Hargreaves gives Liverpool Champions League verdict and Chelsea warning

Liverpool’s 5-2 win over West Ham United did more than lift the mood at Anfield, because it nudged us right into the heart of the race for Champions League football.

With Arsenal top on 61 points and Manchester City close behind on 59, the more immediate fight for us is the scrap below them, where fifth place is currently ours on 48 points from 28 games and level on points with fourth-placed Manchester United, while Chelsea sit sixth on 45 with a game in hand.

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