Aldridge highlights three games that could cost Liverpool title

John Aldridge has weighed in on the title race and claimed that Liverpool’s conferences with Newcastle United, Aston Villa and Southampton ought to be thought of the largest potential banana skins.

The Merseysiders are set to face Manchester Metropolis on the Etihad in April in a possible title decider, with solely a degree separating the 2 sides within the Premier League.

“Harry Kane’s efficiency as they beat Manchester Metropolis on the Etihad final month confirmed that might be a difficult sport for Liverpool, however the larger threats lie away from Anfield,” the previous striker wrote for Independent.ie.

“We noticed Manchester Metropolis dropping factors at Crystal Palace earlier this month and Liverpool have three away matches on their schedule that might be tough.

“Newcastle have been one of many kind groups within the Premier League over the past couple of months and St James’ Park will probably be rocking when Klopp’s facet involves city on April thirtieth.

“The 12.30 lunchtime kick-off in that sport can be a problem, as gamers battle to be at their finest in that early morning slot and we all know Klopp doesn’t like matches at the moment.

“On prime of that, Liverpool might have performed a Champions League semi-final towards Bayern Munich a number of days earlier than and also you don’t know the way gamers will react to a tricky journey to Tyneside straight after.

“The opposite two video games I’m taking a look at with concern is Southampton away, the place Liverpool have usually struggled after which, intriguingly, Aston Villa away.”

Jurgen Klopp’s males have already secured one trophy within the League Cup earlier within the marketing campaign, with the Reds having set their sights firmly on the remaining silverware up for grabs.

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It’ll be a greater than difficult month of soccer for us in April with two Champions League quarter-final clashes to think about alongside an FA Cup semi-final assembly with the league leaders.

Aldridge is, after all, appropriate to spotlight the significance of us staying on prime of our sport past the go to to Manchester.

Certainly, it could be painful past measure to see the membership drop factors in one among our remaining league fixtures – notably if we handle to safe a constructive end result on the Etihad.

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