Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher believes it would be increasingly difficult to argue that Manchester City are not the greatest English football team if they win the Champions League this season.
15.04.2023 - 09:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester City are first up to the plate in their ongoing Premier League title race with Arsenal and pundits are tipping them to win big against Leicester City on Saturday afternoon (5.30pm).
Having brushed aside Champions League opponents Bayern Munich at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night, Pep Guardiola and his star-studded team will return to action at the same venue. But can the champions pick up their sixth top-flight win on the spin to put pressure on the Gunners before their match with West Ham 24 hours later at the London Stadium on Sunday afternoon (2pm)?
As things stand, Arsenal hold a six-point advantage on City who still, effectively, have a game in hand as well as an impending showdown between the two sides. Here are two pundit predictions for the Leicester match;
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The title is in Manchester City's hands now - well, as much as it is in Arsenal's hands, too - but the defending champions cannot afford any slip-ups from here.
It will be interesting to see what sort of team Pep Guardiola puts out, with the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final to come on Wednesday, but they have a decent cushion from Tuesday and that takes the pressure off them a bit.
I don't think they have much to worry about on Saturday, either. With the way Guardiola's team are playing, I can only see one outcome, which is a comfortable home win.
Score prediction: Manchester City 3-0 Leicester City
Leicester have got a different managerial set up now. It's just a pity for them that [new assistant coach] John Terry can't play because they could do with him. I just can't see Leicester doing anything, Manchester City are on a roll now and the whole squad's pretty much fit.
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