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title: "Sky pundit backs Liverpool to make top-four"
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author: "Dan Clubbe"
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published: "2021-04-09T16:00:00Z"
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# Sky pundit backs Liverpool to make top-four

Sky pundit Paul Merson has backed [Liverpool](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/04/09/pundit-predicts-return-to-winning-anfield-ways-for-liverpool/) to make the top-four this season as what looks set to be a tight run-in looms.

Despite [winning the Premier League last season](https://www.premierleague.com/news/1697247) by a copious amount of points, the Reds have [fallen dramatically off their perch](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) this term – albeit in part down to wretched luck with injuries.

Jurgen Klopp’s side have suffered a [crisis of confidence at home](https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/liverpool/form-guide) since the turn of the year and will be [desperate to rectify their form](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/430828-ozan-kabak-aston-villa-premier-league-preview) tomorrow when Aston Villa visit Anfield.

Despite a wealth of problems, [Liverpool remain in the hunt](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/english-premier-league/story/4320739/premier-league-fight-for-fourth-liverpool-to-miss-out-breaking-down-the-six-team-battlekey-men) for Champions League qualification, sitting just three points behind fourth-placed West Ham as things stand.

Merson, a former Arsenal midfielder, has told [Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/12267567/premier-league-top-four-paul-mersons-verdict-on-clubs-fighting-for-champions-league-qualification) that he still expects the Reds to sneak into the all-important top-four:

> Obviously, Manchester City and Manchester United are in, and I think Leicester make it. For the final spot, it’s between West ham and Liverpool, and I’m just sticking Liverpool, but it’s going to be so tight.

The 53-year-old also suggested what the [crucial factor](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/match/2020-21/first-team/fixtures-and-results) could prove to be: “One thing in Liverpool’s favour is that they do have some nice fixtures.”

### READ LIVERPOOL VERDICT

Turning around [home fortunes](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jan/21/liverpool-burnley-premier-league-match-report) this weekend would be a crucial step if the Reds are indeed going to stand a chance of finishing in an elite European spot.

Without a win in eight at Anfield, Klopp knows all too well that record will see his side eliminated out of this seasons competition and likely out of next.