The Merseysiders will welcome fellow high-flyers Chelsea to Anfield after having secured an 18-point haul from their opening seven top-flight games in 2024/25.
There are still doubts aplenty over the Reds’ title credentials in light of what was objectively deemed to be a generous early fixture schedule.
Indeed, it only emboldened pundits to write off Liverpool in the title race ahead of the October international break.
Gary Neville counters Paul Merson’s Liverpool v Chelsea score prediction Gary Neville backed Liverpool to take all three points against Chelsea on their return to domestic football this weekend.
The former Manchester United fullback went for a 3-1 victory to the hosts, which would ensure they maintain their place at the top of the Premier League table going into the next matchweek.“I think Liverpool beat them.
I think Chelsea, they’re a bit younger… 3-2? 3-1? Liverpool 3-1,” the MNF host spoke on The Overlap.“I think it will be a big atmosphere that day, I think Chelsea will just…”Will just… crumble?
That appears to have been the direction of travel Neville was going down whilst discussing the tie with Wayne Rooney.Now we’ll never know
