Liverpool are on the cost for Champions League qualification having gained their final 5 Premier League video games, whereas Brentford head to Merseyside following back-to-back victories.

We spoke with Sky Sports journalist Richard Morgan to get his ideas forward of Saturday’s recreation at Anfield.

Liverpool are fifth within the Premier League with 4 video games left to play, 4 factors exterior the highest 4. How would you summarise their season so far?

It has been a massively irritating and underwhelming marketing campaign so far for Jurgen Klopp’s facet, albeit one which has bought higher because it has progressed as they’re now left with an out of doors likelihood of Champions League qualification.

At the outset, Liverpool had been anticipated to as soon as once more be Manchester City’s fundamental challengers for the title, however that by no means materialised after a gradual begin as a result of a mixture of accidents and a normal malaise among the many gamers following on from a draining season final time round. 

In patches all through the marketing campaign, a mid-table end has not appeared past the realms of risk. Things are trying brighter now, however given the difficult spells they’ve needed to navigate, will securing European soccer of some type be the precedence?

Absolutely. Liverpool shall be determined to finish the marketing campaign on a excessive by successful their remaining 4 league matches and ending as excessive as doable within the Premier League desk. Ideally, that might result in a top-four spot and Champions League soccer come the season’s finale, however extra doubtless a spot within the Europa League, which the Reds would a lot favor to qualify for than its much less fancied cousin, the Europa Conference League.

Which participant ought to Brentford followers be protecting a watch out for on Saturday?

Curtis Jones has been handed a first-team lifeline of late after season-ending accidents to Thiago Alcantara and Stefan Bajcetic and grabbed it with each palms.

Operating on the left facet of a midfield three, the England Under-21 worldwide has actually caught the attention with some spectacular shows, together with a well-taken aim within the 4-3 win in opposition to Tottenham final weekend, reminding everybody of his prodigious skills within the course of.

How is Jurgen Klopp prone to arrange his facet at Anfield?

As he all the time does, in a 4-3-3 formation, albeit one which now sees versatile right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold additionally utilised as an auxiliary holding midfielder when Liverpool are in possession.

The final three conferences have seen a win, a draw and a loss for every staff and produced 13 objectives. What’s your rating prediction for this one?

I count on it to be one other close-run and hard-fought contest at Anfield, with no a couple of aim between the perimeters as Liverpool run out 2-1 winners.