Currently Man-U and Liverpool are tied when it comes to the number of premier league titles won - 18 a piece. Never mind the Liverpool ones are the from the old league - a discussion for another day. Liverpool have nothing to play for. Their chance of finishing fourth is between zero and nothing at best. If Man-U win the league, they break Liverpool's record. If Liverpool beat or even draw with Chelsea, they hand control back to Man-U and most probably the title!!!

There is a school of thought that Liverpool will deliberately loose the game to prevent this from happening - they are used to loosing anyway. Sounds very plausible to me? Your thoughts?

{|= I would do the same if I was them. But not to worry, Chelsea has beaten all the big 4 in all matches this season. 5 out of 5. Home and away.

Am manu, still hopeful but things got complicated when they beat us last encounter. Chelsea too strong for the fools and without Torres, where will the goals come from? Given the anfield atmosphere a draw might happen.

In theory Chelsea should win because - (a)Liverpool will be tired after playing against Athletico tonight 29/4/2010,(b) Torres will be MIA (c) Chelsea have a perfect record against the top dogs this season (d) Benitez is being openly courted by juventus and wouldnt want to be the Manager that handed Man-u a twentieth title and bragging rights. On the flipside, Babel, Ngog, Benayoun or Kuyt could spring a surprise to boost Liverpools outside chance of a fourth place.

If I were Benitez, I would throw the match away. Being fourth and making ManU all time greats vs being 6th or 7th and retaining joint great status which is better?