Paul Merson has written in The Daily Star that Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne could destroy Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool’s chances of winning the Premier League title this season.
The former Arsenal star believes that at the moment Manchester City are favourites ahead of Liverpool to win the title.
City are, of course, the defending champions.
Sky Sports pundit Merson believes that City midfielder De Bruyne, who cost £55 million (BBC Sport), could be the difference in the time race between Pep Guardiola’s side and Liverpool.
Kevin De Bruyne key in Manchester City v Liverpool title race
Merson wrote in The Daily Star: “Manchester City win the league by double digits if they beat Liverpool at the Etihad – but it all depends on one player.
“If midfielder Kevin De Bruyne plays well until the end of the season I think City win it comfortably because the Belgium international just knits everything together.
“He makes everybody in the at City side play in my opinion. I think Pep Guardiola has a big role to play too with the team he picks.”
The Englishman added: “I just still see City winning the championship. They are battering teams. It’s not like they are playing and not looking like scoring in a month of Sundays.
“They are absolutely dominating teams, camped out in their half creating chances and pinning them back.
“We’ve seen it too many times. They just have to make sure they don’t lose to Liverpool and then I don’t see who beats them.”
Exciting
In our opinion, the Premier League title race between Manchester City and Liverpool will go down to the wire.
Yes, City and Liverpool are due to face each other in the league next month.
But, in our view, that game is not going to be decisive.
City have dropped points, and even if they win against Liverpool, we cannot say for sure that they will pick up maximum points from their remaining games.
Liverpool and City also have Champions League matches to deal with, so that could also play a big role in the Premier League title race.
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