'I actually think': Neville updates his Premier League top five prediction after weekend swing for Liverpool

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Man United still have to play Leeds on Monday Night Football, but Liverpool’s other top-five rivals were all in action this weekend. Spoiler alert — it’s not Liverpool.

It's going to be a LOT less than last year 😬 Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images Gary Neville has Liverpool qualifying for the Champions League It was confirmed with Arsenal’s win over Sporting last week that five English teams will qualify for Europe’s elite competition next season. And a few weeks ago, I think they were in a spot where I thought Villa were in freefall and that Chelsea, Liverpool, and United would get that third, fourth, and fifth spot.“I actually think now that Chelsea are going to miss out because of what’s happened in the last few weeks and where they are.

Liverpool are the only team in the race still competing in the Champions League — for now, anyway —but they still look more likely to stick around in the top five. Opta are backing Liverpool to finish fifth.Liverpool have the toughest run-in of any top-five contender The four-point lead the Reds have on Chelsea is encouraging, but the fixture list to close out the season is far from.