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View image in fullscreen‘After 26.2 miles of sheer hell ...’: John Barnes to hand out drinks at London Marathon

Former England international will be supporting runners before cheering Liverpool on in quest to clinch title

There will be a familiar face to greet the 56,000 runners during Sunday’s London marathon, just when their legs are heavy and their mouths desert dry.

Because, at mile 23, the former England footballer John Barnes will be handing out drinks and revelling in a near-perfect day with the race expected to break the world record for the most finishers and his former club Liverpool likely to win the Premier League.

“It’s going to be great,” he says.

“People have always been running, but it has made it more organised and inclusive.”

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After Barnes has finished his marathon duties, he hopes to end his Sunday by watching Liverpool clinch the Premier League title on TV by getting at least a point at home to Tottenham.

“It’s a huge achievement – and probably a bigger achievement than our team because we were expected to win the league when I was there,” he says.

So I didn’t expect us to win the Premier League this season.”

“After we lost against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League and Newcastle in the Carabao Cup, it was all doom and gloom,” he adds.

“But in terms of the consistency we’ve shown in a difficult league, where the likes of Bournemouth, Fulham and Brighton are beating big teams, we have been sensational.”

The great Liverpool title-winning team of 1987-88 only lost two league games all season – the same as Slot’s side.

So how would Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold get on against the likes of Barnes, John Aldridge and Alan Hansen in their primes?

“I always say what rules are we playing?” replies Barnes.
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