Jamie Carragher: Liverpool will want Arsenal to win at Man City to help their own Premier League title hopes

Liverpool and Manchester City played out a thrilling 1-1 draw at Anfield, leaving Arsenal top of the Premier League table; focus now turns to Man City hosting Arsenal at the Etihad on Sunday March 31, live on Sky Sports; Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool would favour Arsenal beating City.

Jamie Carragher feels that an Arsenal victory at Manchester City at the end of this month would be a favourable outcome in Liverpool’s quest to end Jurgen Klopp’s tenure with a second Premier League title.

Liverpool and Manchester City played out a thrilling 1-1 draw at Anfield, leaving Arsenal top of the Premier League table.

Both Liverpool and City are now in FA Cup action before the March international break but the focus will soon turn to the next top-of-the-table clash between Arsenal and City at the Etihad on Sunday March 31, live on Sky Sports.

Carragher told Sky Sports: “If City beat Arsenal, I think they’ll be strong favourites. Arsenal and Liverpool need a three or four-point gap heading into the final five games of the season if they were to top City.

“If you’re Arsenal today, you’re thinking this is the perfect result. Liverpool will be thinking the same in a couple of weeks time when City face Arsenal.

“Arsenal and Liverpool are both trying to chase down City. They’re the team to beat still. City drop points here and it feels like if they’re going to drop any more it’s going to be in the next three or four games.

“Even though Arsenal are top, from a Liverpool point of view I would rather see Arsenal go and win at the Etihad or a draw. Certainly not a City win because with City’s last five games of the season, you’d look at them and think they’ll get maximum points.

“If they don’t lose any more points in the next three or four games, they’ll be tough to stop.

“We can look at these fixtures, but it’s also what’s in between them. Liverpool are playing in the Europa League while Arsenal and City are in the Champions League.

“If Liverpool and Man City get to the FA Cup semi-finals, let’s see if they meet each other in that semi-final.

“That can take a lot out of you physically and psychologically. Then a league game has to be put in between so you play three league games in a week.

“From a Liverpool point of view, I’m hoping City and Arsenal meet each other in the quarter-finals of the Champions League because when you play an English team in Europe, there’s something extra about it which builds up and it takes it out of you.

“There’s so much more than what we’re looking at in terms of the fixtures.”