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Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher agree on which teams will finish in Premier League top four


Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville believe Spurs and Manchester United will finish in the top four (Picture: Getty)

Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have predicted that Tottenham and Manchester United will join Liverpool and Manchester City in the Premier League top four at the end of the campaign.

Spurs, United, Arsenal and Chelsea are all vying to secure Champions League qualification for next season and it will likely go down to the wire with the quartet preparing for an enthralling set of fixtures in the English top flight.

Eden Hazard’s stunning brace against West Ham on Monday night means Chelsea sit third with a game in hand over their rivals, while three points separate the other three contenders.

Tottenham ended a dismal run of form with their victory over Crystal Palace last week and Neville and Carragher predicted that Mauricio Pochettino’s side will now end the season on a high.

When pushed, the pair were in agreement that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s United would join Spurs in the top four. This scenario would leave Arsenal and Chelsea having to settle for Europa League football next term.

How the conversation panned out on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football

GARY NEVILLE

‘If you look at the fixtures, I look at Tottenham’s fixtures, I have to say that’s obviously the one [vs Manchester City] that stands out, but if you look at Arsenal’s fixtures you’d say they have the best run-in as they don’t play against any of the top teams.

‘The problem they have got is that they have four away games Arsenal and they’re shocking away from home. Chelsea have got United and Liverpool away, they’re two tough games at the end of the season, I would with United put Everton in there as a tough game, City and Chelsea.

‘You’ve got the added complication of Europe as well, massive European games for these teams, you could not pick them. For the moment I think Tottenham will finish third because they have the four home games and they’re the ones I think that can accumulate the points and if I look at United specifically… Ole himself said before the Wolves game that they’d need about 15 points to get into the top four, that game has fallen away now, but you look at the rest of their matches and there’s six there, they have to win five of them.

‘If United are going to get 15 points from the rest of those games they’re going to have to go soon. They’ve got win big matches and that’s going to be a challenge.’

JAMIE CARRAGHER

‘I think they’re [Spurs] back on track with their fixtures after a poor run and they have the home stadium now. Arsenal have better fixtures than Chelsea and Man United but I’d be surprised if Arsenal won more than one away game. I don’t see them winning more than one away game from those they’ve got.

‘Yes they’re not against the top six but they’re those difficult ones, very similar to Everton. Really I haven’t got a clue out of the other three because in some ways you can’t trust them – I feel like I can trust Tottenham a little bit. I know they’ve been on a bad run, it’s very tight…

‘If I had to call one I would go with Manchester United.’

GARY NEVILLE

‘I’ll agree with him!’

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