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Welcome to the Gary McAllister Derby, as almost nobody knows it!
Liverpool’s Premier League title defence might already be up in smoke, but maintaining their current position of fourth come the end of this season is still absolutely essential to the club. Those Alexander Isak instalments are not going to pay themselves.
Arne Slot will have enjoyed this week’s results thus far, with pretty much all the teams around them dropping points. Third-placed Villa lost (at Arsenal), fifth-placed Chelsea drew at home to Bournemouth and are now manager-less, sixth-placed Manchester United fielded five defenders and two defensive midfields and only managed a 1-1 draw at home to possibly the worst ever Premier League side in Wolves, while seventh-placed Sunderland face a tough task in the visit of Manchester City (later on today). With the Mo Salah debacle calming down and Florian Wirtz finally finding the net, things are suddenly looking up for the Reds.
