have made a woeful start to the Premier League campaign. Limping to a point against Fulham on the opening day was followed by a straight red card and a moment of madness from Darwin Nunez against Palace.
It saw Liverpool, again, make do with a point. Their first tough test came against an out-of-form Manchester United, and they suffered a 2-1 loss at Old Trafford. Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford cancelled out Mo Salah’s strike.
It sees Liverpool already surrender a five-point lead to last season’s Premier League champions, Manchester City. Early season predictions of Liverpool going toe to toe once again for the title look some way off, judging by their form.
Yes, Liverpool have numerous injury issues. But even with the players they have, they should have won their first two games and avoided defeat at Manchester United. Carragher thinks they are miles off Manchester City right now.
“Even at this stage, the points gap feels big, with the quality of Man City. You just don’t expect a really poor start from this Liverpool team – they set such high standards but they’re a million miles from them. They have to fix it quickly.”
Carragher: Liverpool a ‘million miles’ away from Manchester City
While it is incredibly early at this stage of the season, and the mid-season World Cup could shake things up, Liverpool are way off it. Last season, Manchester City dropped just 21 points. Liverpool have already missed out on seven.
At this rate, Manchester City look as though they will stroll to the Premier League title. That is, even after their draw with Newcastle. A game in which City could have scored five or six, had it been for Toon goalkeeper Nick Pope.
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