In addition to supporting the Merseysiders to win the championship, Paul Merson cautioned the audience that they might lose their current lead at the top of the league.
In the English Premier League, the Reds are still six points ahead of Arsenal, who defeated Wolves 1-0 over the weekend to replicate their most recent success over Ipswich.
Liverpool will need to perform at their highest level due to a very difficult schedule that includes travels to Manchester City, Everton, and an undefeated Bournemouth in February.
The Premier League isn’t a guarantee for Liverpool
The Strictly Come Dancing star got into a heated debate with fellow Sky pundit Clinton Morrison about the title race after Liverpool and Arsenal secured positive results.
“It was only last week you were talking about with a minute to go. It was two points today,” Merson spoke on Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday programme after his co-pundit claimed it was the Reds’ title to lose.
Morrison: “Yeah but that’s football. It changes! Nunez won the game and Arsenal drop points, that’s how football goes, mate.”
Merson: “Exactly and that’s what can change next week.”
Morrison: “But I don’t think it will change with Liverpool.”
Merson: “You’ve got to remember Liverpool were top of the league with six games to go last year. Six games to go. They lost at home to Crystal Palace. They lost at home. What happened? So they’ve got it in them. Everybody forgets, everybody’s like, ‘Ah, well, you know, oh Liverpool.’ They got beaten by Palace at home. Top of the league. They fell, they melted. No one said a dicky bird. Arsenal go the penultimate game of the season against Man City and everyone calls them bottle jobs.”
Morrison: “So who’s going to win the Premier League then.”
Merson: “Oh they probably will win it. No, I probably would say Liverpool.”
But Liverpool have shown themselves to be strong contenders
Whilst we have to accept that the title is far from being “in the bag” for Slot’s side, as Paul Merson has previously stated, we remain.
We would have a pleasant nine-point advantage over Arsenal if we were to gain three points in our current game (after the postponed Merseyside derby).
In any case, it’s a good opportunity to take advantage of before the challenging games in February.
Although we have room to survive a challenging football month, we believe Liverpool will win more games than opponents like Manchester City and company are anticipating (or hoping).
Keep in mind that we remain the squad to beat. The statistics show that we have the most prolific attack (54 goals) and the league’s joint-best defense (21 goals allowed)
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