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Manchester United legend Gary Neville has revealed that he thinks Liverpool should exit the Champions League and focus all of their efforts on winning the Premier League title.
The Reds are still in the prestigious European tournament, and have the second leg of their last 16 tie against Bayern Munich to come on Wednesday – the scores are tied at 0-0 after a stalemate in the first leg.
Of course, Liverpool’s title rivals Manchester City are still in the Champions League, and have an excellent chance of progressing into the quarter-finals after beating Schalke 3-2 in the first leg.
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What did Neville say?
Speaking on the Gary Neville Podcast, the Sky Sports pundit said: “Getting points on the board is a big advantage. I always thought that if Liverpool could win the league this season then they’d need a clean fixture list.
“I’m going to say it: go out against Bayern Munich. That sounds like madness.
“Of course, you’d never play to lose a game but it will be in Liverpool’s favour if they have a clean run as they can get everyone fresh. City have got a couple of FA Cup games, where Liverpool could go five or six points in front. That’s tough to pull back in the closing weeks.”
It’s hard to argue with him
Liverpool don’t have anywhere near the squad depth that Manchester City do, and it seems like the only way they could offset the difference between the two squads is to exit the Champions League and have a clean schedule for the title run-in.
As Neville mentions, City are still in the FA Cup and the Champions League, as well as the title-race, so if the Merseyside club can drop out of Europe and Pep Guardiola’s men progress further in the aforementioned cup competitions, Jurgen Klopp will be afforded the luxury of keeping all of his players fresh and their heads clear, focused for the challenge ahead.
