On April’s Fool Day, Liverpool lost 4-1 to the soon-to-be champions Manchester City and since then, the Reds are without a defeat. In eight games which followed, Jurgen Klopp’s men have recorded two draws and six consecutive wins and will be looking for a seventh one in their late pursuit of fourth place and a Champions League spot. The Reds were in terrible form during the course of the season, and this fourth-place push might have come a bit late, but nevertheless, still possible. Either Newcastle or Manchester United have to drop points in the next three games, while the Reds have to remain perfect against Leicester, Aston Villa and Southampton. An easy task in two out of three games since the Foxes are in the relegation zone, while the Saints have been officially sent to the Championship on Saturday.🗣️ “Can we create a team that can win the majority of the games? Yes!” ✅Jurgen Klopp is confident Liverpool can challenge Manchester City next season 🏆 pic.twitter.com/e7n6SLV5Kk— Football Daily (@footballdaily) May 15, 2023 The Reds can also hope that United will stumble in Bournemouth next Saturday since the Red Devils lost three of their previous five Premier League away fixtures, and Fulham remains the only side in the top half they have beaten on their travels. Until then, Liverpool needs to do their job and win in Leicester. For Liverpool, Thiago Alcantara, Stefan Bajcetic and Calvin Ramsay are all set to miss the rest of the season. Roberto Firmino and Naby Keita are currently injured, but Ibrahima Konate is ready to start ahead of Joel Matip, and Cody Gakpo will be the main forward, with Salah and Luis Diaz behind him. The Egyptian is the best scorer for the Reds with 30 goals, while on the opposite side, Harvey Barnes has 12 goals.There’s no hope while the Seagulls soarJurgen Klopp knows that the situation is not so nice, but he wanted to be positive and even took pride in his six consecutive game-winning streak.”I know everybody wants to go now to the Champions League – I understand it 100%, I want to, it’s just not really likely. That’s the situation we created. But to show up and show again that we are able to do special things, I’m really happy about. Winning six games in a row is special and if it would be easy, we would have done it much more often, other teams would have done it much more often. Adding the seventh on it is even more difficult” he said.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 36Saturday Leeds – Newcastle 2-2 (1-1)/Ayling 7, Trippier 79 og – Wilson 31 pen, 69 pen/Aston Villa – Tottenham 2-1 (1-0)/Ramsey 8, Luis 72 – Kane (p) 90/Man. Utd. – Wolverhampton 2-0 (1-0)/Martial 32, Garnacho 90+4/Chelsea – Nott.Forest 2-2 (0-1)/Sterling – 51, 58 – Awoniyi 13, 62/Crystal Palace – Bournemouth 2-0 (1-0)/Eze 39, 58/Southampton – Fulham 0-2 (0-0)/Vinicius 48, Mitrovic 72/Sunday Everton – Manchester City 0-3 (0-2)/Gundogan 37, 51, Haaland 39/Brentford – West Ham 2-0 (2-0)/Mbeumo 20, Wissa 43/Arsenal – Brighton 0-3 (0-0)/Enciso 51, Undav 86, Estupinan 90+6/Monday22.00: (5.40) Leicester (4.00) Liverpool (1.65)***odds are subject to change***
