Liverpool haven't exactly timed it to perfection, but there could yet be something waiting for them at the end of their late-season surge.
This slender 2-1 win here against West Ham makes it three successive victories for Jurgen Klopp in a five-game unbeaten stretch that represents his team's second best sequence of the campaign, behind the four wins in five across mid-February and early March. It's starting to vaguely resemble consistency, which could yet land them something few had thought possible just a handful of weeks ago.
Now up to sixth and a half-dozen points off the top four, the Reds will still be keeping a keen eye on developments there, most notably when fourth-place Manchester United visit Tottenham on Thursday evening. Everton's welcoming of Newcastle - who are also six ahead - that same night will be one to place tabs on too.
