Manchester City won two points over Chelsea this weekend, according to Roy Keane, who predicts the champs will win the Premier League title this season.
On Sunday afternoon, the Blues drew 1-1 with Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, with Jorginho ensuring the points were split with a 69th-minute penalty after Jadon Sancho's opening. Meanwhile, Liverpool won a critical three points at Anfield on Saturday afternoon with a 4-0 victory against Southampton, while Manchester City defeated West Ham United 2-1 on Sunday.
Chelsea are still in first place in the Premier League table, but they are currently only one point ahead of Man City and two points ahead of Liverpool. Keane believes Man City will retain their Premier League crown this season, as he stated during Sky Sports' coverage of Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Man United. "I wrote off City last year and was sorry because they turned it on and won it so comfortably," he added. As good as Chelsea and Liverpool are, I think I'd go with City at the moment." Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, a Sky Sports colleague and former Chelsea striker, said: "It's impossible to say." I believe it will be a close race. I believe that all three are in a tight race and that any of them might win. Liverpool is a formidable opponent, and Man City has the potential to win 16 games in a row. You're putting a lot of pressure on me. I'd love for Chelsea to win, but I don't think it'll be easy." Jamie Carragher chimed in with his prediction, agreeing with Keane that Man City will win for the second year in a row.
"Liverpool have dropped foolish points this season, but I'm with Roy, I'd just go with Man City," the former Liverpool defender stated. "Liverpool kept clean sheets, but City looked incredibly powerful defensively." Liverpool is scoring all of the goals, but at this point, I'd go with City." Chelsea, who remain at the top of the Premier League standings and are already through to the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League after their triumph over Juventus earlier this week, are far from doomed.
In his post-match press conference, Thomas Tuchel stated that he is still pleased with the Blues' performance this season. "How can you not be satisfied?" he asked. I'm pleased with the way we play, as well as the courage and energy with which we perform. Willingness and ambition...this is a hungry crew that puts up a lot of work. This is exactly what I'm looking for. "It's thrilling to coach and much more thrilling to watch." It's similar to this. We could play a game similar to that against Juventus, and if we don't get the first goal from a set-piece or if Thiago [Silva] fails to save the [Alvaro] Morata chance on the line, we could draw. This is a possibility. We don't want this to happen, so we work hard to ensure that performances like this are rewarded. However, I am quite pleased with the contributions made by the players. We created opportunities, made deliveries, and had a large number of shoots. Can we do a better job with them? Yes."
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