( bully168 )Jamie Carragher says Liverpool deserve more credit amid speculation they are close to winning the title because others, particularly Manchester City, have fallen short. bully168

    “In the last few weeks there has been talk that this Liverpool team is not good enough and maybe the league is not good enough. There is no doubt about it, this City team is in decline and this Liverpool team is not as good as the one that won the league under Jurgen Klopp and almost won it before that, competing with City. “

    But last season Liverpool were rebuilding under Klopp and Arne Slot took it up a notch. When you look at the basic numbers they are ahead of many other teams. “

    Point-wise they are a lot better, they are scoring goals much better. I am not sure what else they can do. “

    Liverpool have not even signed a player from last season. They have bought a substitute who played half an hour in the Premier League, [Federico] Chiesa. Basically this is last season’s team. Slot has added his own touch. “

    Liverpool have been excellent this season and they deserve a bit more credit.

    “I think Klopp deserves a lot of credit for restructuring the team and the midfield. The team was so close to the title last season. The reason they didn’t go further was because they had too many injuries. “

    At this stage of last season Liverpool are coming into the Carabao Cup final against Chelsea with 11 or 12 first-team players out of the team and they’ve still won it, even with the injuries sometimes but you have to deal with it. “

    Klopp deserves a lot of credit but I never disrespect managers who have won the league. Slots come in. Everyone thinks they are going to go down, people think they are going to fight for the Champions League places, it is not Slots’ fault that Man City have gone down so badly. “

    He will still have a points total to compete with Man City every season they’ve won the Premier League. “

    He’s been phenomenal and I would say in his first season if he can finish with the double [of the Premier League and the cup] then it’s as good as the first seasons we’ve seen with any manager in the Premier League, apart from Claudio Ranieri at Leicester, that was the biggest story we’ve seen.” ( bully168 )