adminLONDON. – Paul Merson believes Liverpool will be OUT of the Premier League title race and be destined to finish below Arsenal if they lose at the Emirates this weekend.
Liverpool travel to north London on Sunday hoping to make up ground on their Premier League rivals following a poor start to the season.
The Reds have won just two of their seven league games to slip to ninth in the English top-flight, 11 points behind early leaders Arsenal.
Arsenal have been brilliant this season, winning seven of their eight league matches to emerge as genuine title contenders and put pressure on defending champions Manchester City.
The champions are being powered by the goal-scoring machine called Elring Haaland who scored a Manchester Derby hat-trick, in his last league match.
Merson believes Sunday’s clash at the Emirates is crucial to both sides, with Arsenal able to send a message to their domestic rivals and Liverpool facing the prospect of being 14 points behind the league leaders.
“I always thought the Liverpool game this weekend was going to be harder than the Tottenham game for Arsenal,” he told Sky Sports.
“It becomes even harder now because of the way Liverpool are at the moment, the way Arsenal are playing, the fans turn up with a lot of expectation this weekend to win that game.
“If Arsenal go 14 points clear on Sunday, it takes Liverpool out of the equation for Arsenal.
“The main aim for Arsenal is to be in the top four, we’ve seen what Man City can do, but being in the top four and being competitive, they can’t lose that insight or get carried away.
“If they win though, they’ll finish above Liverpool. If Liverpool got beat three more times all season, Arsenal would have to lose a third of their games to finish behind them.” – MSN
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter