Jamie Carragher has compared Tottenham Hotspur can replicate Brendan Rodgers’ 2013-14 Liverpool side and challenge for the Premier League title.
Reds supporters need no reminder about what happened to their title hopes exactly a decade ago. With four games remaining, Liverpool were six points ahead of Manchester City and closing in on their first league triumph in 24 years.
Carragher was enjoying his first season since retirement until disaster struck in April. Defeat to Chelsea, infamous for Steven Gerrard’s costly slip, was followed by a disastrous 3-3 capitulation at Crystal Palace.
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City pounced to secure the Premier League on the final day and Rodgers - whose side were never touted as contenders in pre-season - was sacked just 18 months later. Fast forward to the present and Spurs have emerged as unlikely candidates to end Man City’s dominance.
Ange Postecoglou has masterminded eight wins from Tottenham’s opening 10 games - losing none - to open up a ten-point cushion at the top of the table. Like Liverpool a decade ago, Spurs do not have the distraction of European football - a similarity Carragher was keen to point out.
"They (Tottenham) haven't got a squad like Liverpool or Manchester City have had over the last few years when they have challenged for the title,” he told Sky Sports. “They are looking to grow the squad and it is a brilliant start. They won't have too many games this season, the only thing that will get in the way of the Premier League is the FA Cup."
“Who knows how far they will go in that (the FA Cup) and they could get a
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