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‘It’s between Liverpool and Manchester City’ – Paul Scholes rules Chelsea and Manchester United out of the Premier League title contest
Liverpool and Manchester City, according to Paul Scholes, are the only two teams that can win the Premier League title this season.
Liverpool and Manchester City have both made strong starts to the new Premier League season, currently sitting second and third in the table, respectively.
Before the international break, the two teams battled to a 2-2 draw, with Liverpool taking the lead twice before being pegged back on both occasions.
Chelsea and Manchester United, who added Cristiano Ronaldo, Jadon Sancho, and Raphael Varane to their already star-studded squad in the summer, are among the favorites to win the Premier League this season.
However, United legend Scholes has opted for City and Liverpool over those two teams.
“I think it’s between Liverpool and Manchester City, I do think there is three great teams [including Chelsea]. I think United have not fallen away, but it’s very early,” he said on Sky Sports’ Overlap forum.
“I just think City and Liverpool, watching that game [between the two sides] the quality was just so high, I just can’t see any other team getting close to them.”
Scholes has urged his former club to get closer to title contenders this season in order to win the league next season.
“For Ole [Gunnar Solskjaer] this season you have to feel them coming, with City when they won the league going back 10 years, they were putting pressure on teams, you felt them coming,” he added.
“‘With Liverpool you also felt them coming, I think they lost out by a point to City or something. I think this season, what would be acceptable [for United] is just feeling that team coming just like Liverpool and City did.”
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‘It’s between Liverpool and Manchester City’ – Paul Scholes rules Chelsea and Manchester United out of the Premier League title contest
