Peter Crouch thinks Liverpool will win the Premier League this season, while acknowledging that Arsenal have improved their chances for the title.
Arsenal went on an eight-game winning streak and are currently at the top of the table with ten games left in the season.
Arsenal will play against Manchester City, while Liverpool will face Brighton at Anfield this weekend.
At the beginning of the season, Crouch supported Klopp's potential to win a second Premier League title for Liverpool, even though Pep Guardiola’s City had a successful season last year.
Speaking to talkSPORT This week, the former Liverpool and England striker reaffirmed his initial prediction, but praised Arsenal for their strong performance after a difficult winter period.
‘I said Liverpool [would win the title] at the start of the season and I think plenty of people will say there is a bias there and they’re probably slightly right,’ Crouch told the Hawksbee & Jacobs Show.
‘But Arsenal have played themselves back into the conversation for me.
‘Manchester City will most likely be considered favorites due to recent success, making it a two-way contest, but Arsenal have now put themselves back in the mix.
‘The number of games that Arsenal have won so convincingly… if they get their injured players back then it’s definitely a three-way race.
‘But I’m going to stick with Liverpool. I still think they can do it.’
Moving on to his own career during the wide-ranging chat, Crouch listed a number of legendary defenders he encountered during his playing days.
But the former England player mentioned that Chelsea's John Terry was ‘probably the best of the bunch’.
‘I always remember getting schooled by Tony Adams in one of my first games,’ Crouch added.
‘I was at QPR. It was a cup game, it wasn’t Premier League. I remember Tony Adams and I think it would have been Steve Bould, maybe.
‘I thought I was a Premier League player at the age of 18 but I was playing in the Championship and I thought, “Yeah, I’m scoring goals at this level, I’ll make Premier League level no worries”.
‘Then I came up against Tony Adams and that view changed very quickly. What a defender he was.
‘I think over the years, Sol Campbell gave me a big test because he is so physically strong.
‘But John Terry was probably the best of the bunch, I think.’
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