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Kadeem Simmonds

'Difficult to watch' - Ian Wright makes bold Liverpool admission ahead of Man City title decider

Former Premier League striker Ian Wright has explained why he wants Liverpool to lift the Premier League title on Sunday over Man City.

Heading into the final day of the season, the Reds find themselves sitting in second place and a point behind league leaders City. Liverpool welcome Wolves to Anfield knowing if they win and Pep Guardiola's side lose or draw then it will clinch a second title in three years for Jurgen Klopp's men.

Man City have led the league for most of the season and at one point where 12 points ahead, with many claiming that the title was over. But Liverpool have clawed themselves back into the picture, only dropping six points in 2022 and giving themselves a fighting chance on Sunday.

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Wright was keen to point out that he wasn't being disrespectful with his comments but admitted that City can be 'difficult to watch' at times and that watching Klopp's team 'makes me feel something in my stomach.'

"The thing is, because City are so good, teams are so afraid. I watch City sometimes and it's very difficult to watch sometimes," Wright said on the Kelly & Wrighty Show. "Not because it's turgid or boring. It's not being disrespectful to City but teams are so afraid, they have to do those blocks and they have to do the deep block to stop them because we've seen Kevin De Bruyne, bam, bam, bam, the game's over.

"But Liverpool, no matter what form they're in, you can feel that on the right day, if the team can stop them, you can actually get at them. You can get at them more frequently than City and there's more jeopardy watching Liverpool for me when I watch it.

"And it kind of makes me feel something in my stomach. Man City fans go into games knowing 'yeah we're going to win this'.

"Liverpool fans go into games going 'yeah we're good enough to win this but if we get this wrong'. There's more jeopardy on Liverpool.

"It gets to a stage with Man City because they're so good that after a while you're watching the [opposition], can they hold out this defence? Then Man City break it and you go 'I knew that was going to happen'.

"Then all of a sudden you don't have the same vibe in your stomach. Whereas Liverpool, it goes and goes."

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