Steven Gerrard changes Premier League title prediction after Man City beat Liverpool

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Gerrard, who was in the Anfield stands for that game, says Enzo Maresca’s side were ‘outstanding’ and now believes they will go on to win the Premier League. ‘In terms of the Man City performance under Enzo Maresca yesterday, they were outstanding,’ Gerrard said on The Overlap, sponsored by Sky Bet. But they were outstanding from the first kick of the ball. ‘The game plan, tactically, how they were set up, the distances, they soaked everything up that Liverpool threw at them.

And this Manchester City team, in my opinion, they’re ready. They’re just so strong, and then you see the bench.’ To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Meanwhile, Gerrard’s former Liverpool teammate Jamie Carragher believes Arsenal and Man City are the only two teams capable of winning the Premier League. ‘Man City fans will be delighted tonight, of course they will,’ Carragher said on Sky Sports’ Gary Neville podcast. ‘For those supporters who love their football club, this will be one of the great days that they all look back on because they’ve had a party here.

We want every game to matter but right now it doesn’t.’ Asked whether he puts Manchester City slightly above Arsenal at this stage of the season, Carragher added: ‘I think it’s hard to do that this early. ‘But what you would say from Man City’s point of view is they’ve gone and won at two of their toughest venues, Anfield and Old Trafford, and won in very difficult circumstances. ‘I’m a big fan of Enzo Maresca, I always have been. Then you think about how Chelsea beat PSG in the Club World Cup, they played the best team in the world off the park ‘I thought it was a great appointment for Man City, they’ve got a top manager there.