Matt Le Tissier believes Manchester United could have a say in the title race as their clash with Liverpool could prove to be the title decider
Jurgen Klopp’s side will travel to Manchester in a bid to reclaim the top position in the Premier League table. Currently, Manchester City are comfortably sitting there with 65 points but the Reds have played one match less and will have the chance to recover their lost ground.
Liverpool got the better of United in the reverse fixture at Anfield with Xherdan Shaqiri scoring a brace. But United have been on an excellent run since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer came in and have managed some great results including victories against Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Chelsea of late.
Tissier said, “There is a long way to go yet and you get some funny results in the run-ins, the teams at the bottom scrapping for their lives will often take points off the big boys at the top.
“But it is a massive game in terms of Liverpool and where they currently sit in the Premier League table and their chances of going on to win the title.
“Obviously, a defeat here hands Manchester City the initiative and you would expect, if that did happen, for City to go on and win the title.
“But if Liverpool do win at Old Trafford, I think that will give them a massive confidence boost and then they are still in the box seat, in terms of it is theirs to lose, because if they were to go on and win every game from now until the end of the season, they will not get caught.”
