Micah Richards tells Jamie Carragher to ‘behave himself’ after the Liverpool legend claimed his fellow pundit said the Premier League title race was OVER before Manchester City’s dramatic defeat to Tottenham
- Manchester City suffered a dramatic 3-2 defeat to Tottenham on Saturday
- It has opened the door for Liverpool to close the gap to just three points
- Micah Richards told Jamie Carragher to ‘behave himself’ after the game
Micah Richards told Jamie Carragher to ‘behave himself’ after the Liverpool icon claimed that his co-pundit thought the Premier League title race was over.
Harry Kane’s dramatic 95th minute winner handed Tottenham a 3-2 victory over Manchester City.
Pep Guardiola’s side are now six points clear of Liverpool, who have a game in hand and are still yet to play City at the Etihad later this season.
Manchester City suffered a blow to their title aspirations with a 3-2 defeat to Tottenham
Speaking after the game, Sky Sports presenter Kelly Cates asked Richards for his thoughts on the title fight after Saturday’s results.
Richards replied to the presenter: ‘Well, everyone kept asking me… it’s never over.’
Carragher instantly fired back as he joked: ‘You said it was over weeks ago.’
After laughing at Carragher, Richards responded: ‘Behave yourself, Jamie.’
Jamie Carragher joked that Micah Richards thought the title race was over before Man City’s loss to Tottenham
Micah Richards laughed and responded to Carragher by telling him to ‘behave’ himself
Richards, who formerly played for Man City, added: ‘When I was at City and we was ahead [in 2011-12] – and then Man United went ahead – the pressure was off.
‘You want to be behind fighting because when you’re in that top spot, you keep looking over your shoulder… and we only won it on goal difference.
‘But I just think that’ll give Liverpool a lot of confidence that today.’
He added: ‘The title race is in Liverpool’s favour. If they can come to the Etihad and win, it’s game on. This is why we love the Premier League.’
Liverpool could go three points behind Manchester City with a victory against Leeds
After losing to West Ham in November, Liverpool dropped further points to Tottenham, Leicester and then Chelsea around festive period which left them with an 11 point gap to leaders Man City.
Since then, the leaders have dropped points to Southampton and Tottenham which has opened the door back up for Liverpool.
The Reds could go three points off the top should they beat Leeds on Wednesday.