Jamie Carragher predicts Liverpool title race twist as Arsenal handed new hope - 'I'm convinced'

Jamie Carragher has issued a fresh Premier League title race verdict after both Arsenal and Liverpool dropped points at the weekend.

. Unsurprisingly, Mikel Arteta was far from pleased at how his side were forced to settle for a point.

"I've seen it 15 times, there's no way, in my opinion, that's a penalty. Because if there is, then [Jake] O'Brien has to be out and Everton has to play with 10 men, that's clear,"

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Following that, Liverpool then had the chance to open up a 14-point gap on Sunday, but they were beaten 3-2 away at Fulham. Their first league defeat away from Anfield means it is now just one victory from their last four matches across three different competitions.

With the Reds seemingly losing a bit of momentum, Arsenal may still have some slim title hopes and Carragher has furthered that by taking a closer look at Arteta's post-match rant.

"We know managers get really irate on the back of defeats and understandably so," he admitted on Sky Sports. "I was really surprised at how angry Mikel Arteta was [at drawing with Everton]. They're 12 points behind [in the title race] and have got a big game mid-week [against Real Madrid].

"What that told me was, I'm convinced that everyone in this country thinks Liverpool have won the title, besides Arteta and Arsenal and Arne Slot and Liverpool. They'll be thinking about complacency and I'm convinced Arteta will be telling them 'if we win every game, we can still win this league'.

"Because he has to try and keep giving them something to keep wanting to win games and I thought how angry he was was because he thought Liverpool would drop points in the game against Fulham and Arsenal have still got to play Liverpool as well.

"I was taken aback by how angry he was and it just made me thought that he was probably still trying to instil that belief in the squad. Though everyone is saying it's over, you've got to give something your players to keep going."

Despite that,