Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher praised Man City for the way they came back to beat Aston Villa to win the Premier League title on Sunday.
City started the day as league leaders needed to match Liverpool's result at a minimum to retain the title. The Reds went a goal behind when Pedro Neto netted for Wolves. While that seemingly worked in favour for City, they themselves conceded via a Matty Cash header to enter the break a goal behind.
By that point, Liverpool had equalised via Sadio Mane to set up a tense second-half at both Anfield and the Etihad Stadium. Philippe Coutinho's second-half goal then gave Steven Gerrard's Villa side a two-goal lead with a little over 30 minutes left. But two Ilkay Gundogan goals either side of a Rodri finish capped off a remarkable five minutes in which City took the lead.
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Mohamed Salah came off the bench to give the Reds the lead with six minutes remaining and Andrew Robertson secured the three points with a minute left but the scoreline stayed the same in Manchester as Liverpool's hopes of a quadruple ended.
Carragher was asked for his reaction to the third City goal by Sky Sports' Martin Tyler to which he couldn't help but praise the Citizens.
“I mean, what a team they are. That’s why they’re champions, to come from behind like that. What a team,” said Carragher.
Carragher added: "Great achievement, it really is. Looking at Pep Guardiola, he’s quite emotional. In some ways, they wouldn’t have wanted to go through what they have today, but sometimes that makes it sweeter. They had that Aguero moment and this probably won’t be too far behind."
And on Liverpool's situation, he said: "Yeah, maybe a few months ago [quadruple ambitions were unrealistic] but getting to the situation where you are now with two games to go. It was always going to be tough with the position that City found themselves in, but credit to Liverpool. It would just be a cakewalk for City every year if it wasn’t for Liverpool."
There's still hope for Liverpool to finish the season strongly by winning the UEFA Champions League on Saturday when they face Real Madrid in Paris. Victory in the final will see the Merseyside club complete a cup treble after already winning the Carabao Cup and FA Cup, dispatching Chelsea on penalties at Wembley Stadium on both occasions.
