The defeat of Manchester City by Tottenham Hotspur made the pace of Liverpool towards the English League champions' throne. Spurs manager Jose Mourinho also has a feeling Liverpool will win.
Visiting Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday (2/2/2020) night WIB, City did appear dominant with 67 percent ball possession and released 18 attempts, five of them on target.
Meanwhile, Spurs were forced to play defensively by only making three attempts throughout 90 minutes. But, from three shots on target Spurs, two goals.
All of them were printed in the second half from Steven Bergwijn in the 63rd minute and Son Heung-min in the 71st minute. City lost 0-2 and failed to cut the gap of 22 points with Liverpool at the top of the English League table.
When the press conference was over after the match, Jose Mourinho was immediately asked about the chance of the Liverpool champions. He answered casually.
"I already had a feeling in early November (Liverpool will be champions)," he said as quoted by detikSport from the official Tottenham Hotspur website.
Mourinho said, Liverpool is a fantastic team. Both of the players and their managers.
"A fantastic team, a fantastic player and a fantastic coach," explained Mourinho.
Now, Manchester City is 22 points behind Liverpool. Although there are still 13 more matches left, the distance is fairly large and will be very difficult to pursue by City. Moreover, Liverpool's performance so far is also fairly stable because it is only once lost numbers.
Not to mention the opponents faced by Liverpool for the next seven matches spelled out a class below them, such as Norwich City, West Ham United, Watford, Bournemouth, Everton and Crystal Palace.
While City will face West Ham United, Leicester City, Manchester United, Burnley and Chelsea before entertaining Liverpool on April 4.
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