Arsenal defeated Manchester United in a five-goal thriller on Sunday at the Emirates Stadium in London, with Eddie Nketiah scoring a late winner to keep their Premier League title bid alive.
Since replacing the injured Gabriel Jesus, the English striker has scored seven goals in as many games, including Sunday's last-gasp goal that secured a 3-2 victory over their old rivals.
In other news, Erling Haaland scored his fourth hat-trick of the season as Manchester City maintained their Premier League title hopes with a 3-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.The Norwegian's hat trick brought his season total to 31 goals in all competitions, propelling Citizens to back-to-back league victories for the first time since the FIFA World Cup.
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Liverpool can gain nine points on Champions League spots as next five fixtures compared to rivals
Liverpool are currently 10 points off the Champions League spot but could close the gap on their rivals in the next few games.
Liverpool's goalless draw with Chelsea didn't do wonders for the club on the Premier League table.
Jürgen Klopp is now 10 points behind his fourth-placed Manchester United in the Champions League berth, as the Reds are yet to win his 2023 league campaign. knows the club cannot afford to add more points in the coming weeks.
Still, Liverpool have a chance to dominate rivals Newcastle, Tottenham and Manchester United. By the way, two of his next six games for Liverpool are against Newcastle and United, and wins in those two games will likely close the gap. Liverpool's remaining four games are against Wolves, most recently in the Reds' third-round FA Cup derbies against Everton, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth.
Even with a team that has been failing lately, Liverpool can realistically aim for at least his four wins in those six games.
Newcastle, meanwhile, face a difficult test with games against West Ham, Bournemouth, Brighton, Manchester City and Wolves.
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From Monday to Friday, newsletter subscribers will receive an overview from him, one of Liverpool FC's best writers - completely free and straight to your inbox. Manchester United have drawn against Crystal Palace, two games against Leeds, Leicester, Brentford and Liverpool, and two against Barcelona in the Europa League.
Tottenham will face Fulham, Manchester City, Leicester City, West Ham, Chelsea and Wolves.
These next he six games should tell us where Liverpool are likely to end this season and who could end up above them at the table.
If Manchester United, Tottenham and Newcastle stumble a bit, Liverpool could take him 6-9 points from their rivals and have a good chance of finishing in the top four.
But it will depend on the Reds putting together a string of results, which will require performance improvements they have yet to show consistently this season.
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