(Video) ‘This is where…’ – Jamie Carragher hones in on potential title advantage for Liverpool

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Jamie Carragher has pinpointed one aspect where Liverpool could have an advantage over Manchester City and Arsenal in the Premier League title race.

The top three all won over the weekend to leave just two points between them, setting up a pursuit which could go to the last kick of the ball on the final day of the season.

On Sky Sports‘ Monday Night Football, the former Reds defender and Thierry Henry were analysing a graph which showed that Jurgen Klopp’s side have scored more goals (and a higher proportion of goals) and won more points in the final 15 minutes of matches than the two teams in immediate pursuit of the league leaders.

Carragher outlined: “Since the five-sub rule came in, no-one has utilised it better than Jurgen Klopp…This is where Liverpool could win the league, from the bench. Jurgen Klopp always uses five subs.

“It shows the power from the bench, certainly in terms of scoring goals. They’ve got players ready to come off the bench. They’ve got quality, and credit to Jurgen Klopp.”

Liverpool’s resilience was on show yet again last Saturday when Darwin Nunez plundered a 99th-minute winner against Nottingham Forest, to go along with late goals from the Reds to earn victory over Newcastle, Wolves, Fulham and Crystal Palace earlier in the season.

Klopp has been rightly praised for his effective use of substitutes throughout the campaign, and that’s borne out in the numbers that Carragher and Henry were discussing.

We’ve seen the admirable squad depth at Anfield over the past month in particular, with several young players stepping up to compensate for the absences of injured first-team stalwarts, and that factor could indeed be crucial if we’re to go the distance and reclaim the Premier League title in May.

You can view Carragher and Henry’s analysis below, via @SkySportsPL on X (formerly Twitter):

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