A massive midweek shapes how super-mega-huge the weekend will be as the Premier League title, top four and relegation races approach the line. For Rangers, it’s all about Wednesday…
Game to watch – Southampton v Liverpool
Manchester City teased Liverpool by dropping points at West Ham on Sunday but it won’t matter if the Reds don’t go to St Mary’s on Tuesday night and take all three.
On paper, that shouldn’t be a problem. Liverpool are steaming towards a possible Quadruple, while some Southampton fans have had enough of Ralph-ball and were last week calling for Hasenhuttl to be sacked. But, as Klopp has been very keen to stress, Liverpool played 120 exhausting minutes on Saturday evening and changes will have to be made.
Freshening up his side means Liverpool forfeit the advantage of rhythm that non-stop football might give them. Even before he considers rotation, Klopp will have to cover for Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho and Mo Salah, with two injured at Wembley and the other already sidelined. As strong as Liverpool’s squad is – however the manager opts to replace that spine – it will absolutely be weakened.
But it is hard to envisage a team which Klopp might realistically select that wouldn’t be strong enough to brush Southampton aside. Saints have lost seven of their last 10 and won only once since March 3. The final week of the season is ripe for a madness, but even Hasenhuttl will struggle to make a case for his side doing City a favour.
And we don’t really want them to anyway. Only City fans – and most United ones – want Liverpool to p*ss away a final-day climax by slipping up at St Mary’s. It will be fascinating to see what level of hangover, if any, the Reds take from the weekend, but unless Liverpool turn up with eyes like p*ss-holes in the snow, carrying a McDonalds and a Lucozade, they should be just fine.
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