Jamie Carragher says ‘it looks like we could have a title race’ after Manchester City lose to Tottenham

Jamie Carragher has said that “it looks like we could have a title race” after Manchester City’s 3-2 defeat to Tottenham. Spurs went ahead at the Etihad thanks to an early goal from Dejan Kulusevski, who rolled the ball into an empty net following a fantastic through-ball from Harry Kane and a galloping run from Son Heung-min which ended in an inch-perfect assist.

Ad/> Having been pegged back by Ilkay Gundogan just after the half-hour mark, the league leaders went 2-1 behind when Kane fired home from close range midway through the second half. Despite being awarded a penalty in injury time which was scored by Riyad Mahrez, City’s fate was sealed when Kane headed home right at the death.

Premier LeagueCarragher: Newcastle unrest leaks 'an absolute disgrace'17/09/2021 AT 19:33 While Pep Guardiola’s side remain six points clear at the top of the Premier League, they have played one game more than Liverpool in second and now look significantly more vulnerable. Appearing on Sky Sports after the match, Carragher suggested that his former side were right back in the mix for the title.

“I’d still favour Man City, obviously, they’ve got the game with Liverpool to come at the Etihad,” he said. “I think Liverpool’s fixtures may be a little bit tougher, off the top of my head.

/> “But, certainly for Liverpool, in the next four or five days, it now feels like their league game against Leeds is maybe more important than the [Carabao Cup] final on the Sunday against Chelsea. “I think there was a little bit of hope that Liverpool could do something and there was maybe a glimmer of hope when Man City dropped points at Southampton [in January], because that was the first time in such a long time where they hadn’t dropped anything at all.