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Tottenham Manager Hopes Liverpool Drops Points
- Updated: February 11, 2014
Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood says his team are relying on fourth-placed Liverpool to drop points in the battle for Champions League qualification.
Fifth-placed Spurs are three points behind the Reds with 13 games of the Premier League season remaining.
“Manchester United will put a run together and be right up there”
The two sides meet in a potentially-decisive game at Anfield on 30 March.
“There’s always someone who could drop a couple of points but our big rivals Liverpool are flying. We need them to trip up,” said Sherwood, 45.
And he believes his team could possibly afford to lose as many as five games and still finish in the top four to reach next season’s Champions League.
“Maths isn’t my strong point, but I would say you can afford to lose another four or five games out of what we have got left,” added the ex-England international.
When asked if nine wins from their remaining matches would be enough, Sherwood replied: “It could well be.”
On Sunday, Tottenham beat Everton, another team with ambitions of Champions League qualification – to move above their opponents into fifth.
They are six points clear of seventh-placed Manchester United, who were later held to a 2-2 home draw against bottom side Fulham.
Sherwood says any side down to ninth place, including Newcastle, who Spurs visit in the Premier League on Wednesday, are still capable of claiming a top-four place.
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