The Reds are set to lose their best manager of the modern era. Once the matches are done, let’s hope Liverpool are hoisting aloft the league trophy to soften the blow.
It isn’t going to be easy, mind you. With Arsenal and Manchester City in hot pursuit, the Reds might just have to be perfect to win Klopp a second league title.
Looking at their fixtures, that’s going to be difficult. But you also can’t say that it’s impossible. Four out of the nine games are at Anfield, and you’d back them to win all of those.
As William Saliba said today, the atmosphere at Liverpool’s home can take them through pretty much any game. So, perhaps it’s those away fixtures that the Reds need to watch. Ian Wright certainly thinks so anyway.
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What has Ian Wright said
Wright is famously a huge Arsenal fan, so his opinion on the matter is always going to be a little biased here. However, the pundit also has a very obvious soft spot for Liverpool, too.
So, when analysing the Reds’ remaining fixtures on The Kelly and Wrighty Show, you take him at face value.
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And we think he’s potentially bang on the money when he says that Liverpool will win and lose this title race in their away fixtures.
“When you look at Liverpool’s [fixtures] and you look at those three away games, you just feel like they’ve got to make sure they get something from those games,” says Wright.
“Those three there – Fulham, Everton and West Ham – to be away from home three games in a row. I think that’s big.”
Three huge matches in six days that could well define Liverpool’s season. Game on.
When do Liverpool play these three matches
Before Liverpool can even think about this trio of away trips, they’ve got three other games to get through first.
Thursday night’s visit of Sheffield United should not be taken lightly, but is a big opportunity for the Reds to get three more points on the board. Liverpool then have a massive looking trip to Old Trafford before taking on Crystal Palace at Anfield.
Then comes the ‘big’ three that Wright is referring to. They all come within the space of less than a week. Fulham are first up, on the 21st of April. The Merseyside Derby then follows on the 24th, with another visit to London in store for West Ham on the 27th.
If Liverpool can make it through to April 28th on top of the league table, you’d back them from there. A huge four weeks ahead.
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