While there are still another couple of days of international football to get through before all eyes revert back to the Premier League, Liverpool’s attentions are already firmly on their trip to Man City as they look to kickstart a late push to finish in the top four.
Jurgen Klopp’s side, who suffered premature exits in the Champions League and both domestic cups, currently sit sixth in the Premier League table. With 12 matches still to play, they have a seven-point deficit to make up on the top four in the final weeks of the season.
While they boast two games in hand on Tottenham Hotspur, who currently occupy the final Champions League spot, and host the Lilywhites at Anfield next month, they still find themselves five points behind fifth-placed Newcastle United, despite having completed a league double over the Magpies and after the same total of games played. Throw in the fact that Brighton & Hove Albion will overtake the Reds if they win their own outstanding match, and the race for the top four remains on a knife-edge with Liverpool’s own hopes firmly in the balance.
