SOLKSJAER: WE CAN GO ALL THE WAY
Having reeled Liverpool in, champions Manchester City have a chance to start turning the screw on Juergen Klopp’s side as they host Watford tomorrow, a day before their stuttering title rivals play Burnley.
Only a few weeks ago Liverpool appeared firmly in the driving seat for a first English title since 1990, but four draws in their last six matches opened the door for Pep Guardiola’s side.
Five successive league victories have taken City a point clear with both sides having nine games left to play.
Victory over a Watford side smashed 5-0 by Klopp’s side on their last away outing would give them some daylight and heap pressure on Liverpool to get all three points against a Burnley side scrapping to stay clear of the relegation zone.
Klopp was defiant after Sunday’s 0-0 draw at Everton left City above them for the first time since December.
While the title race looks set to go to the wire, the battle for third and fourth and Champions League qualification is equally exciting with Manchester United’s stunning revival under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer upsetting the apple cart.
The former Norway striker’s spell in charge reached new levels of wonder on Wednesday when United beat Paris St Germain 3-1 away to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
Fourth-placed United go to fifth-placed Arsenal for a match that has the feel of a six-pointer.
Third-placed Tottenham Hotspur will also be buoy- ant after they also reached the Champions League quarterfinals this week by completing a 4-0 rout of Borussia Dortmund.
They have the advan- tage of playing tomorrow at struggling Southamp- ton where victory would take them six points clear of United, seven ahead of Arsenal and eight ahead of Chelsea, who host in-form Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday.
Spurs, who have man- aged only one point from their last three Premier League games, will have to do without their manager Maurico Pochettino on the sidelines.
He was given a two-match touchline ban after his row with referee Mike Dean at Burnley last month. –