Reds might not prove to be miracle workers but that won’t make them bottlers

JURGEN KLOPP will pull off the greatest title triumph of the Premier League era, apart from Leicester’s 5,000-1 miracle, if he ends 29 years of hurt at Liverpool.

To be champions, I think they will have to win all seven of their remaining games – and even that might not be enough.

Remarkably, Klopp (below) could preside over a team that wins 97 points, loses only once in 38 games – and it still may not bring the holy grail back to Anfield.

But if they manage to hold off Manchester City, one of the greatest teams we’ve ever seen in English football, it would be an astonishing prize for a club who have not won the title since 1990.

As an achievement, it would rank in the same league as Arsenal’s Invincibles of 2004.

That’s why I won’t stand for any nonsense about Liverpool “bottling” the title race if they come up just short.

The last time they paraded the champions’ trophy in front of the Kop, they won 79 points that season. It is incredible to think another 18 on top may not be enough to deny City back-to-back titles.

Neutrals will probably call Liverpool’s game with Tottenham tomorrow a bottlers’ derby.

If Liverpool trip up, they will be accused of losing their nerve, while Spurs have their own demons to conquer.

They have won only once in the last 21 trips to Anfield, and I fear the phone-in lines will be buzzing with accusations of them “bottling” a top-four finish if they come unstuck again.

In truth, Tottenham are over-achieving if they qualify for the Champions League again.

Since the Premier League came into existence in 1992, they have finished in the top four only five times – all of them since 2010.

For Spurs, success is a top-four place. For Liverpool (15 top-four finishes since 1992), the target is more specific – the No.1 spot.

It is strange to think that of the six clubs to have won the Premier League, neither Liverpool nor Tottenham make the list.

Spurs will be buoyed by the appointment of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as Manchester United’s permanent manager, and Zinedine Zidane’s return to Real Madrid, because it effectively removes the danger of manager Mauricio Pochettino leaving north London this summer.

If they lose at Anfield again, their top-four place will be under serious pressure – because I expect United, Arsenal and Chelsea to win their games this weekend.

But bottlers? I’m not having that charge levelled at either Liverpool or Tottenham.

Liverpool have been absolute warriors in the title race, and Spurs – who didn’t sign a single player in the last two transfer windows – have overachieved again.