While we might be on the verge of April, the knock-on effects from a mid-season World Cup mean Liverpool still have 12 Premier League matches remaining at this later stage of the campaign and, as a result, still have no idea if they will actually be competing in next year’s Champions League or not.
The Reds, who have ultimately struggled this season, sit sixth in the table ahead of their return to domestic action away at Man City on Saturday lunchtime. Meanwhile, they have a six-point deficit to make up on the top four.
But 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 played the same total of games played. Throw in the fact that Brighton & Hove Albion will overtake Liverpool if they win their own outstanding match, and the race for the top four remains on a knife-edge with the Reds’ own hopes firmly in the balance.
