Roy Keane left Gary Neville greater than slightly shocked together with his prediction for Liverpool’s go to to Fulham on Sunday.
The Reds shall be in search of to comply with up their Merseyside derby win in midweek with an identical consequence at Craven Cottage this weekend, and so they’ll go into the fixture figuring out what Arsenal may have finished in opposition to Everton the day before today.
Because it stands, Arne Slot’s facet are 12 factors clear on the high of the Premier League with each them and the Gunners having 24 left to play for, main many pundits to consider that the Merseysiders are too far forward to be caught at this stage.
Nonetheless, Keane believes there’ll be a twist within the title race this weekend which may make Liverpool followers a bit extra uncomfortable in regards to the subsequent seven matches of the season.
Neville left surprised by Keane’s curveball prediction
The ex-Manchester United captain was giving his predictions for the upcoming Premier League fixtures on The Overlap, and he’s predicting a ultimate rating of 2-1 at Craven Cottage on Sunday, however with Fulham being the workforce to emerge victorious.
Neville, who had initially been leaning in the direction of an away win earlier than plumping for a 2-2 draw, was left gobsmacked by his former teammate’s forecast as he responded off-camera: “Actually?…Wow!”
Whereas it wasn’t massively stunning to see two ex-Man United gamers tipping the Reds to drop factors, so too did Jamie Carragher, who believes that the spoils shall be shared in west London.
Can Liverpool discover a option to win at Craven Cottage on Sunday?
Fulham have been having fun with a wonderful season and go into the weekend simply six factors off fifth place, giving them an out of doors probability of ending within the Champions League positions, however they’ve returned from the worldwide break with defeats to Crystal Palace (3-0 at dwelling) and Arsenal (2-1 away).
In contrast, Liverpool bounced again from their Carabao Cup ultimate disappointment by successful the Merseyside derby and preserving the 12-point hole to the Gunners in second, and Slot hasn’t tasted defeat within the high flight since mid-September (in opposition to a Nottingham Forest facet who presently sit third).
The Reds did want a late equaliser to salvage some extent at dwelling to the Cottagers in December, though that match was considerably skewed by the Seventeenth-minute purple card to Andy Robertson.
The Premier League leaders can anticipate a really tough take a look at at Craven Cottage on Sunday, with Marco Silva’s workforce surprisingly off-colour of their FA Cup exit to Palace final weekend, though that is the type of fixture that title-chasing sides often discover a option to win.
Liverpool have been good at that for many of the season. If they will repeat the trick in two days’ time and make a mockery of the Sky Sports activities pundits’ predictions (Keane’s particularly), a trophy-winning occasion at Anfield on 25 Could would really feel much more tantalisingly near realisation.
