Gary Neville believes a home fixture against Tottenham Hotspur is not the ‘toughest’ game on Liverpool’s title run-in fixture list and predicts that Lurgen Klopp’s side will soom have even more problems.
A dramatic late own goal from Toby Alderweireld handed Jurgen Klopp’s men a potentially pivotal 2-1 victory over Spurs but Neville warned Reds supporters that there are harder tests to come.
“I don’t think today is the toughest game for Liverpool,” he told Sky Sports.
“I think Southampton away, Cardiff away, even Newcastle away, could provide tougher and sterner opposition. It’s those games that can sometimes freak you out a bit, especially as a couple of those teams are in relegation battles.
“We are at Southampton on Friday [on Sky Sports] and Liverpool will start as favourites, but those games can be tougher than this type of game, when everybody is up for it, the fans, the players, and it’s an obvious difficult opponent.
“I don’t see Tottenham and Chelsea at home as the games that will catch Liverpool out. If they are going to have a problem I think it will be those away games. I also think City have an advantage in the next four games as they play in front of Liverpool. I think it’s always an advantage to play first so they can get the points on the board and put pressure on.”