Jamie Carragher doesn’t think Liverpool will have what it takes to finish in the top four in the Premier League this season despite beating Wolves 1-0 on Monday night.
The Reds have won just two of their last eight Premier League matches and lost six games at home on the bounce – but the result against Wolves has moved them up to sixth in the table, five points behind fourth-placed Chelsea.
A Diogo Jota strike against his former club was enough for Liverpool to beat Wolves on Monday night with the result more important than the performance for Jurgen Klopp, who described the win as “three dirty points”.
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However, their victory over Wolves has done little to convince Carragher that Liverpool can make the top four.
“It’s been a freak, been really poor the teams they’ve lost to,” Carragher told Sky Sports. “But when we talk about teams at the bottom, it feels like there’s going to be a real fight for top-four and the relegation places this season.
“At this moment, I still don’t believe Liverpool will get the top-four. I think they will just miss out. But when we talk about the teams at the bottom, someone has that little late run and makes other teams feel nervous, that’s what Liverpool have to do in these next couple of weeks.
“Make Leicester feel a little bit nervous, Chelsea nervous, the positions they’re in now, and almost take this to the wire. I know other teams are playing each other. No one will get maximum points, it’s impossible because there’s that many people involved in this race for top-four.
“There’s still a bit of a gap. It was a massive result for Liverpool tonight in terms of top-four or potential top-four. A lot of teams around that position lost points this weekend.
“It puts them into sixth, still a way to go but there’s still plenty of games to go. That’s what Liverpool need to do, with four or five games to go, be in a position where you can basicall jump if someone makes a mistake.”
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