Paul Merson is anticipating objectives aplenty and a ‘enjoyable sport to look at’ when Liverpool journey to face Aston Villa within the Premier League on Monday evening.
The fixture marks Jurgen Klopp’s penultimate sport in command of the Reds and his final away match, with the groups approaching the kick-off in broadly related league positions however contrasting circumstances.
We’re all however assured to complete third and go to the Midlands on a profitable be aware after beating Tottenham final Sunday, whereas Unai Emery’s fourth-place facet will likely be looking for to place their meek Europa Convention League exit of Thursday evening behind them.
In his weekly Premier League predictions column for Sportskeeda, Merson wrote: “Liverpool will simply exit and attempt to open up the sport as they aren’t taking part in for something, so I feel this will likely be a enjoyable sport to look at…I’m going for a 2-2 draw.”
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With two of our final 4 top-flight away matches leading to 2-2 attracts, Merson’s prediction looks as if a fairly believable one, and his expectation for each groups to attain is certainly true to the shape ebook.
The Reds haven’t stored a clear sheet in 9 Premier League video games since a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest in early March, however have solely been stored out in three of their 36 top-flight outings through the present marketing campaign.
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The fixture comes as one thing of a free swing for us, with the agency chance that we’ll be assured to not end any decrease or larger than third by the point it kicks off, and sadly no cup finals within the pipeline.
In contrast, Villa go into the match understanding that victory will see them qualify for the Champions League for the primary time for the reason that competitors’s rebranding in 1992, so that they gained’t be in need of motivation to consign Liverpool to a 3rd top-flight defeat in 4 weeks.
The stress is likely to be off for the Reds, however relaxation assured that everybody representing the away facet at Villa Park tomorrow evening will likely be striving to present their all because the clock ticks ever nearer to Klopp’s farewell subsequent Sunday, whereas there’ll even be a brand new boss to impress within the close to future!
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