Just admit it! Jamie Carragher tells Gary Neville and Co to accept this Man City team is BETTER than Manchester United’s ’99 Treble winners and Arsenal’s Invincibles
Jamie Carragher has called on former Manchester United and Arsenal players to admit that Manchester City’s current side is better than their historical comparisons.
The Liverpool legend sent out a jibe on Twitter ahead of the Champions League final, with City chasing a historic Treble.
Pep Guardiola’s side will take on Inter Milan in Istanbul – the site of Carragher’s dramatic continental triumph over AC Milan in 2005 with Liverpool – for a chance to equal their nemesis’ record.
Hailed as one of the greatest sides of all time this season, The Citizens have already won a Premier League FA Cup Double ahead of the showpiece in Turkey.
Still, many argue their performance isn’t quite on par with United and Arsenal, who came much earlier in the Premier League era.
Jamie Carragher called on his rivals to admit that Manchester City are the superior team
The Citizens look forward to a Treble when they take on Inter Milan in the Champions League final
‘Champions League final tonight & of course I want Inter Milan to win!’ wrote the Reds legend on Twitter.
“But is there any player from the past who played for the Man Utd treble team or the Arsenal Invincibles who can just be honest and say that this Manchester City team is better than their own team!!!!”
Numerous comparisons have been made between City and the other two teams regarded as the greatest in English football history given the way they have excelled this season.
They have lost six games in the Premier League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Champions League, ending the season with a 25-game unbeaten run before being defeated in the final game of the league season against Brentford, having already clinched the title. had won.
City can achieve a feat of winning the Champions League that only one other side has achieved: Manchester United.
It would be a major blow to the Red Devils’ legacy and their claim to be the biggest club in Manchester, with City dominating their nearest neighbors in recent years.
The other side with a case to be the best in English history is Arsene Wenger’s Invincible Arsenal side.
The Gunners went unbeaten for a full season – and 49 games in total – to win the 2003-04 title in style, in a squad that included Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Dennis Bergkamp.
Manchester United won the Treble in 1999 – the only English side to ever do so
Arsene Wenger’s Invincibles won the Premier League in 2003-04 without losing a game