Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville thinks Liverpool are the team that Manchester City are most threatened by.
The Premier League champions started the new campaign with a comfortable win over Arsenal at the Emirates while Liverpool hit West Ham for four at Anfield.
The Merseyside club beat City three times last season and play a style that the champions found it difficult to cope with.
There is a positive atmosphere building at Liverpool with plenty of positive transfer business over the summer adding to a mood of optimism that was helped by the exploits of Mohamed Salah and the Reds appearance in the Champions League final.
Neville believes that these factors are the key reasons why Manchester City would see Liverpool as the biggest threat to their title defence.
He said on the Gary Neville Podcast: “I think Liverpool are the side [City] will feel threatened by directly. Certainly in terms of the style of play, Liverpool have certainly got the measure of Manchester City. You can see that.
“City like to push up the pitch, the centre-backs play high and even push in when they’re attacking. The likes of Mane, Salah, Firmino, if you leave space in-behind, they just cut right through you.
“I think directly there is a threat, and I think indirectly in terms of the bigger picture in the league, certainly with the signings they have made, the good feeling of getting into a Champions League final and finishing in the top four consecutive seasons is something where City will feel a threat.
“People are not feeling that way about Manchester United or Tottenham or Chelsea at this moment in time, because of what has happened in pre-season. So those teams will have work their way into City’s thoughts.
“But there does seem to be a definite threat from Liverpool at this moment in time, but Liverpool will have to prove that.”
Liverpool take on Crystal Palace next Monday as they look to continue their positive start to the season.
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