Paul Merson has claimed that Tottenham are favourites for the Premier League title, but has all-but ruled out any chance of a Premier League/Europa League double.
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“We won’t try to dream, we’ll just have to stay very concentrated in each game”.
On top of their Premier League challenge, Mauricio Pochettino’s men still have an interest in other competitions.
It is understood that Clattenburg is aware that he will be “rested” for next weekend when the Premier League returns after the FA Cup.
‘Leicester are where they are because they’ve had a fantastic season and because their manager has managed skilfully and sensibly, but also because they previously had someone in charge who was able to front it up and make tough decisions when they needed to be made.
“Sometimes you can look at winning a cup as the shortest way to get somewhere”, Klopp said ahead of Thursday’s Europa League last-32 first leg clash with Augsburg in Germany.
Despite his praise, Merson warned that the Europa League could be a step too far for the squad, saying: “The coaching staff on Monday morning after that big win at Manchester City would have had to sit around a table and really make their minds up about what they’re going to do”.
Clattenburg is one of the Premier League’s most respected officials and yet he is also facing investigation by the Professional Game Match Officials Limited after joining a management agency that also represents players.
“How many points in the league are we away from the Champions League?”
‘It will be a hard game, we know that from last season when we played against them, but we are playing very good football at the moment so we need to keep going like this.
“If they do, I think they’re favourites”.
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“This game against Liverpool is for sure the biggest game in their history and that means something”, he added.
