Its going to be tough from here onwards

Tottenham Hotspurs have opened up a 4-point gap for the 4th spot. Manchester City can still overtake the Spurs provided they win the next 2 games. They stand one point behind Liverpool with 2 games in hand. All these numbers do mean lot of trouble for Liverpool Football Club. With 8 games to go for us, the crucial numbers do not hold us in good stead for that 4th place finish. 2 of these remaining 8 are against the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea. With the English Premier League title looking like going down to the wire, these games are going to be that much demanding of our side.

Lets take a look of what's left for the 4 teams that want to make it to Champions League season 2010-2011.

Matches Left	Manchester City	Tottenham	Liverpool	Aston Villa
10	Fulham
9	Everton			Sunderland
8	Wigan	Portsmouth	Manchester United	Chelsea
7	Burnley	Sunderland	Sunderland	Bolton
6	Birmingham City	Arsenal	Birmingham City	Everton
5	Manchester United	Chelsea	Fulham	Portsmouth
4	Arsenal	Manchester United	West Ham	Hull City
3	Aston Villa	Bolton	Burnley	Birmingham City
2	Tottenham	Manchester City	Chelsea	Manchester City
1	West Ham	Burnley	Hull City	Blackburn

It is assumed that at this time of the season, a team should be able to get more points from the those hovering around the 7-15 positions of the table. The teams in relegation scrap become really tough to beat and the title contenders are anyway looking to would everybody who comes their way.

Liverpool have matches with 2 of the "present-big-4", Man City have 2, Tottenham have 3 and Aston Villa have just 1. Leaving everything aside, Man City also have clashes with the likes of Everton, Aston Villa and Spurs. These matches could easily decide the 4th position in the table. As for Liverpool, we need to somehow get our confidence back. At present, we look the most likely to loose these Big-4 matches. All other teams in this 4th-place-battle have got their tails up.

That places the onus on today's big clash against the Red Devils. If Torres can once again get the better of Vidic and Ferdinand, it could be the biggest boost of the season. And a very well timed one as well. Vidic will be clearly eager to get on even terms against the "Scud-from-Spain". And there in lies the key to unlocking a staunch united defence. These are the kind of situations when Vidic could be exploited. But the same applies to midfield lynchpin - Mascherano.

Cant go on blabbering more about the game. Its already making me nervous. Just hoping Torres/Gerrard/Babel can strike an early blow to the title hopes of Sir Ferguson. I love it when he has to come to the press after a defeat to Liverpool. Go Liverpool Go. Do the done once again. We make it 4 in a row against them.

You Will Never Walk Alone.